IMAGENU Postdoctoral Researcher 975250 [to do research on the changing gender and marriage patterns in Uganda]

IMAGENU Postdoctoral Researcher 975250

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 project
This 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.
 
Research
The successful applicant will have an individual research project relevant for IMAGENU, based on 12 months of fieldwork in Northern or Eastern Uganda.

Teaching
The postdoc will contribute to teaching at the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University, and to PhD courses at Gulu University.

Research management
The 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

• Faculty of Arts refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities (the Appointment Order).
• Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities .
• Further information on the application and supplementary materials may be found in Applicant Guidelines.
• The application must outline the applicant's motivation for applying for the position, attaching a curriculum vitae, a teaching portfolio, a complete list of published works, copies of degree certificates and no more than five examples of academic production. Please upload this material electronically along with your application.

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).

Postdoc in Techno-Anthropology (2017-224-01646), Aalborg University, Aalborg (Denmark)

Postdoc in Techno-Anthropology (2017-224-01646)

Host University: Aalborg University, Aalborg (Denmark)

At The Department of Learning and Philosophy, the Faculty of Humanities, a position as postdoc in techno-anthropology is available from 1 March 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is available for a period of 3 years. Workplace: Aalborg. 

Job description: The Department of Learning and Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Aalborg University invites applications for a 36-month full-time postdoctoral researcher position in techno-anthropological studies of data security in the Internet of Things (IoT).  

The postdoc will be part of the Techno-Anthropology Research Group (http://www.tant.aau.dk) and the interdisciplinary research project “Secure Estimation and Control Using Recursion and Encryption (SECURE)”.

The postdoc is expected to begin on 1 March 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position: Contemporary developers of the IoT and cyber-physical systems (CPS) envision that future societies will have an increasingly high level of integration between cyber-, physical, and social worlds. One area of such integration is energy production and consumption where the so-called smart grid is expected to establish communication and coordination between large numbers of entities in a way that facilitates critical operational decisions. This interaction between entities requires exchange of privacy-sensitive information, which raises critical questions about the users’ trust and participation in the system.

The interdisciplinary research project SECURE develops technical solutions for data-privacy and security in the management of cyber-physical systems in connected societies. The project includes a Techno-Anthropological investigation of how developers and future users relate to social and ethical issues of data sharing, privacy and trust. The project involves researchers from the fields of techno-anthropology, mathematics, electronic systems, automation and control engineering, and offers a unique opportunity for participating in interdisciplinary research collaboration.

In the SECURE project, the postdoc will conduct an ethnographic study in 2018-2019 among different groups of potential users and designers of cyber-physical systems and examine how core themes such as trust, security, privacy-sensitivity and ethics are articulated in the work practices of the project partners. Important tasks of the postdoc position will be to arrange two stakeholder workshops in 2019 and 2020, including the development of specific participatory methods for stakeholder involvement in the design of privacy-preserving ICT platforms. The postdoc will also contribute to the dissemination of findings in formats targeted at the broader public, e.g. through demonstrations and exhibitions about socio-technical aspects of future CPS, and to the production of a policy brief on social and ethical issues related to the integration between cyber-, physical, and social worlds.

The successful applicant will be based in Aalborg at the Department of Learning and Philosophy, and will be expected to participate in activities at department level and in the Techno-Anthropology research group.

Researc: For this position, we are looking for an innovative and dedicated researcher with previous experience related to science and technology studies, ethnography, participatory methods, technology design, human-computer interaction or similar. Applicants are asked to submit a three-page research proposal for the postdoc sub-project in which they motivate their interest in the project and their perspective on topics such as cyber-physical systems, data privacy, security and trust. Applicants are also asked to describe their reflections on the specific tasks of the project (i.e. the ethnographic study, the stakeholder seminars, the dissemination activities and the policy brief).

The successful applicant will be expected to participate in monthly project meetings and take an active role in the SECURE steering group, deliver internal working papers and field reports, and write three peer-reviewed research articles based on the findings of the project.

The Department of Learning and Philosophy operates on an interdisciplinary, cross- faculty basis. The mission of the Department is to do research, development and teaching in the areas of learning, innovation, knowledge, education, philosophy, and ethics in both public and private organizations. For a detailed description of the department please visit www.learning.aau.dk .

Teaching: The successful applicant must be prepared to teach in the Techno-Anthropology Programmes at BA or MA level.
 
Post Doctoral position: Appointment as Postdoc presupposes scientific qualifications at PhD–level or similar scientific qualifications in Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology or related disciplines. The research potential of each applicant will be emphasized in the overall assessment. Appointment as a Postdoc cannot exceed a period of four years in total at Aalborg University. Appointment at Postdoc level cannot exceed a period of eight years in total in Denmark, however max. six years at Assistant Professor level - which includes Postdoc - at the same institution.

The application must contain the following:

• Your CV 
• A complete publication list and markings of the attached publications to be taken into consideration in connection with the assessment. No more than five publications may be attached.
• In case you attach joint, a co-author statement must be enclosed specifying your contribution to the joint work. The co-author statement must be signed by at least one of the co-authors.
• Documentation of your teaching qualifications (Guide)
• Copies of your degree certificates (including Master’s and PhD certificates).
• A three-page proposal for the SECURE postdoc research sub-project (see above).

Applicants must also document:

• Experiencer of interdisciplinary collaboration and research. 
• Ethnographic fieldwork experience in the field of science and technology.
• Experience of organising, coordinating and conducting workshops and courses for external partners or practitioners.
• Experience of publication and research dissemination. 

Applications must be submitted in English.
Everyone interested is encouraged to apply, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnicity.

Applicants will be assessed by an Expert assessment committee. Applicants may be invited to an interview and/or asked to give a trial lecture.
Shortlisting will be applied. This means that subsequent to the deadline for applications the head of department supported by the chair of the assessment committee will select candidates for assessment. All applicants will be informed whether they will be assessed or not. The selected applicants will be informed of the composition of the assessment committee, and each applicant will have the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that applies to the applicant in question. When the employment process has been terminated, a final rejection will be sent to the applicants who are not considered for the position.

Any enquiries about the position and the SECURE project (including a project description) may be addressed to assistant professor Astrid O. Andersen, email aoa@learning.aau.dk, telephone (+45) 6196 7282. 

Any enquiries relating to the application procedure should be addressed to Gurli Brogaard at the Faculty Office via email hs-hr@adm.aau.dk or telephone (+ 45) 9940 7023. Your application including attachments must be sent electronically by clicking the “Apply online” link below.

Agreement: Employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministry of Finance's current Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities. Employment and salary are in accordance with the collective agreement for state-employed academics.

Vacancy number: 2017-224-01646

Deadline: 05/01/2018

Apply online

Source: http://www.vacancies.aau.dk/show-vacancy/?vacancy=941745 (12/12/2017).