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The Surveillance Project, Queen's University
Please note the following announcement (also on our Department and
Project web sites) and forward
either or both of them to anyone or any group that you think may have an
interest. Thank you.
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Queen's University
The Surveillance Project, based in the Sociology Department at Queen's
University, seek a post-doctoral
fellow to join the team researching Surveillance, Risk, and Social
Ordering in a Global Information
Society, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada under the
Knowledge-Based Economy Strategic Grant theme.
The successful candidate will develop, construct, and contribute to
projects in conjunction with team
members. These currently include the role of surveillance technology,
including biometrics, in capturing
the movement of people across borders; electronic commerce, virtual
worlds, Internet solicitation and
information privacy; the development of smart cards in federal and
provincial government departments.
Some knowledge of surveillance and privacy issues is an asset, and
applicants should have social science
training, preferably a PhD in Sociology. There is a possibility that
some teaching opportunities may be
available during the tenure of the post-doc.
The position will start in mid-September 2001 with possible renewal for
a second year in September 2002.
The amount is $26,000 in the first year. For more information see
<http://qsilver.queensu.ca/sociology/Surveillance/intro.html>http://qsilver.queensu.ca/sociology/Surveillance/intro.html
or contact David Lyon, [log in to unmask]
Please send a curriculum vitae, transcripts, three letters of reference,
a sample publication or
work-in-progress, and a letter of application by August 15 2001 to David
Lyon, The Surveillance Project,
Sociology Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L
3N6. Canadian citizens and
permanent residents will be considered first.
Queen's University is committed to employment equity and welcomes
applications from all qualified
women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons
with disabilities, gay men and
lesbians.
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Bart Simon [log in to unmask]
Asst. Professor http://post.queensu.ca/~simonb
Dept. of Sociology
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario phone: 613-533-6000 x77152
K7L-3N6 fax: 613-533-2871
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