Before we all get too carried away, it does not specify what the results of the study should be. I am rather wary of attempts to prescribe certain 'objects' of research through ideology (whether I happen to share that ideology or not). It is perfectly possible to imagine critical methods and critical results from such a study. It's clear that the PI wants critical geogaphers to apply...
David.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Salvatore
>Engel-DiMauro
>Sent: 03 August 2007 14:23
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Research Vacancies - University of Manchester
>
>i concur entirely. this is preposterous. or, what exactly does
>such a post have to do with critical geography? it seems
>counterintuitive to me.
>
>saed
>
>North, Peter wrote:
>>
>> How about starting with not trying to dominate the middle east to
>> secure the world's diminishing oil stocks?
>>
>> Peter North
>> Department of Geography
>> University of Liverpool
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers on behalf of Jon
>> Coaffee
>> Sent: Fri 03/08/2007 08:27
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Research Vacancies - University of Manchester
>>
>> Apologies for cross postings
>>
>> Research Associates (two posts)
>> Resilient Planning, Design and Management for Countering
>Terrorism in
>> Public Places - Centre for Urban Policy Studies School of
>Environment
>> and Development The University of Manchester
>> http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/ZG027.html
>>
>>
>> Closing date: 28/08/2007 Salary - £26,666 - £30,012 p.a.
>>
>> The School of Environment and Development is seeking to appoint two
>> Research Associates to work with the Centre for Urban Policy Studies
>> (CUPS), tenable from October 2007 for 24 months in the first
>instance.
>> You will contribute to research connected to an EPSRC funded project
>> focusing on Resilient Design (RE-DESIGN) for counter-terrorism:
>> Decision support for designing effective and acceptable
>resilient places.
>>
>> You will liaise with the Re-Design team to help develop a unique
>> multi- disciplinary research framework for countering terrorism in
>> crowded public places.
>>
>> You will have a PhD (or at least submitted by contract start) in a
>> cognate discipline such as urban planning, human geography,
>political
>> science, international relations, urban sociology, architecture; and
>> experience of conducting qualitative case study based
>research to a high standard.
>>
>>
>>
>> Informal enquiries
>> Dr Jon Coaffee
>> Tel: 0161 275 6903
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>
>--
>Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
>Department of Geography, SUNY New Paltz
>1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561
>tel: 1/845/2572991, fax: 1/845/2572992
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>Senior Editor
>Capitalism Nature Socialism: A Journal of Ecosocialism
>
>Editor
>ACME: An international e-journal for critical geographies
>http://www.acme-journal.org/
>
|