Fellowships & Postdocs
Last updated 02/24/2010 by Jay Burlingham.
Postdoc: Science Studies/Labor and Education - History and Politics, Drexel University
Deadline: March 15 2010
Updated: February 24 2010
The College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University invites applications for an academic year post-doctoral fellowship beginning September 2010. Candidates should possess a PhD in any of the following areas: sociology or history of science and technology; science and technology studies; labor history; American history; sociology or history of education; and race studies or race theory. The fellow will be associated with the project: “Two-Year Colleges and the Invention of Nano-Labor: Between Promise and Possibility,” a multi-department National Science Foundation-funded study on the social origins and impacts of nanotech-focused economic development and training, and their implications for technical workforces. The successful candidate will carry out research related to this project, possible teaching opportunities, and may develop his or her own research as well. Responsibilities include research associated with project; and possible opportunities to teach 1 or 2 courses in applicant’s discipline or related fields.
Qualified applicants should submit the following materials online through Drexeljobs.com (job title: “Post-Doctoral Fellow”/Req. #3394): (1) a current CV, (2) two research papers or dissertation chapters, (3) the names and contact information for three references, and (4) a brief cover letter. Please address cover letter to Drs. Amy Slaton and Mary Ebeling. Any inquiries regarding the position can be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Review of applications will begin March 15, 2010.
Among the largest private, coeducational, urban research universities in the nation, with a history of innovation in curriculum and programs, Drexel University enrolls more than 19,500 students in 13 colleges and schools on its main and health sciences campuses in Philadelphia and has more than 100,000 alumni. The University has benefited from strong leadership, as well as rising enrollments and student academic profiles during the past 12 years. During this time, the University has tripled enrollment, quadrupled research funding and its endowment, renovated or constructed at least one building each year, and added four professional schools, while enhancing the number and caliber of faculty across the campus. Drexel’s programs reflect its entrepreneurial spirit, focus on co-operative education, commitment to the use of technology in the process of learning, and access to Philadelphia as a living laboratory in the promotion of good citizenship. The University is ranked in the top category (Best National Universities) in America's Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report.
Drexel University is an affirmative action employer and seeks a diverse and accomplished pool of applicants for this anticipated opportunity.
Postdoc in Innovation Studies, Lund University
Deadline: March 31 2010
Updated: February 15 2010
Lund University is the largest university in Sweden with education and research within technology, natural science, law, social science, economy, medicine, humanities, theology, art, music and theatre. The university has approximately 40 000 students and 6000 employees mainly in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg. The university is one of 14 universities within the Öresund University and co-operates with hundreds of universities and research centres all over the world.
Lund University declares the following position open for application: Postdoctoral research position (up to two years) in Innovation Studies, full time, placed at Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE). Ref nr: PA 2010/460 Starting date: According to agreement
CIRCLE is an interdisciplinary research Centre of Excellence spanning several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of Technology. Since its creation in 2004 the Centre has established itself as the leading national centre for research on R&D, innovation, entrepreneurship and growth, and is, with more than 35 researchers, the largest of the five national research centres in this general area. A detailed description of CIRCLE’s research programmes as well as the CIRCLE Annual Reports can be found at www.circle.lu.se.
Description of the research area: Innovation Studies is an interdisciplinary research field including research on innovation systems, entrepreneurship, university-industry relations, innovation processes in firms, research and innovation policy, knowledge creation and competence building, innovation, development and globalization, and geographical aspects on innovation.
The position and the tasks: The announced position is for full time employment, and is limited to two years. The initial employment is limited to one
year, but can be prolonged to two years. The tasks associated with this position are primarily research activities within the project “Organisational Change for Innovation and Institutional Entrepreneurship in Health-Care Systems [ICIS]”. This is a collaborative project involving researchers in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The purpose of the project is to investigate organisational change underpinning the creation and modification of clinical practices in the health care system. Main research questions are: (1) how do institutions facilitate and/or hamper organisational innovation in the Nordic health-care systems?, and (2) how do key actors influence the course of events and aim to change institutional settings? Within this predefined problem area, the post doc will have autonomy to design, carry out and publish his/her own research. The postdoctoral position entails research at 75% of full time. For the rest of the time the holder may attract external funding for additional research, teach or pursue third task activities. Working language at CIRCLE is English, and all CIRCLE courses are taught in English.
