Deadline: March 31, 2019
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

El Instituto de Sociología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile abre concurso para un/a académico/a de tiempo completo, en posición de profesor/a asistente o asociado/a en planta académica ordinaria.

Los/as postulantes deben tener un Doctorado en Sociología o en otras Ciencias Sociales. Los/as candidatos/as deben demostrar experiencia y excelencia en docencia e investigación, incluyendo publicaciones científicas en revistas indexadas. Si bien este concurso está abierto a todas las áreas de la disciplina, el ISUC está particularmente interesado en candidatos/as que trabajen en las siguientes áreas: Continue reading →

Start Date: March 1, 2019
Columbia University

Position Overview
The Project Director will manage the development, coordination, and implementation of key components of a NIH funded study “Ethics of Inclusion: Diversity in Precision Medicine Research” under the supervision of principal investigators, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D, Chief of the Division of Ethics in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia and Janet Shim, Ph.D, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF. The study aims are: 1) identify scientific and sociopolitical justifications for goals of inclusion and conceptual definitions of diversity in precision medicine research; (2) determine how scientific, social and technical factors influence the operationalization of diversity and implementation of inclusion in precision medicine research; and (3) engage stakeholders to create data-informed guidance that describes the strengths and weaknesses of diversity and inclusion decisions and practices in precision medicine research. Continue reading →

Deadline: March 4, 2019
Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Chile

Llamado a concurso Ayudantes de Investigación Anillo Knowledge in the making
El proyecto Conicyt PIA Anillo SOC180039 “Knowledge production in contemporary Chile: a multidisciplinary study of science in the making” busca dos ayudantes de investigación, para trabajar junto al Dr. Tomás Undurraga y el equipo de investigación del Anillo. Continue reading →

Deadline: February 27, 2019
Goldsmiths, University of London

The Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Politics and Technology with a research profile that would fit into our broad commitment to developing critical and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Politics and International Relations. The successful candidate will add to our existing teaching portfolio at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the co-taught first year module on World Politics, and will contribute to the development of a new MA programme in the Politics of Conflict, Memory and Justice. Continue reading →

Deadline: January 15, 2019
COES – Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies. Chile

Tomás Undurraga, académico de la Universidad Alberto Hurtado e investigador COES de la línea Conflicto político y social, abrió una convocatoria para buscar a un tesista en apoyo de su proyecto Fondecyt. Continue reading →