We are currently advertising the post below. If anyone fancies spending 18 months tracking illicit or unregulated goods flowing in and out of European ports, please get in touch with me or Nicky
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Mike
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Post Doctoral Research Associate
Durham University -Geography
Salary: £30,424 – 32,267 per annum
Durham University seek to appoint a PDRA for 18 months to work on the ESRC-funded project, Illicit economies and the Spaces of Circulation. The grant is held by Durham University’s Department of Geography (PI Professor Nicky Gregson), with Co-Is Professor Mike Crang and Professor Ray Hudson, and in collaboration with Professor Costis Hadjimichalis (Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University, Athens). The post-holder will work under the direction of Professor Nicky Gregson and Professor Mike Crang.
The project of which this post is part is concerned with examining the flows of goods in globalisation. Whilst most academic work focuses on how and where goods are produced, consumed and disposed of, relatively little addresses the circulation of goods in the global economy. Turning attention to the circulation of things highlights the critical role of maritime space (the sea) and of ports, trucks and truckers in holding the global economy together. It also flags the significance of 'Plan D' or 'System D' in the global economy; that is, the vast range of informal or unregulated economic activity which underpins globalisation. This research examines these intersections, starting from four of the major EU ports, including in Northern and Southern Europe. It entails research with truckers, haulier agents, shipping agents and customs and excise inspectors. The focus for the research is the potential gap between the physical contents of the container box, and their value, and the description of those contents on the box manifest. As such, the research addresses the collision between a global economy predicated upon the uninterrupted flow of goods and security concerns which are beginning to identify ports as the weakest link in global security.
For further details regarding this post please contact Professor Nicky Gregson:
Email: [log in to unmask]
Telephone: 0191 3344683.
Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in the University.
Reference Number: 2694
Closing Date: 30 June 2013
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