Eligibility for employment as a postdoctoral researcher is restricted to applicants with a PhD degree. Priority is given to applicants who have completed their PhD less than five years prior to the deadline for applying for the post, however applicants who have completed their degrees earlier are also welcome to apply.
The following criteria will guide the assessment of the applicants for the position:
- Demonstrated ability to conduct relevant research of high international quality
- Demonstrated ability to attract external research funding
- A promising publication record
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate in an interdisciplinary research environment
-Demonstrated ability to engage and inform society at large, in relation to research, educational and developmental activities
- Pedagogical ability
The primary basis for selection will be the ability to carry out and publish high quality research in areas relevant to the research project. Lund University has an ambition to promote gender equity in working life. As the majority of postdoctoral research fellows within this field of research are male, female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.
For further information, please contact Professor Bjørn Asheim, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or telephone no +46-46-222 84 02.
For specific questions about the project “Organisational Change for Innovation and Institutional Entrepreneurship in Health-Care Systems [ICIS]”, please contact Dr Jerker Moodysson, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or telephone no +46-46-222 48 02. The trade union representatives are: SACO Annelie Carlsson, tel 046-222 93 64, TCO-OFR/S Rita Nilsson, tel 046-222 93 62, SEKO Ingrid Lagerborg, tel 046- 222 93 66.
Applications should be written in English and composed according to the Appointments Board’s ‘Instructions for applicants’ (Download here or requested by telephone at +46 46 222 81 34).
Applications shall include:
1. Cover sheet
2. Curriculum vitae with appendices
3. Written account of scholarly work. This account should be kept brief. It should indicate clearly those investigations, results and achievements that, according to the applicant, should receive primary consideration in the selection process.
4. Written account of pedagogical work
5. An account of future research plans
6. List of Publications
7. Publications
In addition to these elements detailed in the ‘Instructions for applicants’ mentioned above, applicants must also include: All material shall be submitted in two copies. One copy shall be left unstapled.
The application, stating the reference number above, should be sent to the Registrar, Lund University, P.O.Box 117, SE-221 00 LUND Sweden to be received no later than 31 March, 2010. If all material is in electronic form, it can be e-mailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
An electronic copy of the written application – CV, accounts of scholarly and pedagogical work, list of publications, account of future research plans (but not enclosures and publications) – should be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, Washington College
Deadline: March 15 2010
URL: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40056
Updated: February 14 2010
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship.
The Hodson-Brown Fellowship supports work by academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. Candidates with a U.S. history topic are strongly encouraged to concentrate on the period prior to 1801. The fellowship is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history.
The fellowship award supports two months of research and two months of writing. The stipend is $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000, plus housing and university privileges.
The research is conducted at the John Carter Brown Library on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., which has one of the world’s richest collections of books, maps and documents related to North and South America and the Caribbean between 1492 and 1830. The research must be completed within the academic year (September to May). Housing will be provided convenient to the library.
The writing period of the fellowship will be at the Starr Center at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. The Starr Center is dedicated to innovative approaches to the nation’s past and present, and to fostering outstanding writing on American history and culture. The two-month writing term will be during the summer following the research term (June-August). The Hodson-Brown Fellow will be provided with an office in the Starr Center’s c. 1745 waterfront Custom House, as well as exclusive use of its Fellows’ Residence, a restored 1730s house in Chestertown’s historic district. (The house is large enough to accommodate a family.)
