Category: Postdocs

U Aarhus: Postdoc in 2nd Language Learning in Danish Social & Healthcare Education (Denmark)

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Postdoc in Second Language Learning in Danish Social and Healthcare Education, Department of Educational Anthropology and Psychology, University of Aarhus, Emdrup Campus, Denmark. Deadline: 10 June 2024.

The research project Sociolinguistic Barriers and Potentials among Second Language Learners in Danish Social and Healthcare Education explores social and linguistic barriers and potentials among second language learners in Danish social and healthcare education (‘SOSU-hjælperuddannelsen’ and ‘SOSU-assistentuddannelsen’), an educational field which has attracted increasing political attention due to a drastic projected shortfall in healthcare personnel in coming years and high dropout rates. More than 30% of SOSU students are assumed to have Danish as a second language, representing more than 109 different nationalities and a vast array of linguistic repertoires.

The project focuses on the linguistic practices of students with Danish as a second language, the linguistic barriers and demands associated with different parts of their healthcare training, and how students respond to these barriers and demands in everyday interaction, drawing on linguistic and sociocultural registers of healthcare, education and care. The SOSU programme includes a variety of educational arenas for linguistic minority students, including healthcare training, language lessons and internships across nursing homes, hospital wards and private homes, where students are expected to interact with teachers, supervisors and co-students along with patients, elderly citizens, relatives and various kinds of healthcare personnel. An in-depth linguistic-ethnographic approach is applied, including extensive digital sound recordings, qualitative interviews and participant observation, to explore students’ linguistic practices, barriers and potentials, along with the various linguistic skills and sociocultural registers associated with becoming a ‘good SOSU worker’ across different institutional arenas.

U Idaho: Postdoc in International Relations (USA)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Relations, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. Deadlines: Open until filled; posted 16 May 2024.

The Martin Institute and Program in International Studies, and the Idaho Society of Fellows, are now accepting applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in International Relations to begin July 1, 2024. Fellows will pursue their own research and teach one course per semester. The unit is particularly interested in recruiting candidates whose work complements existing unit initiatives in area studies, international organizations, conflict/peace, and/or human rights.

U Oxford: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities (UK)

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, University of Oxford, UK. Deadlines: 3 June 2024.

The Humanities Division at the University of Oxford is inviting expressions of interest from candidates wishing to apply for an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship to be based in one of the Humanities Faculties. Candidates selected will be provided with support to develop and submit their applications to the EU.

Candidates need to check carefully the detailed guidance for the scheme to ensure you are eligible. Broadly, these are:

*You should have a doctoral degree by the time of the deadline for applications (11 Sept 2024).
*You must have a maximum of eight years’ experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree.
*You must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.

Interested candidates should contact a potential supervisor in the relevant Humanities Faculty as soon as possible. Supervisors need to be permanent post-holders in the Faculty in question, and all Expressions of Interest must have the agreement and confirmed support from a supervisor.

Note that the Humanities Division does not support Global Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The internal deadline for expressions of interest is Monday 3 June 2024. If selected, you will be provided with support to develop your application for the scheme deadline on 11 September 2024.

German Institute for Global and Area Studies: Research Fellow – Latin American Studies (Germany)

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Center for Latin American Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 6 May 2024.

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)/Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien is an independent social science research institute based in Hamburg. It analyses political, social, and economic developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and links this knowledge to questions of global significance. It combines region-specific analysis with innovative comparative research on accountability and participation, peace and security, globalisation and development, and global orders and foreign policies. The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (M/F/D) at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies

Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibility of another three years after successful evaluation and depending on the availability of funds. The successful applicant should start as soon as possible. The successful candidate will work on Latin America’s political, social and/or development issues and/or regional cooperation. Themes of interest would be, among others, security and violence, climate change and environmental issues, and development and inequality. The candidate’s work should be situated within the GIGA’s overall research agenda, contributing both to theoretical and empirical knowledge creation, and be linked to one of the GIGA’s four Research Programmes. Candidates are asked to briefly describe the research agenda they plan to pursue at the GIGA in their application.

U Edinburgh IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024-25 (Scotland)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowships and Bursaries 2024-25, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Deadline: 26 April 2024.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral bursaries from candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Competition for IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships is intense. They also offer targeted postdoctoral opportunities in a number of disciplines, and applicants may prefer to apply for these. If an application to a specific postdoctoral scheme listed below is unsuccessful, it will then be considered as part of the general pool of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

  • Early career researchers in history may be interested in the Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in 18th-Century Scottish Studies or the IASH-HCA Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers with an interest in digital arts, digital humanities, digital education, digital design and/or digital social sciences may wish to apply for the Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers working in the field of contemporary Islam and Muslim culture can apply for the IASH-Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers in public theology, including peacebuilding and the arts; theology, politics, and migration; theology and environmental ethics; and/or theology, law and justice can apply for the IASH-CTPI Duncan Forrester Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers wishing to examine specific special collections held at the University of Edinburgh can apply for the Centre for Research Collections Fellowship (based on uncatalogued or barely researched collections) or the RACE.ED Archival Research Fellowship (based on the university’s own archive and related collections to uncover evidence and address the silences in the University of Edinburgh’s colonial legacy).

Vienna School of International Studies: Postdoc in International Studies (Austria)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in International Studies, Vienna School of International Studies, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 2 April 2024.

The Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) is proposing the appointment of a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies for three years, starting October 2024. Upon successful evaluation at the end of the second year, the position can be extended for another two years. Geared towards promoting the professional development of the appointee, he/she will focus on his/her own research and do a limited amount of graduate teaching.

