Research Assistant

Job title:

Research Assistant

Company

Maynooth University

Job description

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.Due to success in obtaining ERC Consolidator funding, we are seeking a Research Assistant (RA) to join the DANCING project team. The project titled DANCING – Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths,** is a 5-year project led by Prof. Delia Ferri. DANCING is investigating the extent to which the protection of the right to take part in culture of people with disabilities and the promotion of cultural diversity intersect and complement each other in the European Union (EU) legal order. It disrupts the conventional approach adopted by EU law scholarship by using a combination of legal, empirical and arts-based research to pursue three complementary objectives; experiential, normative and theoretical respectively.We are looking to appoint a candidate to support the Principal Investigator, Prof. Delia Ferri and the DANCING team in conducting their research. The focus of the RA will be related in particular but not exclusively to Work Package (WP) 2 and 3 . The RA will conduct desk-based research on law and relevant scholarship, as well as contributing to DANCING academic outputs.For this particular position, we are looking to appoint a candidate with strong knowledge of European Union law.Overview of the DANCING projectThe right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life – which encompasses the rights of access to, and to be involved in cultural activities, as well as the recognition of disability identities, such as Deaf culture – has been for long denied. The cultural exclusion of disabled people has engendered their marginalisation. It has also entailed a loss for society as a whole, because of the lack of cultural diversity resulting from an inaccessible and exclusionary cultural realm. DANCING investigates the extent to which the protection of the right to take part in culture of people with disabilities and the promotion of cultural diversity intersect and complement each other in the European Union (EU) legal order. It disrupts the conventional approach adopted by EU law scholarship by using a combination of legal, empirical and arts-based research to pursue three complementary objectives, experiential, normative and theoretical respectively. First, it will identify and categorise barriers and facilitators to cultural participation experienced by disabled people and how they affect the wider cultural domain. Secondly, it will provide a normative exploration of how the EU has used and can use its competence to combat discrimination and its supporting competence on cultural matters, in synergy with its wide internal market powers, to ensure the accessibility of cultural activities, to promote disability identities, while achieving cultural diversity. In doing so, it will bridge, in an unprecedented way, the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Thirdly, it will advance the understanding of the legal concept of cultural diversity, which stems from the intersection of different sources of law and will propose a new theorization of the promotion of cultural diversity within the EU legal order.SalaryResearch Assistant, Level 1 (2024): €31,150 (1 point)Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.Closing Date:23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Tuesday, 9th July 2024.Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.Late applications will not be accepted.Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employerThe position is subject to the Statutes of the UniversityCompanyCompany info Mini-site Location MAYNOOTH
CO KILDARE
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Expected salary

€31150 per year

Location

Maynooth, Co Kildare

Job date

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:14:56 GMT

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