The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.06.2021 of a
Scientific Staff
at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Reference number: 11967
Postdoctoral Position with a focus on the European Arctic within the ERC project “Building Arctic Futures: Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Northern Communities” (INFRANORTH)
The recently awarded ERC Advanced Grant INFRANORTH (PI Prof. Peter Schweitzer) at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, a subunit of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna offers a postdoctoral position (40 hours for up to two years, renewable up to a total of four years) with the regional focus on the European Artic (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Island, or Greenland).
The project (https://infranorth.univie.ac.at/) focuses on how residents of the Arctic, both indigenous and non-indigenous, engage with transport infrastructures and tries to understand the role of existing and planned infrastructure projects regarding the future of human habitation and sustainable community development in the Arctic. In addressing these tasks, the project will document the material and non-material entanglements of local residents with transport infrastructures in the coastal areas of the three macro-regions of the Arctic: the Russian Arctic, the North American Arctic, and the European Arctic.
Candidates with a PhD degree in social anthropology or related disciplines, knowledge of English and at least one regional language (German is an advantage), as well as field experience in the Arctic, are encouraged to submit their applications (a cover letter, a CV, and a writing sample in English) via the job center of the University of Vienna. The call for the position will remain open at least until April 30th, 2021.
Duration of employment: 2 year/s
Extent of Employment: 40.0 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.
Job Description:
- Conducting and publishing research - Contributing to the overall project and assisting in supervising PhD students of the study region - Presenting results at international conferences and assisting in organizing project workshops
Profile:
- Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in social/cultural anthropology (or related discipline) - Experience in field-based research in the North and interest in topics related to infrastructure, mobility and sustainable communities - Expertise in qualitative research methods and ethnographic fieldwork - Excellent command, both written and oral, of English - Field-site specific regional language knowledge necessary
- Curriculum vitae; motivation letter; diplomas and academic transcripts; writing sample (preferably one published article); name and contact information of two potential referees
Research fields:
Main research field
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Special research fields |
Importance |
Sociology
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Cultural anthropology |
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Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (
http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 09.05.2021, mentioning reference number 11967.
For further information please contact Kramer, Johannes Gabriel +43-1-4277-49536.
The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (
http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.
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Reference number: 11967
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