Category Archives: Job Market

LSE’s Department of Sociology is recruiting two Lecturers (assistant professors) and a Chair (full professor). See the advert here

The University of Ottawa is recruiting two professors in quantitative methods and in American politics You can find detailed job information here (in French).

The Institute for Political and International Studies (IEPI) of the University of Lausanne has an open position as a Research & Teaching Assistant for a PhD student in political sociology. Deadline for applications is July 31 2011. More information by clicking here.

Sciences Po Paris opened two faculty positions (tenured Professor) in political sociology (voting and political behaviour) and in international relations, to be filled by January 2012. More details can be found here for the position in political sociology, and here for the position in international relations.  

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 14 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyons, Nantes, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars. For the 2012-2013 academic year, EURIAS offers 36 fellowships (19 junior and 17 senior positions). All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the … Continue reading →

The Université libre de Bruxelles, Institut d’études européennes, offers a 2-Year long Post-Doc Research Fellowship on “The EU as a Global Discursive Actor”, from September 1st, 2011 till August 31st, 2013. Attached to the Vice-President of the Institut d’Etudes Européennes (IEE), the hired researcher will seek to contribute to the research capacities of the EUNRAGG research unit specifically within the context of the EU FP7 funded project “Europe Facing a Rising Multipolar World” entitled ‘Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks’ (GR:EEN) More information can be found here Deadline for application: May 1st 2011.    

6 Postdoc positions are open at the Humboldt University Berlin. Assignment: Research within a postdoctoral program for young researchers in sociology and political science, set up a research group in the course of the year and apply for its funding. Click here for more information on how to apply.

The Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, has opened a full-time academic position in political sociology. Click here for more information

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. and postdoctoral programs. BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University and is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. The program provides close supervision of dissertation work within a demand-tailored education and research framework. Fellows are expected to choose Bremen as their place of residence. BIGSSS is part of an international network of highly acknowledged graduate programs. It supports its doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in achieving early scientific independence and provides funds for the conduct, presentation, and publishing of their research. … Continue reading →

Postdoc position at the University of Lausanne, Institute for political and international studies (IEPI) and center for gender studies (Liege), for a research on gender and unions in Switzerland, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Starting on February 1st or later. Deadline for applications: December 20. Job Description