Postdoctoral Researcher

Full job advertisment here:https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1015/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=e5819a4704cd849685049472c0c17895&job_id=p4888 We are looking for aPostdoc in the research project GIVE RIGHTS and the subject of IMER (International Migration and Ethnic Relations) at the department of Global Political Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society.Subject areaScholars within IMER study, among other subjects, the national, regional, international, and global causes and effects of migration in both the society of origin and destination on a structural, institutional, collective, and individual level. IMER is an inherently multi- and interdisciplinary subject, in which sociology, political science, cultural geography, anthropology, economic history, economics, social work, history, ethnology, religious studies, gender studies, and cultural studies are represented.Job descriptionAs a postdoc at Malmö University, you will be able to develop your independence as a researcher after completing your doctoral degree and enable additional qualifications. The position is primarily intended to allow attainment of research qualifications. Teaching may also be included in the duties, though only at most one-fifth of working hours. The position is also to provide the opportunity for educational qualifications and higher education teaching training.The position’s duties include research of at least 90 % and teaching of at most 10 % within IMER or other relevant subjects at GPS.The postdoc will be responsible for the Italian case study in the GIVE RIGHTS project. This includes conducting a media study of Italian news outlets and an interview study with Italian unions and professional associations. The planned tasks include expert interviews with union and professional association representatives and group interviews with welfare professionals. The postdoc will also support the distribution of a European-wide survey in Italy. A five-page summary of the project plan can be found here. (In the project plan, the position this call relates to is called “PD2”.) Additional tasks within the project may also be allocated to the postdoc that is not mentioned in the project summary, such as organising seminars or workshops and communicating research findings amongst other things. Apart from the tasks appointed to the postdoc in the GIVE RIGHTS project, it is also expected that the postdoc develops one’s own research beyond the immediate needs of the project. In your application, it is important that you both describe how you will be able to conduct the tasks planned for the position in the project and also explain what additional research interests you want to pursue through the duration of the postdoc position – and how these two parts are connected.