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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Financialisation of Households),

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

(ERC GEOFIN project – Western Banks in Eastern Europe: New Geographies of Financialisation)

 

Post Title: Research Fellow (ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher) - Financialisation of Households

Post Status: approx. 3-Year Full-Time or Part-Time

Salary: €36,488 - €41,003 (ca. £32,500 - £36,600; US$ 42,900 - US$48,200).

Application via email to: [log in to unmask]

Application deadline: on Monday 27th November 2017 (12 noon, local Irish time)

 

Please note: This post is tenable from the 15th January 2018 (or soon after). The successful candidate should be in place no later than 20th March 2018.

Location: GEOFIN Project within the Finance, Economy & Society (FES) Research Group, Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland.

Funding body: European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (Project 683197)


Post Summary
ERC-funded research project GEOFIN (Western Banks in Eastern Europe: New Geographies of Financialisation) based in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow (ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher) with experience in conducting household surveys and interviews, to lead research on financialisation of households. The position is offered for 3 years on a Full-Time basis, but Part-Time arrangement will also be considered. The key aim of GEOFIN project is to examine how states, banks and households in post-socialist contexts of East-Central Europe have been financialised and to consider what implications this has for the societies in question and for Europe as a whole. The successful applicants will be a core member of the GEOFIN team – led by Dr Martin Sokol (Associate Professor in Geography and GEOFIN’s Principal Investigator) and including 3 other Post-Doctoral Researchers (financialisation of states; financialisation of banks; and financial futures); two Research Assistants based in East-Central Europe (household case studies); a PhD student (sub-national banking strategies) and a Research Project Officer. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate closely with other team members based in Dublin and to oversee/coordinate the work of two Research Assistants based in East-Central Europe. The successful candidates will be hosted in the Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, on the main Trinity Campus and will become a member of the Finance, Economy & Society (FES) Research Group directed by Dr Martin Sokol.

 

Informal enquiries concerning the post should be addressed to Dr Martin Sokol: [log in to unmask]

 

More info and full Job Specification is available at:

https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/research/gof/GEOFIN.php

 

You can follow GEOFIN project updates on Research Gate:

https://www.researchgate.net/project/GEOFIN-Western-Banks-in-Eastern-Europe-New-Geographies-of-Financialisation

 

Feel free to forward to interested parties.

Many thanks,

Martin

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Dr Martin Sokol

Associate Professor

Department of Geography

Trinity College Dublin

Dublin 2, Ireland

Tel.: +353-(0)1-896 2355

Email: [log in to unmask]

Web: https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/staff/MartinSokol.php

Principal Investigator, GEOFIN project: https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/research/gof/GEOFIN.php

Secretary, FinGeo Network: http://www.fingeo.net/