The successful candidate must hold – or have evidence of the imminent completion of – a doctorate in Cultural Studies, History, Law or Political Science. A record of research achievement at the international level, a strong agenda for future research and previous teaching experience – preferably at graduate level – are essential.

The Vienna School of International Studies is a professional school, specialized in the interdisciplinary education of graduate students, and an associate member of APSIA. The presence of international organizations in Vienna makes for excellent research opportunities, in particular for research dealing with diplomacy, governance and multilateralism broadly defined.

Eurac Research: Postdoc in Applied Linguistics / Linguistic Ethnography (Italy)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Linguistics/Linguistic Ethnography, Institute for Applied Linguistics, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy. Deadline: 31 March 2024.

The Multilingualism and Plurilingualism research group at the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Eurac Research is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in applied linguistics/linguistic ethnography, who will co-lead the research project EduLiM with the project partners at the University of Innsbruck and join the research team of the project M-Spaces. The ideal start date for the position would be June 1st 2024.

Both projects explore the role of multilingualism and language education in early childhood with a linguistic ethnographic approach. EduLiM, which stands for Educational Transitions in the Context of Linguistic Minoritization, is funded by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen South Tyrol in the framework of the Programme “Research Südtirol/Alto Adige 2022”. The project examines the role of language in children’s transition from early childhood education (ECE) to primary school in German-language education in South Tyrol. The project combines critical educational and sociolinguistic theories and is designed as a multi-sited ethnography conducted in first-year primary school classes and with children’s families. In this way, EduLiM aims to create new knowledge on (language) education policies and practices related to transitions, on collaboration across institutional boundaries and between families and institutions, and on different ways in which children are constructed as linguistically minoritized. M-Spaces, which stands for Researching and Transforming Multilingual Spaces, explores multilingualism and language education in pedagogical professionalization for ECE. It involves students of a vocational secondary school for ECE in Carinthia and in-service ECE teachers in Carinthia and South Tyrol in generating insights on pedagogical professionalization for ECE in linguistically heterogeneous migration societies.

The selected candidate will co-lead EduLiM from the outset of the project and will mainly be responsible for the family ethnography. Within M-Spaces, the selected candidate will contribute to the analysis of data generated on ECE teachers’ experiences with multilingualism in their pedagogical practice and to the dissemination of findings.

Wabash College: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue & Deliberation 2024-25 (USA)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation 2024-25, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.. Deadline: 25 February 2024 (or until filled).

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse, an interdisciplinary program at Wabash College, is pleased to announce a post-doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation to begin July 1, 2024. This position is a one-year appointment, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. The area of concentration is open to a broad range of fields including but not limited to communication, rhetoric, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, political science, and sociology; however, the candidate’s teaching and research should connect the intersections of dialogue and deliberation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse is an undergraduate research and practice program that trains students to research, design, and facilitate public dialogue and deliberations on a range of issues. The post-doctoral fellow will join an enthusiastic team of a faculty director, program associate staff member, and undergraduate Democracy Fellows. WDPD has partnered with campus organizations and communities to host dialogues and deliberations on varying topics including those relating to race, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 

Justus Liebig U: Postdoc in Intercultural Communication & Business 2024 (Germany)

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Research associate / Postdoc in the field of Intercultural Communication and Business, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Deadlines: 7 January 2024.

A part-time position (50 %) as a Research associate / Postdoc (m/f/d) in the field of Intercultural Communication and Business. In accordance with § 2 WissZeitVG and § 72 HessHG, the position is to be filled on a fixed-term basis at the Chair of Intercultural Communication and Business, Department of English at the Faculty of Language, Literature, Culture with the opportunity for own academic qualification. The salary is in accordance with the collective labour agreement of the State of Hessen (E 13 TV-H).

You will, as long as the permissible maximum duration of fixed-term employment is not exceeded, be employed for an initial period of 3 years. An extension of up to 3 years is possible under the conditions above. Applications from people with a strong international academic background are particularly encouraged.

Your tasks at a glance:

  • Conduct research at the interface of two or more of the following areas: intercultural communication, cultural anthropology, intercultural management, international/political communication, migration and diaspora studies, with a focus on China and Asia

  • Opportunity for own academic and didactic qualification

  • Participate in the application for third-party funding; scientific services in research and teaching according to § 72 HessHG

  • Assume teaching duties according to the teaching obligation regulation of the state of Hesse (currently 2 hours per week), including examination duties and student supervision

  • Involve in the establishment and further development of national and international research collaborations

  • Assist the Chair with academic self-administration

U Luxembourg: Young International Academics Postdocs 2024-5

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Young International Academics, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Postdoctoral Programme, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Deadlines: 30 November 2023 (first call ) and 30 April 2024 (second call).

The Young International Academics (YIA) Postdoctoral Programme is a career development programme hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies Luxembourg (IAS) of the University of Luxembourg (UL) to nurture early-career postdoctoral researchers to gain momentum in interdisciplinary research. YIA candidates are international talents holding a recent doctoral degree and willing to propose and realise their own interdisciplinary research projects through a bottom-up approach. YIA will welcome 10 postdoctoral fellows with individual fellowships of 36 months each.

YIA is explicitly open to all disciplines and sectors, involving the entire university in the drive towards increased interdisciplinarity, which is considered strategic for UL, for the country and Europe. The University’s rationale is based on the consideration that the world’s challenges are so multifaceted and intricate that they can only be solved through interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches.

A unique aspect of YIA is its integration into UL’s Institute for Advanced Studies created in 2020 to promote interdisciplinarity and currently hosting 15 Audacity projects and 10 Young Academics PhD projects.