Tag: Postdocs

Smithsonian Institution Fellowships 2024 (USA)

FellowshipsThe Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Deadline: 15 October 2024.

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. Fellowships are offered to graduate students and predoctoral students as well as postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts.

Parts of the Smithsonian that might be of specific interest to CID followers include: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Office of International Relations, and there are Fulbright-Smithsonian Awards for those outside the US to travel to work with the Smithsonian collections.

Northwestern U Qatar Global Postdoctoral Scholar (Qatar)

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Northwestern University  Qatar Global Postdoctoral Scholar, Qatar. Deadline: 1 November 2024.

This Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar is seeking outstanding candidates for one postdoctoral fellowship focused on the histories, cultures, societies, and media of the Global South. #IAS_NUQ Postdoctoral Scholars integrate primary sources and linguistic and regional expertise in theoretically inflected, historically informed, comparative, translocal, and transnational scholarship and mediamaking focused on the Global South. Candidates incorporating non-Western theories, sources, and contexts, are especially welcome.

They are currently accepting applications related to any of our current research themes (Genealogies and Epistemologies of the Global South; Arab Media, Culture, and Politics; Southern Digitalities; Critical Security Studies) and are particularly interested in scholars 1) conducting comparative or transnational research on media, culture, and/or politics in or between the Arab world and Latin America, 2) working on “theory from the South,” particularly by African or Arab authors or 3) focused on environmental communication in the Global South.

Postdoctoral Scholars work on their own research, collaborate with members of the community, and contribute to program development. They may be asked to teach one undergraduate course per year depending on needs and interests. They present and publish a piece of scholarship or mediamaking with #IAS_NUQ_Press. Fellows are provided a competitive stipend and research fund, housing, health insurance, a workspace, a computer, and library access. In addition, #IAS_NUQ will subsidize relocation expenses.

All the postdocs are residential fellowships.

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.

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.

LUT Postdoc in Global Communication (Finland)

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Post-doctoral researcher in global communication sciences, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. Deadline: 17 September 2023.

The LUT School of Engineering Sciences, the academic discipline of global communication sciences at the Department of Social Sciences, is looking for a post-doctoral researcher in global communication sciences to strengthen its global communications, soft power and strategic narratives area and work on projects related to these themes.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of internationally excellent publications or a trajectory for achieving this. Specifically, we are looking for a curious mind who is interested in longer-term academic career and is passionate about constant learning and making the world a better place to live through science.

The ideal candidate must have a PhD degree in a relevant field (preferably communication studies, global communications, media and communications studies, news media and journalism studies or communications and AI). Alternatively, you may hold a degree in another social science field, such as sociology, political science, social psychology or international relations and wish to use that knowledge to contribute to communication sciences, particularly to global communication, soft power, disinformation and strategic narratives research. You might also hold two degrees, with the other one in computer or data science, and be interested in applying that to the field of communication sciences.

U Copenhagen: Postdoctoral Researchers in Asian Studies (Denmark)

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Multiple postdoctoral positions in Asian Studies, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.  Deadline: 31 July 2022.

The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites candidates for a number of postdoctoral positions in Asian Studies. Wanted are early career scholars researching on modern and contemporary East and Southeast Asia, who could contribute to work in one or more of the following areas:

  • Climate and Sustainability
  • Digitalization
  • Gender Equality and Diversity
  • Democracy and Human Rights
  • Asia-Nordic Relations
  • The Rise of China
  • Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
  • Youth Politics and the Politics of Protest

    Successful candidates will either work on their own projects or on collaborative research projects with NIAS and University of Copenhagen colleagues. The position is from 1 September 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter and until 31 December 2023.

U Tübingen: Postdoctoral Researcher in Migration (Germany)

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Postdoctoral Researcher (Migration), Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Germany.  Deadline: 30 June 2022.

The University of Tübingen is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious research universities. The Research Unit Comparative Public Policy at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Tübingen invites applications for a Post-doctoral Researcher / Fixed-term Lecturer Post (d/f/m) for the duration of 2 years from 1 October 2022 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The successful candidate will contribute to the research and teaching portfolio of the Comparative Public Policy Research Unit as well as to third-party funding applications and will be given the opportunity to pursue a Habilitation. Essential requirements include research interest in bureaucratic and administrative barriers for migrants in accessing social rights.

U Pompeu Fabra: Migration and Diversity Postdocs (Spain)

PostdocsSeveral Marie Sklodowska – Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 30 April 2022.

Professor Ricard Zapata-Barrero, established at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest of potential candidates for the Marie Sklodowska – Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 call. Prof. Zapata-Barrero’s research interests cover several terrains related to migration and diversity, as well as general political theory and normative theory. He is involved in several international research projects at present, for instance, EUMedMi: Mapping European Mediterranean Migration Studies; PLURISPACE: Negotiating Diversity in Expanded European Public Spaces; and The International Intercultural Cities Comparative Study. He is interested in receiving candidates focusing on any of the following fields of research: i) Mediterranean migration; ii) Urban migration governance and/or iii) Diversity and interculturalism.

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity: Postdocs for 2022 (Germany)

PostdocsResearch fellows at the postdoctoral level, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany. Deadline: 5 December 2021.

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen (Department for SocioCultural Diversity) is seeking to appoint Research fellows (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen) at the postdoctoral level. The starting date should be 1 June 2022. Contracts will be full-time for 3 years.

Successful applicants will pursue own research interests and cooperate with team members on projects relating to:

  • ambivalences of diversity assent
  • contested categories of difference
  • recognition and equality of disadvantaged populations (following on from Institute projects on urban diversity policies and political organizations

In line with the departmental focus, projects should relate to European or African contexts.

There is a separate call for a postdoc for the Max Planck Research Group Ageing in a Time of Mobility, with a start date of Spring 2022. This is a global and interdisciplinary project that investigates the interconnections between two key phenomena in the twenty-first century: ageing populations and global migration, and the new social transformations that they jointly shape. The group explores how older persons are embedded in global and translocal networks and communities and how inequalities, restrictive border regimes, and processes of displacement shape experiences of ageing and intergenerational relationships. The group focusses on the migration and mobility experiences of older populations in regions of the world that are rapidly ageing, but which have been less visible in research agendas – Asia, Africa and Latin America.