Applicants are invited to apply for a three-year postdoctoral
position that will start on 1 January 2019 to do research on the
changing gender and marriage patterns in Uganda.
Place of employment: Department of Anthropology, Moesgård Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.
The research projectThis three-year position as a postdoctoral researcher will be part of the Danida (FFU)-funded project
Imagining Gender Futures in Uganda (IMAGENU).
The project runs for four years and is set to start on 1 January 2019.
Partner institutions are the University of Copenhagen and Gulu
University, Uganda.
The successful applicant will join the
Department of Anthropology (School of Culture and Society, Aarhus
University) and a research team led by Professor MSO Lotte Meinert. The
IMAGENU project will provide a new perspective on gender and futures by
placing marriage in Uganda and its decline at the centre, showing how
this most fundamental gender relation implicates the filiation of
children, livelihoods, education, health and people’s imaginations,
expectations and hopes for the future.
The project will
investigate the new forms of gender relations that are replacing formal
marriage. Unlike previous studies, it will be comparative in four ways:
it will examine both male and female situations; it will trace changes
by comparing grandparents, middle-aged parents and young people; it will
consider socio-economic (class) differences; and it will bring together
studies from greater Northern and Eastern Uganda.
The overall
purpose of this project is to enhance research capacity by generating
new knowledge about how changing patterns of gender partnerships relate
to child filiation, livelihood, education, and reproductive and mental
health. This will contribute to the development of relevant social
gender policies, and create debate in the general public.
ResearchThe
successful applicant will have an individual research project relevant
for IMAGENU, based on 12 months of fieldwork in Northern or Eastern
Uganda.
TeachingThe postdoc will contribute
to teaching at the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University, and
to PhD courses at Gulu University.
Research managementThe successful applicant will take an active role in organising collaborative IMAGENU activities.
Qualifications and job requirementsApplicants must have a PhD degree in anthropology or allied fields.
The successful applicant must document extensive fieldwork experience as well as having an international research profile.
The
perfect applicant will have done research in Uganda/Eastern Africa and
will speak a Bantu or Nilotic language. He/she will also have done
research on gender relations.
Applicants should have the ability to work independently as well as in collaboration within a research team.
The
successful applicant will be expected, under the guidance of the team
leader, to develop their research within the framework provided by the
grant awarded. While some of the tasks and research frames are
pre-defined, the postdoc will also be expected to contribute original
research ideas. The postdoc will play a key role in organising research
workshops, conferences, and research capacity-building activities. In
addition, the successful applicant will collaborate in research analysis
and publications together with the IMAGENU team, and will be expected
to present their research at international meetings and publish results
in peer-reviewed international scientific journals in a timely fashion.
The
application must be uploaded in English, and must explain (max. five A4
pages) how the applicant would theoretically approach, methodologically
plan for and anticipate their research findings for this project. This
proposal must be uploaded together with the letter of application.
For further information about the position, please contact Professor MSO Lotte Meinert
lotte.meinert@cas.au.dk
For more information about the application, please contact HR supporter Marianne Birn (
mbb@au.dk).
Institutional contextThe Faculty of Arts at Aarhus University is one of the largest environments for research and education
in
Northern Europe. We investigate human cultural and social forms of
expression and practice. For more information on the research activities
of the School of Culture and Society, please see:
http://cas.au.dk/en/about-the-school/school-profile/.
Deadline: 15 August 2018.
Qualification requirements
Applicants should hold a PhD or equivalent academic qualifications.
Formalities
All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background.
Deadline: All applications must be made online and received by:
15.08.2018.
Please apply online here
Faculty of Arts:The Faculty of Arts is one of four main academic areas at Aarhus University.
The faculty contributes to Aarhus University's research, talent development, knowledge exchange and degree programmes.
With
its 500 academic staff members, 260 PhD students, 10,500 BA and MA
students, and 1,500 students following continuing/further education
programmes, the faculty constitutes a strong and diverse research and
teaching environment.
The Faculty of Arts consists of the School
of Communication and Culture, the School of Culture and Society, the
Danish School of Education, and the Centre for Teaching Development and
Digital Media. Each of these units has strong academic environments and
forms the basis for interdisciplinary research and education.
The
faculty's academic environments and degree programmes engage in
international collaboration and share the common goal of contributing to
the development of knowledge, welfare and culture in interaction with
society.
Read more at
arts.au.dk/en
Aarhus University offers Relocation service to International researchers. You can read more about it at
ias.au.dk/en
Source: http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/975250/5283/ (26/06/2018).
