Postdoc VU Sociology: De-Escalating Aggressive Encounters

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Your project will be supervised by prof. Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard at the Department of Sociology. It is one of twelve work packages in the ORC-NWA consortium project “De-escalating Aggressive Encounters between Frontline Workers and Citizens.” The aim is to understand the mechanisms that drive escalation and de-escalation of aggressive encounters between frontline workers and citizens. The project involves academic and societal partners working together. We are looking for a postdoc that will carry out the work of a sub-project focusing on the micro-level environment in which conflict encounters occur, identifying situational hotspots across work routines in different worker contexts. The postdoc will work closely together with four other PhD’s that will analyze video recorded encounters between citizens and frontline workers in law enforcement, public transport, service work, and health care. We are seeking a candidate who is interested in learning or already has experience with video analysis and ethnographic fieldwork, has an affiliation with observational and statistical methods, and is passionate about working in an interdisciplinary team. Your duties Stay in close contact with societal partners and exchange experiences and insights with the project communication officer (preferably in Dutch). Support four PhD’s in data collection and collaboration with societal partners. Develop a video observational measurement instrument together with the PhD’s. Carry out statistical analyses of situational characteristics of escalatory and de-escalatory incidences. Pool data with the rest of the team to work on shared research output. Carry out participant observations and walk-along-interviews with frontline workers. Publish in academic journals and translate findings into fact sheets for practitioners. Present results at academic conferences and workshops, to societal partners and in practitioner-oriented settings. Participate in and co-organize data sessions, joint research projects, workshops as well as communication and dissemination activities of the team. Carry out administrative tasks for the project. Join and actively contribute to the De-Escalation lab and the Social Change and Conflict group at the VU and participate in the intellectual life of the Department of Sociology.