3 Postdoctoral Positions in Anthropology, University of Helsinki, Finland (2017)

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Founded in 1640, the University of Helsinki is one of the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. The University of Helsinki is an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. It operates on four campuses in Helsinki and at 15 other locations. The high-quality research carried out by the university creates new knowledge for educating diverse specialists in various fields, and for utilisation in social decision-making and the business sector.

Social and Cultural Anthropology is a part of the Department of Social Research (http://www.helsinki.fi/socialresearch/), Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department is a multidisciplinary unit with seven disciplines: social and cultural anthropology, social policy, social psychology, social work, sociology, statistics and media and communication studies. The Department is the largest Finnish unit in its field and is at the forefront in terms of both research and teaching in the social sciences.

The Department of Social Research invites applications for 3 Postdoctoral researchers in anthropology with expertise in any part of the Mediterranean region

for a fixed term from 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2020 or according to agreement, to work within a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project led by Sarah Green, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology (http://tinyurl.com/p62cjcw). The project is entitled Crosslocations, and involves researching the entire Mediterranean region, which will include intensive ethnographic fieldwork in southern, northern and east Mediterranean regions. The postdoctoral researchers to be appointed will be required to have proven expertise in at least one of these regions.

Further details:
http://academicpositions.eu