Postdoctoral Fellow – Human Rights and Transitional Justice

October 11, 2024

Harvard University


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Title Postdoctoral Fellow – Human Rights and Transitional Justice
School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Department/Area Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) in the Department of Global Health and Population (GHP)
Position Description About HHI
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is a university-wide academic and research center in humanitarian crisis and leadership. HHI is based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Global Health and Population and is affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). As an Inter-Faculty Initiative, HHI collaborates closely with all Harvard Schools and Harvard Teaching Hospitals and is the primary humanitarian outreach arm of Harvard University. The mission of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is to create new knowledge and advance evidence-based leadership in disasters and humanitarian crisis. HHI was founded in 2005, currently operates 20 projects and consists of over 65 staff, faculty, affiliated experts, students, fellows, and collaborators. HHI’s aim is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in pressing humanitarian issues, advance the science and practice of humanitarian response worldwide, and improve the lives of communities in war, conflict, and natural disasters.
About the Position
HHI is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in human rights and transitional justice (TJ) with strong analytical, statistical, and writing skills. This one-year fellowship is expected to begin on or around January 9, 2023.
 
The fellow will work with Prof. Phuong Pham and Prof. Patrick Vinck at HHI and a joint Harvard-Toronto program, Transitional Justice Evaluation Tools (TJET), evaluating the effectiveness of transitional justice policies such as prosecutions, truth commissions, reparations, and vetting and lustration. The data and evidence generated by this project will serve to design better policy to address the complex needs of survivors of violence and conflict for accountability, with particular emphasis on the need to prevent, respond to, and end impunity for sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and mass atrocity. The grant focuses on the following case countries: Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Iraq, Mali, Sri Lanka, Haiti, and Myanmar, and Ukraine. The fellow will report to Prof. Pham and Prof. Vinck.
 
The Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to work in collaboration HHI lead faculty to: 
·       Analyze existing data
·       Collect additional data when needed
·       Produce peer-reviewed publications 
·       Support the overall development of the Global TJ Index 
·       Attend workshops and meetings organized by the Global TJ program
Basic Qualifications
  • A doctoral degree in a discipline related to transitional justice, political science, statistics, or data science
  • 2+ years of relevant work experience
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative research background 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Fluency (written and oral) in English
Additional Qualifications
  • Additional language competencies (e.g., French, Spanish, Arabic, etc.) are preferred.
  • This is a 12-month position based in Cambridge, MA; working virtually internationally or from the following US states may be allowed until conditions allow for relocations to the Boston area. All remote work must be performed in a state in which Harvard is registered to do business (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, California (exempt staff only), Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington).
  • Preference will be given to applicants from the post-conflict case countries that are the focus of the grant, and/or who have considerable work experience in transitional justice in the case countries:  Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Iraq, Mali, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Myanmar, and Ukraine.   
Special Instructions Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants should apply via the Harvard Academic Positions system.
Applications should include: 

  • Cover Letter
  • Curriculum Vitae 
  • Three letters of reference. Applicants will be asked to provide the names of three referees.
  • Three writing samples or manuscripts
  • A research proposal (maximum 2 pages) outlining a topic of inquiry for a policy brief relating to transitional justice in your country (or country of interest), which the candidate aims to write during the fellowship. 
Contact Information Administrative questions regarding this position can be sent to Sabrina Sarli. Please include Transitional Justice Postdoc: YOUR NAME in the subject line.
Contact Email [email protected]
Equal Opportunity Employer Harvard University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Minimum Number of References Required 3
Maximum Number of References Allowed 3
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