Research assistant (fixed-term contract) – Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet)

Centre for Urban Network Evolutions

(UrbNet), School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, is looking to recruit a full-time (37 hours/week) research assistant for the period

1 August 2023 – 31 July 2024, with the possibility of a 1-year extension.

Place of employment: Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

The position

The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the UrbNet centre director, Professor Rubina Raja, on a number of tasks, including:

• supporting large research/publication projects (including copyediting and indexing)
• carrying out data collection, data management and analysis (under supervision)
• performing research tasks within the area of classical archaeology, e.g. literature searches and image processing
• supporting processes in connection with funding applications/reporting to funding agencies.

Qualifications

Applicants are expected to have the following qualifications:

• a Master’s degree in classical archaeology or a related discipline (this is a minimum requirement)
• a strong interest in the academic subjects represented at UrbNet
• fluency in English (spoken and written);
• preferably knowledge of other modern languages such as French, German and Italian.
• excellent attention to detail
• flexibility and the ability of make shifts in focus
• a methodological and structured approach to work, and exceptional organisational skills
• excellent time-management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.

Applicants who can document experience from similar roles will have an advantage.

Further information

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Rubina Raja ([email protected])

For more information about applications, please contact HR supporter Marianne Birn ([email protected]).

About UrbNet

The Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) was founded in 2015 as a groundbreaking archaeological research initiative exploring the evolution of urbanism and urban networks from the Hellenistic Period to the Middle Ages. The centre is based at Aarhus University, School of Culture and Society, and is funded as a Centre of Excellence by the Danish National Research Foundation.

UrbNet aims to compare the archaeology of urbanism from medieval Northern Europe to the ancient Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean World, and determine how – and to what extent – urban networks catalysed societal and environmental expansions and crises in the past. The centre is firmly rooted in the humanities but enjoys close, collaborative ties with the natural sciences.

UrbNet aims to advance the understanding of the historical process of urban evolution, and it does so by developing the ability of archaeology to characterise the scale and pace of events and processes. Recently developed scientific techniques afford the potential for archaeology to refine the precision of dates, contexts and provenance ascribed to excavated materials. UrbNet’s key ambition has been to integrate these new forms of data as a new “high-definition” approach to the study of global and interregional dynamics.

UrbNet’s work comprises projects that intersect questions and problems concerning urban development and networks in the regions from Northern Europe via the Levant to the East Coast of Africa. It involves elaborate work on empirical material from a number of existing excavation projects, and the centre aims to make substantial contributions to theoretical and methodological developments in the field.

Formalities

Faculty of Arts refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities

(the Appointment Order)

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Shortlists may be prepared with the candidates that have been selected for a detailed academic assessment. A committee set up by the head of school is responsible for selecting the most qualified candidates. See this link for further information about shortlisting at the Faculty of Arts:

shortlisting

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

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Faculty of Arts

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