Assistant Professor of Geography of Conflicts

The Human Geography group at Radboud University is looking for a new Assistant Professor of Geography of Conflicts to further expand the research and teaching in this field.

You will contribute to the high quality of research and teaching, notably research in the Geography and Geopolitics of Conflicts and related issues, teach courses and lead fieldwork excursions at the Master's degree level, and supervise students writing their Master's theses, specifically in the very popular master track called 'Conflicts, Territories and Identities'. Your high-quality research should lead to disseminations in academic and professional outlets (international journals, books etc.). Experience in the dissemination of research results through contacts with practice organisations and practitioners, policymakers and/or media is advantageous. You may also be asked to contribute to the supervision of PhD candidates. Together with colleagues, you will contribute to the further development of the Human Geography research agenda by participating in developing research projects and applying for external research funding.

The Human Geography group covers a broad scope of different topics but is united in the application of a diverse set of socio-spatial theories and approaches to these topics, which can be characterised as critical but constructive. In the field of conflict studies, we closely collaborate with the Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management. We seek to enhance this collaboration with expertise explicitly focused on the geographical and geopolitical aspects of conflicts which could include knowledge on one or more relevant topics, such as conflicts over natural resources, land grabbing, socio-spatial identification, polarisation, terrorism, radicalisation, racism, postcolonial divides, populist and counter movements, urban uprising/violence, defence and security policies, new modalities and technologies of warfare, and climate change and conflict.