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9/9/09 fyi Elisabeth ------- EurIslam Research Assistant (ref. 14986) Department of Sociology, University of Bristol 18 months full-time post You will work principally on the British case of a European Union Framework funded project "Finding a Place for Islam in Europe: Cultural Interaction between Muslim immigrants and Receiving Societies" (EurIslam) that is also cross-national collaborative with five other countries. The project, of which the Bristol part is led by Professor Paul Statham, studies how the different specific traditions of national identity, citizenship, and church-state relations in six European countries (Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France) have shaped their policy efforts to incorporate Islam, and examines the consequences of these approaches on the patterns of cultural distance and interaction that have evolved between Muslim migrants (Turks, Moroccans, Pakistanis, Former Yugoslavs) and their societies of settlement. The British study is systematically comparable to studies in other countries. Methods include a survey, media analysis, interviews and focus groups. You will be part of the international research networks collaborating on this research and participate fully in the activities of the Department of Sociology and its research centres. You should have training and qualifications in a relevant social science discipline and either hold (or be close to completing) a doctorate. Practical research experience with qualitative and quantitative data-sets and knowledge of research methods will be an advantage. The successful candidate will be a member of the University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship and the International Research Network for European Political Communications (EurPolCom). This dual membership reflects the project's substantive topic of inquiry on Islam, integration and cultural interaction, on one side, and with a European comparative framework, applying methods for analyzing public discourses and public opinion, on the other. This post is available for 18 months commencing 1 January 2010. If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a permanent contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research experience. Further information can be found at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/ Grade: Level a in Pathway 2 Salary: =3DA329,704 Anticipated start date: =A001 January 2010 Closing date for applications: =A09.00 am on 01 October 2009 Contact for informal enquiries: Prof PD Statham [log in to unmask] For full details and for application forms, go to the University website: http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=3D3D82886 _______________________________________________ ------ End of Forwarded Message SOCREL-PG is the Postgraduate e-mail list of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group. To join SOCREL-PG, send the following one-line message: join socrel-pg YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME to: <[log in to unmask]> Send contributions to the list by sending messages to: [log in to unmask] To leave SOCREL-PG, send the following one-line message: leave socrel-pg YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME to: <[log in to unmask]>