CALL FOR FIELD TO STUDY ELECTION

CAMPAIGNS IN ANDHRA

RESEARCHERS
AND ODISHA

FIELD RESEARCHERS MORE INFO ON THE

Will be involved in ‘candidate shadowing’ in RESEARCH PROJECT
Assembly election campaigns in Odisha and https://www.kitlv.nl/costs-of-democracy-the-
Andhra political-economy-of-campaign-finance/

WHO CAN APPLY?

A master degree in political science or
related discipline
WHEN
Strong analytical skills SCHEDULE OF FIELD WORK -
A proven affinity with analyzing local
BETWEEN MARCH-JUNE 2024
political dynamics and election
campaigns
LAST DATE TO APPLY
Provenance from Andra Pradesh or
10TH NOVEMBER, 2023
Odisha and/or having strong local
connections and language skills.

Email your CV to: sarthak.bagchi@ahduni.edu.in

KITLV Leiden (the Netherlands) and the University of Amsterdam are looking for seven
field researchers to study election campaigns for the state assembly elections in Andra
Pradesh and Odisha between March and June 2024. The field researchers will be part of
the research project ‘Costs of Democracy: The Political Economy of Campaign Finance,’ a
research collaboration of the University of Amsterdam, KITLV Leiden, and Universitas
Gadjah Mada in Indonesia. This research project aims to identify the conditions that
boost the role of money in elections: through a combination of candidate shadowing
involving 26 field researchers and a survey of 1000 candidates in Indonesia and India,
this project studies how and why campaign expenditures of politicians vary. With this
material, this project will inform ongoing efforts of NGOs and governments to reduce the
role of money in elections to healthier proportions.

The field researcher will support this project by:

The field researcher will engage in ‘candidate shadowing’: after receiving research
training, he/she will conduct fieldwork - involving interviews as well as participant
observation - on the funding and spending practices of a candidate for state
assembly elections in either Andra Pradesh or Odisha, for at least 35 days.
The field researchers will participate in workshops with other researchers in the
project to discuss and compare the findings of the fieldwork.
In the month following this fieldwork, the field researcher will produce a research
report on his/her findings following a report template.

KITLV and the University of Amsterdam offer:

The opportunity to gain working experience as part of an international research
project;
A remuneration involving a fieldwork stipend of Rs. 30,000 (excluding research costs)
and a writing allowance of Rs. 30,000.
The opportunity to expand your academic network, present your results at a
research meeting, and potentially publish in an edited volume on campaign finance
in India.

More information
For more information, please contact Sarthak Bagchi: sarthak.bagchi@ahduni.edu.in

Deadline
Please send an application outlining your motivation, a short writing sample (for
example, an essay written in the course of your studies, a blog post, a newspaper article,
etc.), and your CV to Sarthak Bagchi (sarthak.bagchi@ahduni.edu.in) before 10th
November 2023.