Two positions in Sociology and Cultural Political Economy at Lancaster
University
Research Associate (Grade 6)
£24,877 - £28,839
You will join the Sociology Department and work with the Cultural
Political Economy Research Cluster on discursive aspects of the global
economic crisis. You should have finished or be close to completing a
relevant PhD and have research experience in corpus linguistics and,
importantly, critical discourse analysis. Principal Investigator is
Bob Jessop and the post lasts 36 months. Closing date: to be confirmed
- sometime between 18 and 31 December 2009. Requests for further
details and inquiries can be addressed to Bob Jessop. Starting date
as soon as possible, ideally before 31 March 2010. To apply, please
visit Human Resources (http://www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk/CurrentVacancies.aspx
) or Sociology (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology) websites and/or
contact [log in to unmask]
The research is part of a 3-year Economic and Research Council Funded
Project on the Cultural Political Economy of Crisis and Crisis-
Management. You will be compiling a corpus of texts from the USA, UK,
Germany, the EU, and international institutions, conducting a corpus
analysis, and selecting texts for a more detailed critical discourse
analysis. There will be some international travel involved and a
working knowledge of German would, obviously, be an advantage (though
we might find ways to work round this if you do not and are otherwise
well-qualified). Other parts of the research address the question of
whether the forms, interpretations, crisis policies, and medium-term
approaches to crisis-management provide evidence for the existence of
distinct varieties of capitalism, convergence towards a neo-liberal
regime, or adaptation to diverse constraints in an integrated world
market.
Research Student (3 years' Home/EU fees and maintenance)
You will join the Sociology Department and work with the Cultural
Political Economy Research Cluster on an aspect of the continuing
financial and economic crisis. The research is conducted independently
but will be part of a 3-year Economic and Research Council Funded
Project on the Cultural Political Economy of Crisis and Crisis-
Management. The preferred topics are either: (a) an analysis of how
the current and previous major economic and financial crises were
managed in different historical periods in the 20th century; or (b) an
analysis of how current figures, parties, institutions, and so on,
have used historical parallels to interpret the current crisis and to
draw policy lessons, positive or negative, for how best to deal with
the current crisis. You should have an undergraduate degree and,
ideally, a master's degree in a relevant subject. Command of a major
non-English language relevant to the research is desirable. Closing
date: 05 January 2010. Starting date: as soon as possible. To apply or
for further information please visit our Sociology website (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology
) and/or contact Bob Jessop: [log in to unmask]
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