The Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) seeks to fill the follow positions:
2 doctoral researchers (m/f/d/x)
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Founded in 1409, Leipzig University is one of Germany’s largest universities and a leader in research and medical training. With around 30,000 students and more than 5000 members of staff across 14 faculties, it is at the heart of the vibrant and outward-looking city of Leipzig. Leipzig University offers an innovative and international working environment as well as an exciting range of career opportunities in research, teaching, knowledge and technology transfer, infrastructure and administration.
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now” – a cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Leipzig University, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg – is offering two doctoral researcher positions.
Engaging with multiplicity is essential for understanding 21st-century social worlds, which are invariably constituted through the interaction of multiple social realities, lifeworlds, world views, approaches to future-making, and forms of knowledge (making). All the major problems that the world faces today have multiple dimensions, intersect with other issues, and must be addressed through multifaceted measures, thus necessitating the development of appropriate conceptual tools. The IMPRS “Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now” is affiliated with the Graduate School Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University and will train the next generation of researchers to address such multiplicity. By bringing together scholars working in anthropology or with anthropological methods and approaches, the IMPRS will provide much-needed synergy in the study of key contemporary challenges, including climate change, the digital revolution, the crises of modernities, and questions of justice and equality.
The doctoral researchers will be based at Leipzig University. Supervision for these two positions will be provided by Leipzig-based IMPRS teaching faculty. The doctoral researchers will be members of the IMPRS.
Possible supervisors (IMPRS teaching faculty members at Leipzig University): Professor Andrea Behrends (Anthropology); Professor Marian Burchardt (Sociology); Dr Steffi Marung (Global Studies); Junior Professor Megan Maruschke (Global Studies); PD Dr. Stefanie Mauksch (Anthropology); and Professor Matthias Middell (Global Studies).
For more information on the IMPRS, see: https://www.imprs-gm.mpg.de/
The role
- Conducting research for a dissertation project on a topic related to global multiplicity with an ethnographic focus that relates to the IMPRS research foci “political potentials” or “economic re-ordering”
- Participation in the curriculum and fulfilment of the program of the IMPRS “Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now”
- Integration into the research life of the Leipzig University at the Graduate School Global and Area Studies and enrolment as a doctoral researcher at the faculty of the supervisor at Leipzig University.
We are interested in projects on new global dynamics with an ethnographic focus that relates to the IMPRS research foci “political potentials” or “economic re-ordering.” Applications should address global multiplicity in the fields of the supervisors listed above.
About you
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a related field (social anthropology or a closely related discipline)
- Genuine interest in empirical research that draws on the theories and methods of social anthropology
- You are fluent in English and speak the languages required for your research project, or are willing to learn them
- Motivation to be a proactive team player in an international and interdisciplinary research consortium
What we offer you
- a responsible role in the exciting environment of a large university
- excellent conditions for doctoral supervision and training with experienced professors
- prolonged periods of fieldwork are expected and will be supported by adequate funds
- working in a friendly, helpful, and high-performing team
- flexible working hours and mobile working for a better work-life balance
- Opportunities for further training and professional development as part of a structured staff development programme
- divers range of corporate health management
- Remuneration in accordance with the collective agreement for the states, including annual bonus and company pension plan
- excellent transport links and the option to purchase a discounted public transport ticket, such as the Deutschlandticket as a commuter pass
- extensive catering in the cafeterias and cafés of the Leipzig Student Services Association
Leipzig University aims to increase the proportion of women in positions of responsibility and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. Severely disabled persons – or persons deemed legally equal to them under Book IX of the German Social Code – are encouraged to apply and will be given preference in the case of equal suitability. If you have any questions about accessibility or need assistance with this application process, please contact Leipzig University’s disability officers at: schwerbehindertenvertretung@uni-leipzig.de.