Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Abstract
Post-doc senior scientist in the central team of the SNF-funded, Swiss research network Sinergia project called Post-Car World.
Announcement
The Position
Post-doc senior scientist in the central team of the SNF-funded, Swiss research network Sinergia project called Post-Car World.
Framework
Imagine and simulate a post-car world: an interdisciplinary approach to mobility trends in contemporary societies.
Expectations and Objectives
- Establish the overall final statements of the project, by collecting, integrating, modelling, mapping, synthesising the contributions of the different components;
- Communicate and interacting with the different components of the project (3 sub-projects, 6 labs, 3 locations);
- Find a common language between different disciplinary traditions (economics, geography, sociology, transport engineering) involved in the project;
- Develop the external communication (information, dissemination, interaction) of the project’s outputs towards non-academic actors.
Professional Requirements
- PhD in Geography, Urban Sociology, Urbanism, or other social sciences of space.
- Excellent knowledge of urban theory, theory of the inhabited space, and more generally in contemporary social theory.
- Excellent skills in cartography (namely a very good practice of a GIS software and of Illustrator).
- Excellent skills in statistical methods.
- Competences in modelling and programming would be a significant asset.
- Excellent capabilities in collective project managing, an open-minded interactivity, a project-oriented leadership.
Languages
Fluency in both French (Francophone environment) and English (main language used within the multilingual inter-regional project team) is required.
German and/or Italian (as Swiss official languages) would be warmly welcome.
Employment conditions
- Workplace: Chôros Laboratory, ÉPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Employment rate: 100%
- Gross annual salary: CHF 81,000-92,000.
- Start: October/November 2013.
- Duration: 3 years, possible extension to 3 more years.
Selection
Direct sélection by the direction of the lab.
Application guidelines
Expected documents: Detailed CV and cover letter.
Contact: Barbara Laurent-Lucchetti, <barbara.laurent-lucchetti@epfl.ch>, +41 21 693 93 53.
Deadline: 8 October 2013
Subjects
- Geography (Main category)
- Society > Urban studies
Places
- Chôros Laboratory, ÉPFL
Lausanne, Switzerland
Date(s)
- Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Attached files
Keywords
- Post-Car World
Contact(s)
- barbara Laurent-Lucchetti
courriel : redaction [at] espacestemps [dot] net
Reference Urls
Information source
- barbara Laurent-Lucchetti
courriel : redaction [at] espacestemps [dot] net
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« A High Profile Senior Scientist in Social Sciences of Space (Postdoctoral fellowship) », Scholarship, prize and job offer, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, https://doi.org/10.58079/o8s
