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苏黎世大学

3 PhD Positions in Social Anthropology

University of Zurich|Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies

APPLICATION DEADLINE:November 30, 2024

Start of employment 1st of February 2025. The full-time appointment will be for a period of 4 years.

The Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich is offering three PhD positions within a 4-year research project titled “Dealing with Institutional Volatility: Food Production, Processing and Trade in South-Eastern Qazaqstan”. The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and led by Prof. Dr. Peter Finke. Its objective is to study the food industry in South-Eastern Qazaqstan as an interlinked system of production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Rural households and petty entrepreneurs hereby see themselves confronted with a volatile ecological as well as political environment. The project aims to shed light on the institutional challenges and corresponding strategies of the actors involved as well as the impacts on the social fabric in the region.The PhD projects will focus on three different interrelated sectors within the local and regional food complex by way of a distributed and shared multi-sited approach. Project 1 will focus on agricultural production, looking at individual households and farming enterprises. Project 2 will research in small- and mid-scale food processing factories, primarily in the dairy and meat sector, while project 3 will investigate the gastronomy sector and its socio-economic embeddedness in the regional setting. In addition to that, a postdoctoral researcher will study trade with food products within the region and beyond. She or he will, together with Prof. Finke, also serve as a project coordinator.

Your responsibilities

As a PhD researcher you will be working on one of the three above-mentioned research projects, the objective of which is to earn a doctorate in Social Anthropology. You are expected to conduct at least one year of ethnographic fieldwork in South-Eastern Qazaqstan. The rest of the time you will be based in Zurich at ISEK, where you will be able to benefit from regular project meetings, participate in the Social Anthropology Colloquium Series and write your PhD dissertation. You will have the opportunity to present your work at international workshops and conferences, and participate in the organization of an international workshop to be held at the University of Zurich.

Your profile

• We are looking for a PhD candidate who:
• has graduated with excellent results on a research-based MA thesis in Social Anthropology or a related discipline
• has fieldwork experience, ideally in Central Asia
• has excellent written and spoken English language skills; Qazaq or other relevant language skills are also a major advantage
• is able and willing to work individually as well as in a team
• takes initiative and enjoys organizing and engaging in (international) academic exchange
• has a keen interest in exploring ideas and practices
• is open to methodological diversity, including qualitative and quantitative approaches

Information on your application

We look forward to receiving your electronic application by November 30, 2024.Please enclose the following documents:

• Motivation letter, stating clearly why you are interested in this project and pursuing a PhD in anthropology at UZH
• An indication of which project you would like to work on with a short description of your research interests
• Curriculum Vitae
• An electronic copy of your MA Thesis
• Copies of your academic degrees
• Names and contact details of two referees

鹿特丹伊拉斯姆斯大学

PhD in Research in Information Systems and Business Analytics

ErasmusUniversityRotterdam |Rotterdam School of Management

Salary：€2,872 - €3,670

APPLICATION DEADLINE:15 Jan 2025

Topic

The Ph.D. student will develop research topics in close collaboration with their advisors, who consist of full professors (promotors) and associate/assistant professors (daily supervisors).

Ph.D. Role and Research Approach: During the Ph.D., you will work closely with advisors to:

• Identify a meaningful research phenomenon relevant to managers or policymakers that has not been fully explored in prior studies.
• Gather primary or secondary data necessary to understand this phenomenon better.
• Leverage the scientific literature to establish and examine the theoretical foundations.
• Define key variables and relationships, formalizing them mathematically and aligning them with data.
• Recognize the primary assumptions required to solve or estimate the model and assess their implications.
• Develop methodologies to extract insights and results from the data.
• Present findings at national and international conferences.
• Prepare research outcomes for publication in leading scientific journals, and ultimately, your dissertation.

You will benefit from our robust industry ties, access to institutional databases, and software development support. This will enable you to work with large-scale datasets and conduct real-world field experiments.

Required profile

We seek candidates who have:

• A passion for understanding the impact of digital technologies on individuals, organizations, markets, system design, public policy, and society.
• Enthusiasm for quantitative analysis, data, programming, and scientific inquiry.
• Proven experience in conducting and completing research projects.
• MSc or MPhil in Econometrics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Experience in developing and estimating econometric or statistical models using R, SAS, Stata, or Python.
• Strong programming skills, especially experience in scraping structured web content (HTML, XPATH, CSS).
• Openness, intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to learn and adapt.
• Ambition to pursue an academic career as a leading researcher and educator.
• Motivation to independently formulate and carry out research projects, aiming for publication in top-tier journals.
• Eagerness to explore and answer novel research questions.
• Experience in writing and publishing scientific papers.