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Go to the homepage of Work at the University of Amsterdam 2 PhD Positions - Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Are you fascinated by how governments protect - or repress - displaced people? Do you have strong training in research methods and want to build a PhD on one of the most urgent questions in the study of political violence? Join a new ERC-funded project on government responses to internal displacement, in a vibrant, international team at the University of Amsterdam. 2 PhD Positions - Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences 2 PhD Positions - Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Are you fascinated by how governments protect - or repress - displaced people? Do you have strong training in research methods and want to build a PhD on one of the most urgent questions in the study of political violence? Join a new ERC-funded project on government responses to internal displacement, in a vibrant, international team at the University of Amsterdam. 2 PhD Positions - Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Two PhD positions on the politics of displacement How and why do governments respond to the people displaced within their own borders - with protection, or with repression? Internally displaced people (IDPs) are the largest displaced population in the world, more than twice the number of refugees, yet they remain understudied. The ERC-funded project Protect and Repress: The Logic of Government Responses to Internal Displacement (GRID), led by Dr. Abbey Steele (2026-2031), argues that the political alignment between national governments, local authorities, and displaced people shapes where states offer protection - humanitarian resources, public service...