Fellowship at the European Policy Centre

European Policy Centre, a Belgrade based think tank, has an open call for a six-month paid fellowship under the Think Tank Young Development Program for MA and Phd Graduates of the Think Tank Fund Open Society Foundation. The fellowship is aimed at young graduates (23 – 35 years) who graduated from a university in one of the OECD countries in the last three years and wish to return to Serbia, their home country.

The three selected policy areas in which the future fellow may be experienced and interested :

1) legal harmonization of domestic legislation with the acquis communautaire (horizontal and methodological aspects);
2) policy-making and regulatory techniques and approaches;
3) free movement of goods, competition and consumer protection, particularly from the perspective of EU law transposition.

Job description

• Conduct desk research
o In agreement with the mentor assist in conceiving the methodology for the study
o Assist in designing data collection questionnaires, survey and interview methodologies
o Web and literary research for the purpose of literature review
• Conduct field research
o Support to qualitative and quantitative analysis of data (collect, organize and analyse
o primary data)
o Set up and undertake face-to-face and telephone interviews
• Assist the senior researchers in developing policy reports and analysis by providing them with
• reviews of the collected material
• Assist in the writing of the policy study and policy brief
• Assist in the preparation of the policy study for publication
• Network and communicate with external associates when possible and deemed necessary
• Attend regular research team meetings and participate in the required presentation of work
• Respond to internal and external requests for information on the research topic
• Participate in the dissemination of the research

Necessary requirements

• A minimum of a Master’s degree acquired by the beginning of the program in a field relevant to any of the three identified policy research areas (e.g. Law, Political Science, European Studies)
• Familiarity with one of the three identified policy research areas
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Serbian and English
• Previous experience with qualitative academic research and basic methodology
• Strong analytic and critical skills
• Working and editing at ease in Microsoft Office Word, plus solid familiarity with MS Office Power Point and Excel
• Ability to work well in a team and independently
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, so as to communicate effectively to relevant academic and non-academic audiences using a range of media

For further information on the available positions, research areas and results please consult the following link иди види ›››

The deadline for applications to the OSF TTF is October 1st meaning that, the interested individuals should contact CEP as soon as possible (preferably by September 22nd) so as to schedule an interview, negotiate the specific topic and results of the research, and provide for proper endorsement for the selected candidate. When eligibility is assured, send a CV to amanda.orza@cep.org.rs with the subject line „Fellowship.“