The ISS is now recruiting an Assistant Professor in Agrarian and Environmental Studies. Full details are below. I would be happy to answer questions about the post or the ISS.

best,

Murat

Murat Arsel

Associate Professor of Environment and Development

International Institute of Social Studies - Erasmus University (EUR)

The Hague - The Netherlands

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Editor, Development & Change

Assistant professor level in the field of Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies

The Staff Group Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies has a position (1.0 FTE) for an Assistant Professor level in the field of: 

Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies

 The Staff Group is engaged in research, teaching, advisory work and capacity building in international development studies.

It has recently formed a research programme (RP), “Political Economy of Resources, Environment and Population”. This research programme includes two main inter-related research areas, namelyAgrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES) and Population Dynamics and Social Policy(PSSP).

This RP focuses on agrarian and rural development, environment and conservation, poverty, socio-economic security, population studies, and child and youth studies, and shares an explicit engagement with a political economy framework of analysis of power relations and processes of global change that reinforce rather than reduce poverty and socio-economic insecurity.

Profile

We are looking for top-talent which will contribute innovative high quality research and teaching capacity to a number of crucial issues relating to Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies in developing and/or transition countries, in a rapidly changing global context.

AFES is focused on the interface between agricultural and environmental change within the context of global, political-economic transformations. It addresses challenges associated with the ownership, control, use, management and distribution of natural resources and the dynamic relationships between nature, agriculture and socioeconomic development.

It pays particular attention to contemporary environmental and resource-related conflicts and how these can be understood and mediated with an eye at bringing about just, equitable and sustainable development in developing nations and beyond.

For a full profile and vacancy description, download the job description

Task and Responsibilities

• Production and publication of high quality research output at international standards

• Preparation (individually or jointly with other staff) of externally funded research grant proposals

• Contribution to teaching in the AFES Major; Supervision of MA and PhD students in the AFES field

Requirements

• A completed PhD in one of the social sciences

• Evidence of publication capacity, including both a strong publication track record and clear research and publication plans

• Teaching experience, preferably at post-graduate level

• Proven evidence of the ability to attract external finance for research and other projects

• Ability to work in an inter-disciplinary team

• Experience with gender-based analysis is welcomed

• While open to all regional specializations, we hope that the successful candidate will have at least one area specialization in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia or Indonesia.