Zusammenfassung
- Was Stellenangebot — Research Assistant/PhD Candidate
- Wann to (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)
- Wo St. Gallen — Schweiz
- URL https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/research-assistant-phd-candidate-in-urban-studies-m-f-d/3f92422b-d65f-4368-8ab5-0a2779e4dc16
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Beschreibung
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate in Urban Studies (m/f/d)
70% (limited, by 01.05.2023)
Your tasks
The Chair of Urban Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) is looking to hire a Research Assistant / PhD Candidate (70%) interested in pursuing an ethnographic PhD project in urban studies in Southern Africa.
Your duties:
- Completion of a PhD project within four to five years
- Support of the chair of urban studies (max. 10 percent)
- Participation in the PhD program Organisation Studies and Cultural Theory; attendance of scholarly conferences
The place of work will be St Gallen, except for field research periods.
Your profile
The candidate must have the following qualifications:
- Excellent grades in master degree, preferably in the area of social anthropology
- Experiences with ethnographic research methods
- Excellent written and verbal English skills; German language skills are a plus, but not mandatory
- Familiarity with a non-colonial language spoken in the research area is a plus
Members of underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
The Chair of Urban Studies pursues rigorous ethnographic research in Southern Africa, including the region's global interdependencies to other regions of the world. Candidates should apply with a research project that fits into this field. The successful applicant will be part of a lively environment of various research-focused chairs at the SHSS and will participate in the Competence Center for African Research. The starting salary is approx. 60'000 CHF / annum (pay grade F4/3).
Interested candidates should apply by March 1, 2023 with the following documents:
Interested candidates should apply by March 1, 2023 with the following documents:
- Motivation letter: 1-2 pages
- Research proposal: 2 pages (topic, theoretical framing, methods, literature)
- Writing sample: approx. 25 pages
- CV, including copies of your academic degrees
- Contact details of two people able to provide a reference if candidate is short-listed
