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Call for application - IFRIS post-doctoral positions 2020, LabEx SITES

New application deadline: March 1st, 2020

Four (4) post-doctoral positions are available at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Society (IFRIS).

IFRIS welcomes science, technology and society scholars in all social science disciplines: history, sociology, political sciences, anthropology, economics, management sciences or law.

STS is understood in a broad sense of issues related to the production and use of science and technologies in societies. The post-doc candidates should propose original research projects on specific issues that relate to public health, biomedicine, agricultural sciences, food security, climate change, biodiversity, environmental questions, ICT, “big data” and internet, historical and social construction of technologies, risk and regulation, development and research policies, global distribution of knowledge, intellectual and property rights and global commons, circulation of knowledge, construction of public research policies, multilevel governance of science and technology, knowledge and local development, regimes of regulations and production of sciences and innovation in society.

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Selected candidates will be attached to one of the following IFRIS research units (name and acronym are followed by the scientific organisation to which the unit is attached). See the website links for more details on these units and, please, consult the postdoctaral fellowship vademecum :

Centre Alexandre-Koyré (CAK), CNRS, EHESS, Muséum
Centre Population et développement (CEPED), IRD, Université Paris Descartes
Centre d’Economie de Paris Nord (CEPN), Université Paris 13, CNRS
Centre de recherche médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société (CERMES3), CNRS, INSERM, EHESS, Université Paris Descartes
Centre de recherche Connaissance Organisation et Systèmes Techniques (COSTECH), Université Technologique de Compiègne
Histoire des Technosciences en Société (HT2S), CNAM
Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales (IRISSO), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Dauphine
Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires, Sociétés (LATTS), UPEM, Ecole des Ponts, CNRS
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour la Sociologie Economique (LISE), CNAM
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Sociétés (LISIS), CNRS, ESIEE, INRA, UPEM
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Science de l’Action (LIRSA), CNAM
Patrimoines locaux et gouvernance (PALOC), IRD, MNHN
Centre d’Etude des Mouvement Sociaux (CEMS), EHESS, CNRS, INSERM

Candidates do not need to have previous knowledge of these research groups.

Nonetheless, it might be useful for them to consult their websites or take contacts that might help them designing their research project. Contacts can be made through the IFRIS Direction (email).

Selected candidates are eligible for a 24-month contract, under the French standard in relation to salary and work status. Contracts will start as soon as possible after selection, according to candidates’ previous obligations and engagements, and on January 1st, 2021 at the latest.

Requirements

To be eligible, post-doc candidates should hold a Ph.D. or doctoral degree as on the date of December 15th, 2020 at the latest and should have already fulfilled all the obligations for the acquisition of their Ph.D. or doctoral degree.

In case the candidate do not have their degree by the date of this submission, he/she should present a reference letter from their doctoral supervisor certifying that he/she will hold his/her Ph.D. or doctoral degree as on the date of June 5th, 2020 at the latest.

If an applicant is selected but does not meet the deadline to obtain his/her PhD, he/she will loose the benefit of his/her selection.

Candidates cannot apply for a post-doc position within a research group where they have prepared their doctoral research work.

Applications

Candidates should fill out the online form available at this link and send their research proposals by March 1st, 2020, consisting of:

A cover letter written by the candidate to indicate the way she/he believes her/ his project contributes to IFRIS research agenda. The candidate should indicate her/his former relations to IFRIS research units, in case they exist. Candidates are not requested to indicate in which IFRIS research unit they would like to be hosted, but nevertheless can do so.
A one page Curriculum Vitae. The Vitae should indicate diplomas, trajectory, places and institutions where the candidate has worked and studied. Previous post-docs should be indicated in case there has been any.
A research project (no more than 10 pages). The project should be written in English, including a plan of activities for the whole 24-month period and a tentative budget. The project should clearly state its objective, methodology, theoretical position, type and mode of collection of empirical material, research strategy, and expected outcomes. It should also indicate the type of expected production out of this period of time (workshops, book, articles, or any other envisioned material).
A complete list of publications.
In case the candidate do not have their degree by the date of this submission, he/she should present a reference letter from their doctoral supervisor certifying that he/she will hold his/her Ph.D. or doctoral degree as on the date of July 1^th, 2020 at the latest. For the French candidates, their viva report is also required (“rapport de soutenance”)

Selection criteria

Quality of the research project
Relevance in relation to IFRIS agenda
Potential of the topic to favour the integration of the candidate to the hosting research group
Quality of the candidate’s academic and research trajectory

Information about salary, social security and visa

About salary: the IFRIS Postdoc’s net salary is indexed on French wages rate of Public Research Organization.
In average the net salary is around 2 000 euros per month (2465.68 €/month before social contribution), according to a range of 1800 to 2100 €/month.
The postdoc position is opening right to the French social security public service, a complementary health insurance might be also contracted; the access to social security occurs happens at the starting day with a quick subscription.
For visa issue, postdoc will get a specific hosting agreement (“convention d’accueil”) from a university services called ACCESS PARIS and would be helped by our administrative staff for that purpose.

The application will be uploaded on the IFRIS website, the project will also have to delivered in one single file, pdf format, and should be saved under the following name: Name_appelpostdoc_IFRIS.pdf (where “name” is the last name of the candidate)
Information addressed to: direction@ifris.org