Post-Doctoral position "Juan de la Cierva"
Job Summary
We support
1 candidate to Juan de la Cierva Grant (web MINECO) to join our international team and carry out research on the History of
Nuclear Energy and Society in Europe.
Job Description
The main objective of the research will be on
nuclear energy as an integrative historical actor (science, technology,
society, policy...).
The candidates will carry out research on the
history of nuclear science in parallel to the three-year project funded by the
European Commission and EURATOM “History of Nuclear Energy and Society
(HoNESt)” (http://www.honest2020.eu/), which aims to conduct an
interdisciplinary analysis on the historical experience of nuclear energy and
the relationship between nuclear developments and European society over the
last 60 years.
The successful applicant will be supervised by
Dr. Albert Presas i Puig, HoNESt's Coordinator and member of the History of the
Science Research Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Nr of positions available
1
Main Research Field
History, History of Science, History of
Technology, Sociology, Antropology,
Economics
Career Stage
Early Stage
Researcher 0-4 years (PhD)
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Duration
and salary:
- 2 years
contract, 29.000 euros per year. The annual brutto salary per researcher will
amount to 25.000 Euros (this includes cofinancing by the institution).
- Moreover,
there will be a 6.000 Euros payment for costs directly connected with the
execution of the research activities carried out by the hired researcher.
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information at:
Fellows will have their offices at the main UPF
campus, in the central eastern part of Barcelona. The campus offers libraries
and IT services, language training and cultural/sports services. The Jaume I
Building hosts the main library of the UPF, which includes a specialised
section for Humanities and Economy (books, periodicals, electronic journals and
databases). From their office, fellows will have remote access to the other UPF
libraries, to inter-library lending, IT Services and to an extensive range of
electronic resources including journals.
Full applications will contain
1. Cover
letter that includes a description of current and recent research projects
2. Academic
CV (please use MSCA template)
3. Project
Draft
4. Contact
details of two referees.
Contact:
Marta
Perelló, Research support Humanities UPF (marta.perello@upf.edu)
Deadline: 15/01/2016