Stillingstittel:
Two Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in Critical Peace and Conflict Studies

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
Jobbnorge ID: 128824

Application deadline: 17.10.2016

Ref. no.: 2016/7083

Two Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in Critical Peace and Conflict Studies are available at the Centre for Peace Studies the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT).

 

The two vacancies are fixed-term positions for a period of three and two years, respectively.

 

A Post-doctoral Research Fellowship aims to qualify the researcher for work in senior academic positions. A candidate may not be appointed to more than one fixed term position as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the same institution.

 

For further information about the position, please, contact:

Director Christine Smith-Simonsen, +47 77 64 67 61, christine.smith-simonsen (at) uit.no .  

 

Affiliation

The Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) is part of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. Its activities revolve around three main components: research, outreach and education. The English-taught and interdisciplinary two-year Master's program in Peace and Conflict Transformation (MPCT) was launched in 2002. It is the first of its kind in Norway, and provides the opportunity to study non-violent forms of handling conflicts. MPCT recruits students from all over the world, fostering cross-cultural competencies. Every fall semester, the program admits up to 29 students. CPS is involved in various research projects as well as a number of institutional partnerships. Among our partners are universities and research institutions in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Furthermore, CPS frequently engages in outreach activities in collaboration with relevant institutions and civil society organizations.

 

The position's field of research, other duties and working conditions

Critical Peace and Conflict Studies is concerned with interdisciplinary and critical theoretical and empirical understandings of peace and conflict dynamics. It promotes critique of the conventional debates about the nature of conflict and peace formation. To understand how local structures and actors can contribute to a fair and just peace, it interrogates concepts such as post-liberal peace, critical localism, hybrid peace, local peace infrastructures, and alternative, bottom-up and grassroots peacebuilding. The applicants are expected to submit project plans that are theoretically rooted in Critical Peace and Conflict Studies.

 

Working hours are reserved for research, research-related activities and research administration. In addition, the successful candidate for the three-year position is required to perform teaching and other academic duties at CPS equivalent to 25 % of the total workload.

 

The successful candidates must reside/take up residence in Tromsø and have their daily workplace at the UiT Centre for Peace Studies.

 

The successful candidates must be willing to engage themselves in the ongoing development of Critical Peace and Conflict Studies, the Centre for Peace Studies, and UiT as a whole.

 

The remuneration for this position is in accordance with the State salary scale code 1352. A compulsory contribution of 2 % to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund will be deducted from the gross salary. 

 

Qualification requirements

Doctoral degree. Norwegian PhD or international equivalent to a Norwegian PhD within Social Sciences/Humanities/Law is require

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Hansine Hansens veg 18 9019 TROMSØ

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Troms

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Hvordan søke: Annet - se fritekst

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år