Politics

ACIM, the Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics, is a recently established research centre at the Antwerp University. Our main focus of study is the impact of multi-level institutional configurations on changes in government and governance, policies and politics, and state-society relations. ACIM’s research projects are linked to three research lines: the politics of multi-level government, the politics of interest representation, and regulatory and judicial politics. Although the centre is disciplinary in focus and its home is the Department of Political Science, the centre aims to build inter-disciplinary links with other research groups within the Antwerp University and beyond.

ACIM’s research projects are concentrated in three major research lines:

• The politics of multi-level government
• The politics of interest representation
• Regulatory and judicial politics

It is important to point out that, although the research lines are clearly distinct from each other, there are clear synergies and overlaps. For instance, all research projects on regulatory and judicial politics (mostly De Bièvre and Beyers) concentrate on the role interest groups play in regulatory governance. Similarly, research on multi-level government (mostly Bursens and Beyers) usually includes non-governmental actors such as political parties or interest groups. These synergies are relevant as they will stimulate future collaborative research

Requirements

• Applicants must hold a master’s degree
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): minimum score of 550 for the paper-based test or 79 for the Internet-based test. Information about this test is available at the TOEFL-website. IOB does not accept the TOEFL ITP.
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System): minimum score of 6.5 and a minimum score of 6.0 on each component. Information about this test is available at the IELTS-website.
• A copy of your valid passport or identity card/a curriculum vitae
• A motivation letter
• A legalised copy of your degree certificate (please read more information on legalisation)
• Applicants that are enrolled in the final year should submit an original and signed letter from their college or university confirming that they are expected to finalise the program at the end of the current academic year
• A copy of your academic transcripts, provided with a stamp of the university

Scholarships

• An assistant mandate - salaried assistant; 
• An appointment to a research project that was requested by a promoter and subsidized assigned by internal (BOF) or external (international, national, regional, local) research resources; 
• A personal doctoral fellowship (eg FWO-aspirant and analog mandates, IWT grant for strategic basic research, temporary mandate (opvangmandaat) of the Special Research Fund - BOF specific funds that grant scholarships);