Postdoctoral researcher (2025DILIFRUA159)

Offer Description

Job position

Postdoctoral researcher

Job position requirements

• PhD degree in Rural Anthropology, Development Studies, Environmental Social Science, Political Ecology, Human Geography, or closely related disciplines.
• Master’s degree and / or background in Anthropology, Geography, Environmental Sciences, or related disciplines.
• Training and experience in rural ethnography and qualitative fieldwork.
• Excellent command of office software.
• Knowledge on data analysis (Stata, R, or similar) will be an asset.
• Excellent command of English Language is required (C1 or B2).
• Excellent command of the main language where fieldwork may be located (e.g. Spanish, Italian, French, German, etc) is required.
• Command of Catalan Language is desirable.
• Fieldwork research experience in rural areas is required.
• Experience with / in organisations focused on rural development issues will be an asset.
• Ability to work and study independently, to define goals, methods and work towards them.
• Ability and commitment to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a research team.
• Availability to travel to conferences and fieldwork.
• Ability to create and contribute to a well-functioning, inclusive, and productive research environment.
• A good knowledge and understanding of the pastoralism / wildlife, and rural development literature.
• Clear links to the research places that the candidate wishes to focus on including relevant language skills.
• Methodological skills that allow development of research protocols required to answer the questions posed.

Benefits

Eligibility criteria

Selection process

Please, apply by uploading your ID, CV, diplomas, Cover letter (qualifications and motivations for the position) (1 page max), Outline research proposal (maximum 2 pages max, not including references) and the name and contact of 3 referees, through the following UAB platform :

Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.

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