Starting August, 2020
The University of Virginia

The Democracy Initiative’s Deliberative Media Lab seeks postdoctoral research associates focused on a) social media, b) cybersecurity and c) the global south. The successful candidate(s) will work closely with Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan as well as faculty investigators and project staff in the Deliberative Media Lab. The candidate will contribute to our efforts to address one of the central problems facing democracy in the 21st century, as factionalism, amplified by social media, has made democratic governance difficult and has undermined democratic norms and trust in institutions. Continue reading →

Deadline: Febraury 8, 2019
The University of Edinburgh

The new Wellcome Trust-supported Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society brings together a range of scholars from across the University of Edinburgh working in the social sciences and medical humanities. We are currently advertising three postdoctoral positions:

1. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BPJ282/research-fellow-in-biomedicine-self-and-society-beyond-disease  (24 months) [despite the formal wording of the job ad, the start-date is negotiable]

2. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BPI712/research-fellow-in-global-health-governance – line-manged by Devi Sridhar, with Steve Sturdy (24 months)

3. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BPI771/research-fellow-data-practices-in-biomedicine – line-manged by Steve Sturdy (36 months)

Deadline: November 19, 2018

The Department of Science and Technology Policy offers two post-doctoral fellowships in: (1) Evaluation of Science, Technology and Innovation policies and Programs (STI); or (2) Strategic Alliances and Innovation Policy. These post-doctoral fellowships are attached to the São Paulo Excellence Chair (SPEC) “Innovation Systems, Strategies and Policy” (InSySPo) (http://www.ige.unicamp.br/spec) established at DPCT by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). These are full-time positions for nine months (with the possibility of extending for one more year). Continue reading →

Deadline: November 30, 2018

A. INTRODUCTION

1. UNESCO designed the project “UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme” (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) in the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Capacity-Building of Human Resources which was established in November 2000 by the Government of Japan to enable UNESCO to give impetus to research in four areas under UNESCO’s Priority Programme Areas.

2. The Government of Japan offers 10 fellowships, to be awarded to deserving candidates from developing countries, special attention will be given to those who may wish pursue their research studies in Japan, to women, candidates from LDCs, Africa and SIDS countries who are eager to undertake research on one or more of the topics listed below. The aim of the fellowships is to support innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in four areas of development of particular interest to UNESCO. Continue reading →

Deadline: August 31, 2018

Área de conhecimento: Interdisciplinar

Nº do processo FAPESP: 2017/50423-6

Título do projeto: GLOCULL – Inovações Alimento-Água-Energia globalmente e localmente sustentáveis em Laboratórios Urbanos Vivos

Área de atuação: Doutorado nas áreas de Ciências Sociais ou Ciências Ambientais ou áreas afins, preferencialmente com pesquisas sobre questões urbanas e ecológicas

Quantidade de vagas: 2 Continue reading →