PostDoc for research about corporate accountability in global supply chains (m/f/d)
Posted 5 hours 28 minutes ago by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Permanent
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Academic Jobs
Bayern, Nürnberg, Germany, 90402
Job Description
Your Tasks
- Conducting comparative case studies on the mining of critical raw materials in Chile and Colombia or Argentina
- Publishing research results in collaboration with the team and as the lead author in peer-reviewed journals
- Presenting research findings at international conferences
- Employing various research methods, including semi-structured interviews, surveys, and participant observation; openness to innovative methods such as transdisciplinary approaches, GIS methods, or experiments
- Supporting teaching and supervising bachelor's and master's theses at the chair
- Collaborating with and visiting cooperation partners at Stockholm University
- Completed academic university degree (Master/Diplom Uni ) and PhD with very good grades in social sciences, such as political science, human geography, development studies, anthropology or a comparable field of study with a focus on sustainability governance and/or global supply chains
- To have a background in sustainability governance, extractive industries and global supply chains from a social science perspective
- Advanced research experience, in particular in-depth empirical and theoretical knowledge and publications on research findings
- Excellent skills in written and spoken Spanish and academic English
- Ability to work in an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers
- Ability to work independently
- Ability and interest to communicate research findings to wider audiences beyond academia
- Passion for teaching and the ability to inspire students and to supervise bachelor and master students
- Experience in acquiring third-party funding (an advantage; not necessarily expected)
- Regular promotion to the next level and increase in salary pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement for the public service of the German Länder (TV-L) or remuneration pursuant to the Bavarian Public Servants Remuneration Act (BayBesG) plus an additional annual bonus
- 30 days annual leave at five working days per week with additional free days on December 24 and 31
- Occupational pension scheme and asset accumulation savings scheme
- To have a background in sustainability governance, extractive industries and global supply chains from a social science perspective
- Advanced research experience, in particular in-depth empirical and theoretical knowledge and publications on research findings
- Excellent skills in written and spoken Spanish and academic English
- Ability to work in an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers
- Ability to work independently
- Ability and interest to communicate research findings to wider audiences beyond academia
- Passion for teaching and the ability to inspire students and to supervise bachelor and master students
- Experience in acquiring third-party funding (an advantage; not necessarily expected)