Programme Structure

15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will conduct research into various aspects of populism/illiberalism and look for strategies liberal democracy may employ to counteract them.

The FATIGUE programme as the whole will be built around the guiding educational and research principle of cross-disciplinary work in the tradition of area studies. All ESRs will be enrolled on a PhD programme at one of the six universities in the FATIGUE consortium:

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (co-ordinating institution)
University of Belgrade (UB)
Charles University, Prague (CUNI)
Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB)
Jagiellonian University, Krakow (UJ)
University of Tartu (UT)

The programme will be structured thematically and ESRs will be encouraged to use their disciplinary and multidisciplinary expertise in economics, politics, sociology, history and/or culture to develop innovative responses to the problems of delayed transformational fatigue. The ESRs will have the opportunity to work in an inter- and cross-disciplinary environment, while developing their specific disciplinary expertise.

In the second year of the programme all ESRs will spend 10 months at one of the other FATIGUE universities and be seconded to one of our partner organisations, which include Amnesty International, British Library, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minority Rights Group and Transparency International. These secondments will ensure that the ESRs receive training in and hands-on experience of converting their research into policy, engaging with stakeholders and members of the public, and disseminate findings via a range of media. At the same time, training modules in a range of transferrable skills will ensure the professional development of the ESRs.

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Programme Structure