For all the positions,
applicants should have a degree in anthropology, sociology, political science,
geography, socio-linguistics or another relevant social science. Successful
applicants’ research interests, experience and publications should be relevant
to themes and topics within the Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity (see www.mmg.mpg.de).
Currently the Department is especially looking to expand its work on the
following:
Urban Diversity
·
Organizations and institutions (including policy frameworks, implementation
and interactions between local governance actors surrounding the concept of ‘diversity’);
·
Ethnographies of urban super-diversity (including new contexts, emergent
dynamics and methodological challenges);
·
Urban theory and diversity (especially how diversification affects city
development);
New Diversities in Africa
·
Contemporary rural-urban and international migration, social interactions and urban development
in various African cities;
·
‘Old’ meets ‘new’
diversity (the layering of contemporary, migration-driven super-diversity on
top of longstanding patterns of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity);
·
Migration and
diversification in the growing megacity of Lagos.
Further, we are generally interested in enhancing
our research agendas on political life and diversity and on social interactions
in various social milieus and settings.
The Institute welcomes
applications from researchers with either/both quantitative and qualitative
research skills and experience. Very good spoken and written English is
required. [The working language of the Institute is English, and publications
in English-language academic journals and books are prioritized.]
Applications must be submitted electronically
through the following portal:
https://s-lotus.gwdg.de/mpg/mpgs/mmg_postdoc_2014_01.nsf/application
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, a list of publications, publication (or
PhD thesis) samples and the names and contact details of potential referees. Applicants
may apply for more than one type of position. Deadline for all applications is 22 April 2014. All positions should
begin on 1 September 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The positions
currently on offer are:
1. Up to four
Staff Research Fellows
Initial contracts will be for a period of two
years and are renewable for up to five years. Salary is based on the German collective bargaining agreement for civil servants (TVöD),
level E 13. PhD required.
Staff researchers pursue their own projects
and play a central role in developing and undertaking larger, team-driven
projects within the Department
and Institute, as well as with international collaborators. Interest and experience in team projects is
advantageous.
2.
Three Post-doctoral Research Fellows
Initial contracts will be
for a period of two years and are renewable for up to up to three years. Salary
will be based on the German collective
bargaining agreement for civil servants (TVöD), level E 13. PhD
required.
Post-docs undertake
projects largely of their own design, but should be willing to collaborate and
contribute to broader projects and themes within the Department and Institute, as
well as with international collaborators.
3. Two Post-doctoral Write-up Fellows
These positions are for
one year and are non-extendable. Based on the guidelines of the Max-Planck
Society, we offer a monthly stipend of approximately €1,468 (for German
nationals) or €2,100 (for foreign nationals). Stipends are not subject to
income tax or obligatory social security contributions. Scholars whose PhDs
have been submitted by June 1 2014 (and not before June 2011) are eligible to
apply.
These fellowships are intended solely for
writing-up the PhD thesis into publications (peer-reviewed journal articles
and/or a book). Themes
should relate to the substantive concerns of the department’s research
programme. The write-up fellows are expected to take part
in the academic life of the Department and Institute.
Please note: In addition to other publications, applicants
for these one-year write-up fellowships should also send an electronic copy of their PhD-thesis or
sample chapters. These will be treated confidentially.
4. One Doctoral Student
Initial contracts will be
for a period of one to two years and are renewable for up to 4 years. Following
the standard German model, doctoral salaries will be 50% of TVöD, level E 13.
PhD projects in any field
should be relevant to the Department’s interests. Ideally, applicants should be
in an advanced stage of their research and applicants should have fulfilled most
university requirements for their doctoral programme.
The Max Planck Institute
does not itself have a doctoral programme, nor does it award PhDs; scholarship
holders are given a salary, research support and other academic funding (but
not university fees). PhD students must be independently enrolled in
universities and PhD programmes (anywhere in the world), and they are
responsible for fulfilling all of the course and administrative requirements of
their respective universities. PhD Student presence at the Max Planck Institute
in Göttingen is required. In their cover letter, applicants for a doctoral
position should provide an indication of the PhD programme in which they are
enrolled, and what degree requirements remain to be fulfilled.