Applications should include the following:
1. A cover letter;
2. The applicant’s curriculum vitae, including a list of past publications or other relevant projects, as well as the names and telephone numbers of at least three references;
3. At least one substantial sample of the candidate’s writing (published or unpublished) or other past work;
4. A brief narrative description of the work-in-progress, its potential contributions to history, literature, the arts, or our understanding of the present, and the candidate’s plan for his or her fellowship terms in Providence and Chestertown. Candidates are encouraged to consult the John Carter Brown Library’s collections online prior to submitting an application.
Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. Applications may be submitted via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or mailed to:
Director
Starr Center Fellowships
The Custom House
101 South Water Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
For more information on the fellowships and the sponsor institutions, please visit starrcenter.washcoll.edu and www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library.
Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships for 2010-2011 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
Deadline: March 15 2010
URL: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40035
Updated: January 15 2010
The Rachel Carson Center is a joint initiative of Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and the Deutsches Museum. Generously supported by the German Ministry for Research and Education (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), the Rachel Carson Center’s major goal is to further research and discussion in the field of international environmental studies and to strengthen the role of the humanities in the current political and scientific debates about the environment. Special emphasis is being placed on international, comparative and historical perspectives. The Center is designed to bring together academics from all over the world who work on the complex relationship of nature and culture across disciplines. Individual projects will focus on different time periods and different geographic areas. The institute is conceived as a national and international think tank that discusses and analyzes the role of human actors and the role of nature in this relationship.
The Rachel Carson Center invites applications for its 2010-11 class of postdoctoral and senior fellows. The program, directed by Professor Christof Mauch of Munich University and Professor Helmuth Trischler of the Deutsches Museum is designed to bring to Munich a cohort of excellent scholars working in environmental history and related professional disciplines.
The Center will award fellowships to scholars from around the globe and from a variety of disciplines. Research and writing of applicants should pertain to one (or more) of the topics that will be at the core of the Center’s 2010-2011 research agenda:
- Resource Use and Conservation
- Transformation of Landscapes
- Knowledge and Knowledge Societies
- Natural Disasters and Cultures of Risk
The fellowships will usually be granted for periods of 6, 9 or 12 months but they can also be granted for 3 months or be broken up into individual 3 month periods. Fellows are expected to be in residence and to work on a major research project as well as to engage within peers and senior fellows at the Carson Center, and to contribute to programs at the Center.
The Carson Center will pay for a replacement of the successful candidate at his or her home institution; alternatively it will pay a fellowship that is commensurate with experience and current employment.
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a copy of your last diploma, project description (3,000 word maximum), research schedule for the fellowship period, and the names of three scholars who might serve as references. While applicants may write in either English or German, we recommend that they use the language in which they are most proficient. They will be notified about the outcome within approximately two months of the deadline given above. Please send applications electronically (only!) in PDF or Word format via e-mail or mail copies.
Contact Info:
Rachel Carson Center
Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships
Leopoldstraße 11a
80802 München
Germany
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone: (0049) 89 2180 72352
Fax: (0049) 89 2180 72353
Website: http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia
Updated: January 14 2010
The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia is pleased to offer several annual fellowship awards and grants for 2010-2011. Established in 2008 the D. Kim Foundation is dedicated to furthering the study of the history of science and technology in East Asia since the start of the 20th century. Comparative studies of East Asia and the West as well as studies in related fields (mathematics, medicine and public health are also welcome). The Foundation provides fellowships and grants to encourage and support graduate students and young scholars in the field.
Dissertation Fellowship
Eligibility: PhD candidate who is writing his/her dissertation.
Amount of award: $25,000
Exchange Student Fellowship
Eligibility: Student who wishes to expand his/her scholarly experience by studying abroad.
Amount of award: $20,000 full-year, $10,000 half-year
Traveling/Research Grant
Eligibility: Must present a paper at an international conference, workshop or annual meeting, or do a short-term research project (less than a month).
Amount of award: Up to $2,500
Group Grant
Eligibility: Grants will be available to groups that organize workshops or international meetings. These meetings must be held in the United States and conducted in English.
Amount of award: Up to $5,000
For further information visit our website: www.dkimfoundation.org.