1 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
University of Amsterdam (UvA)- Research Field
Cultural studies- Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)- Country
Netherlands- Application Deadline
14 Apr 2024 - 21:59 (UTC)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Not Applicable- Hours Per Week
38.0- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Are you interested in international development, climate change and debates around loss and damage? Can you conduct ethnographic research in a setting where people are affected by climate change and call for reparations? Do you want to push the boundaries of economic thought and practice? Then this job may be for you.
The Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the project ‘Time to pay up? Reparations and global development challenges’ (REPAIR) .
The REPAIR project studies empirically how reparations payments are justified, made and received around the world. Our research team consists of the principal investigator (PI) Dr Felix Stein , a PhD candidate, a postdoctoral researcher (this could be you!), a junior researcher and an administrative assistant.
Together, we will ask:
We study these questions by asking people directly how they justify reparations claims and payments, what kind of harm they think can or cannot be repaired and what meanings they ascribe to money in these contexts. We also investigate which reparations programmes reach their stated goals, and how they challenge existing logics of international aid and investment.
The project is funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The postdoctoral position is embedded in the research group Moving Matters .
Your tasks
Your main task will be to study reparations in the context of climate change ethnographically, including through long-term fieldwork (around 9 months) in two field sites:
- A first field-site where people are acutely affected by climate change and demand or receive reparations for loss and harm incurred (this could be a member country of the Alliance of Small Island States for example).
- A second field-site where policy decisions about reparations are made (this could be the headquarters of the Alliance of Small Island States for example).
You will be given up to 9 months to prepare the fieldwork and up to a year and a half to write up findings afterwards.
Research is conducted in close collaboration with the team. As the second-most senior member of the team you will be tasked with co-managing the project.
This will include:
- co-developing a methodological approach, drawing on a literature review, consultations with scholars and officials from the places you study and with methods experts from across the social sciences;
- writing single-authored and/or co-authored articles on the research topic. The minimum requirement per year is one single-authored paper in a peer-reviewed journal and/or one co-authored paper with a fellow team member or with scholars in a relevant field;
- engaging in critical dialogues with members of your team and the Moving Matters research group whilst contributing to data analysis and theory building;
- co-supporting and co-mentoring the PhD candidate and Research Assistant;
- co-organizing and participating in scholarly activities such as conferences, workshops and seminars;
- contributing to popular dissemination of the research results;
- undertaking administrative tasks related to the project, including reporting and co-writing follow-up grant applications;
- being based in the Amsterdam area and taking an active part in team meetings and the research environment at the AISSR;
- potentially: teaching anthropology, but only upon availability and agreed upon in mutual consultation (max 0.1 to 0.2 full-time equivalents).
Requirements
Specific Requirements
You have:
- a PhD (or finalizing within the first months of the postdoctoral job, with a fixed completion date) in anthropology, development studies, sociology, human geography, STS, area studies, or another relevant social science;
- relevant research experience, studying issues of climate change, international development or reparations;
- familiarity with ethnographic research methods (especially participant observation, interviews and discourse analysis) and willingness to conduct challenging fieldwork on a controversial topic;
- excellent oral and written communication skills in English and in the language of in the country where you will do research (further language lessons are possible)
- a strong academic record;
- excellent collaboration and teamwork skills and the ability to thrive in an interdisciplinary team;
- an independent work attitude.
You preferably have:
- affinity with the fields of development studies, economic, ecological or legal anthropology or a closely related social science.
Additional Information
Benefits
The position concerns temporary employment of 38 hours per week. The initial employment is for one year and will preferably start on 1 July 2024. Following a positive assessment and barring altered circumstances, this term will then be extended by a maximum of 24 months (for a total period of 36 months).
For this position the University Job Classification profile “Researcher” applies. Salary depends on past education and relevant work experience, with a minimum salary of €4,036 and a maximum salary of €5,929 gross per month (salary scale 10 or 11), based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week, as per the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities ).
We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including 8% holiday allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.
The position also covers basic travel and research costs and provides ample opportunities to attend training courses and both national and international events.
The UvA offers excellent possibilities for further professional development.
What else do we offer?
- an opportunity to work on a topic that is relevant to a lot of people and promises to shape policy debates and international relations for years to come
- an enthusiastic and warm team that is open to new colleagues
- a job in which initiative and critical thinking are encouraged and supported
- an inspiring academic and international community in the heart of Amsterdam
Selection process
If this vacancy speaks to you, but you are uncertain whether you meet all requirements, please do apply. Given our department’s commitment to diversity, we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, and specifically from people of color, with a migration background, and/or with other backgrounds underrepresented in academia.
Do you recognize yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 14 April 2024. You may apply online by using the link below.
Please provide us with the following materials combined into a single PDF:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. Interviews will be ideally held between 24 April and 2 May 2024.
Additional comments
Do you have any questions, or require additional information? Please contact
- Dr Felix Stein, PI, [email protected] T: +33 682672837
- Website for additional job details
https://www.academictransfer.com/338434/
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Country
- Netherlands
- City
- Amsterdam
- Postal Code
- 1018WV
- Street
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
https://www.academictransfer.com/en/338434/postdoctoral-researcher-in-the-proje…
Contact
- City
Amsterdam- Website
http://www.uva.nl/- Street
Spui 21- Postal Code
1012 WX
STATUS: EXPIRED
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