PhD Position: From Ecological Violence to Ecologies of Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
Fully funded doctoral research examining how communities in Latin America and the Caribbean experience ecological violence and develop ecologies of care, using ethnographic, co-creative and potentially arts-based approaches with societal partners.
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Vacancy terms
- Career stage
- Doctoral researcher
- Employment type
- Not stated
- Contract
- Not stated
- Contract ends
- Not stated
- Original contract term
- 4 years, initial 1.5-year contract followed by 2.5-year extension after positive evaluation.
- Schedule
- 1.0 FTE
- Workplace
- On-site
- FTE
- 1
- Salary
- €3,059 to €3,881 gross per month based on a 38-hour working week.
- Department or school
- Department of Anthropology and Development Studies / Radboud Social Cultural Research Institute
- Posted
- Not stated
Responsibilities
- Develop and conduct ethnographic doctoral research.
- Work with societal partners and community collaborators.
- Analyse ecological violence, gender and decolonial ecologies of care.
- Publish the dissertation and scholarly outputs.
- Contribute to teaching and institute activities.
Qualifications and requirements
Qualifications
- Master's or Research Master's degree in Anthropology, Development Studies, Geography or a closely related discipline.
Requirements
- Proven academic-writing ability.
- Experience with qualitative and ethnographic analysis.
- Concrete, feasible doctoral project idea and ability to work co-creatively.
- Substantial familiarity with the proposed research context.
- English at C1 level.
- Excellent command of the language or languages needed for the proposed field context.
Preferred qualifications
- Dutch C1 is desirable.
- Experience with participatory, co-creative or arts-based methods is an advantage.
- Demonstrated societal-impact orientation is valued.
Employment conditions
- Temporary doctoral employment
- 0 FTE
- Placement: Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Working week: 38 hours
- €3,059 to €3,881 gross per month based on a 38-hour working week.
Benefits
- 8% holiday allowance
- 3% year-end bonus
- 30 or 41 annual leave days for full-time staff depending on arrangement
- Pension and flexible university employment conditions
Documents and steps
Documents
- Cover letter/motivation, maximum 1 page
- Contact details of two academic references
- CV
- Research proposal, maximum 2 pages excluding references
Steps
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Complete the online application and upload the provider-stated documents.
Submit before the official closing date.
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