Dear all,
Please find below a CfA. We are looking forward to interesting
candidates. Please disseminate it widely!
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Carola
The Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig kindly
invites applications from highly qualified and motivated individuals for
2 PhD fellowships to commence as soon as possible. The IfL is a
non-university research institute and member of the Leibniz Association
with currently around 70 employees. It is institutionally financed by
the Free State of Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany in the
context of a common research funding agreement.
The fellowships include
● a monthly stipend of 1400,00 € granted for six months plus
financial support for confer-ences and field research,
● access to the academic service infrastructure of the IfL (e.g.,
the Central Geographical Library; The Archive for Geography;
cartographic and IT services, scientific seminars),
● individual support in terms of exchange and discussions within
the international research network of ira.urban and
● flexible working arrangements in Leipzig.
The fellowships will be financed within the framework of the
international comparative re-search project “Urban reconfigurations in
post-Soviet space” (ira.urban). They aim at analyz-ing and explaining
continuities and discontinuities in the reconfiguration of urban spaces
in the light of traditional, reproduced Soviet and newly formed
post-Soviet conditions as well as of changing global economic and social
orders. On basis of transnationally comparative case study research, the
project focuses on the question to what extent urban development has
become part of a socially negotiated adjustment processes, and a mirror
of a comprehensive modernisation process of urban societies in the
republics of the former Soviet Union.
The fellowships will be offered to researchers working in one of the
following fields:
Research field (1): Structural change of post-Soviet city regions:
Comparative re-search on socio-economic dynamics and interregional
linkages (subject: ira.urban_typologies).
The awardee addresses in his PhD thesis the aforementioned topic (1),
and deploys it empir-ically and methodologically for a single or
multiple regional case studies in the post-Soviet space. In the context
of the ira.urban project he contributes to the organization and analysis
of an international database which comprises statistical indicators as
well as further materials about the socio-demographic and economic
developments of post-Soviet city regions. The
database, including its visual compilation in terms of maps, represents
the starting point for comparative, quantitative analysis as well as
qualitative multiple case studies. Against this backdrop, the successful
candidate will be in an advanced stage of his/her PhD project and show
relevant experiences and skills in quantitative, structural analysis,
cartographic methods as well as in urban research in post-Soviet space.
Research field (2): Peripheries of post-Soviet city-regions: Trends,
Factors and Actors of the Post-industrial Transformation (subject:
ira.urban_peripheries).
The awardee addresses in his PhD thesis the aforementioned topic (2),
and deploys it empir-ically and theoretically for a single or multiple
case studies in the post-Soviet space, except the city regions of Moscow
and St. Petersburg. The candidate analyses the contexts, pro-cesses and
socio- and/or economic effects of the suburban transformations within
the city region(s) under study from an actor-focused perspective. Thus,
the successful candidate will be in an advanced stage of his/her PhD
project, have gained relevant skills in social research methods as well
as experiences in comparative urban research in post-Soviet space and/or
have elaborated concepts for researching the aforementioned topic (2).
Furthermore, we expect of both candidates geographic flexibility,
fluency in English and in at least one language of the post-Soviet
space, as well as working knowledge in Office soft-ware. The positions
require hard working individuals with analytical strengths,
communication skills, self-initiative and a strong team spirit.
Please submit your complete application package in English or German as
one pdf-file by e-mail to [log in to unmask] The deadline for
applications is January 20th 2014.
Please enclose the following documents:
o CV
o letter of motivation/ statement of purpose, including a short
display of the links between your PhD project and ira.urban (2 pages
max.)
o exposé of your PhD project, including your time table and work
progress ( 5 pages max, excluding sources)
o list of your publications and presentations
o Certificates, references etc.
Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact
Dr. Isolde Brade ([log in to unmask]) or Dr. Carola Neugebauer
([log in to unmask]). We are looking forward to your
application!
For further Information about the Leibniz Institute for Regional
Geography: www.ifl-leipzig.de.
For further Information about the Leibniz foundation:
www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Dipl.-Ing. Carola S. Neugebauer
Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde
Schongauerstraße 9
04328 Leipzig
Telefon: +49 341 600 55-158
Projektarbeit in ira.urban: Neukonfigurationen des Städtischen im
postsowjetischen Raum
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