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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Position available: Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences The Faculty of Social Sciences seeks to fill for the Graduate School for Empirical and Quantitative Methods in the Economic and Social Sciences, funded by the Excellence Initiative, the following university position, starting in fall semester 2007 and at first limited to five years: Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences Application deadline is March 10, 2007. The successful candidate should be qualified in teaching and research in the area of quantitative methods in the social sciences and in at least one research field of political science, psychology, or sociology. The professor is expected to support the English-taught graduate program at the Center for Doctoral Studies in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences. This new associate professorship aims to promote the advancement of exceptionally qualified young scientists. For further information on this job opportunity see: http://cdss.uni-mannheim.de/202.html Doctoral Program in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Mannheim The Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) offers a three-year doctoral program for students of political science, psychology, and sociology.Its mission is to train young academics according to best international practice with a strong focus on excellence in research. The CDSS is part of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) founded in 2006. The graduate school provides doctoral training in empirical and quantitative methods and their application to business, economics, and the social sciences. It is funded by the Initiative of Excellence, an initiative by the German federal and state governments to promote top-level research in Germany. This financial support is a clear mark of confidence in the graduate school programs as a pioneering doctoral training concept in Germany. CDSS doctoral students find a variety of special courses in all three areas (political science, psychology, and sociology) which are taught by an internationally renowned social science faculty. The first year is primarily dedicated to course work. In the first semester, three core courses provide a basic overview on the disciplinary research fields, major methods, and social science methodology. In the second and third year, doctoral students work mainly on their thesis, about which they report in the CDSS workshop. They also participate in the research colloquium of their discipline. After three years students submit and defend their thesis and are awarded the doctoral degree of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The University of Mannheim provides an excellent research environment. The Faculty of Social Sciences is renowned for its quantitative-analytical orientation. It has an excellent international reputation. Rankings and awards reflect the high international prestige enjoyed by the faculty. Closely connected to the Faculty of Social Sciences are a variety of leading European research institutes such as the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), the Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA) and the Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI). Admission takes place on an annual basis for the program starting in September. Deadline for application is April 15. Broad financial support for doctoral students is provided. For further information see the CDSS website at http://cdss.uni-mannheim.de/ or contact: cdss@uni-mannheim.de New Frontiers in Arts Sociology: Creativity, Support & Sustainability Conference of the ESA Research Network Sociology for the Arts Lueneburg and Hamburg (Germany) March 28th - April 1st, 2007 Prequel on March 27th in cooperation with the British Council Germany: Art and Climate Change -- Mutual Effects of Art/Culture and Politics/Nature (panel debate in German and English) The conference will feature keynote lectures, plenary discussions, paper sessions, workshops, and round tables. Accompanying this we have an art program with performances and exhibitions. Following the triad theme of the conference, "Creativity, Support, and Sustainability", we will put an emphasis on those issues that are of sociological interest within arts worlds but also relate to those powerful developments in economy, ecology and ethic contexts on the macro level that influence, manipulate or determine production, content and forms, distribution and reception of the arts. We will be welcoming several highly renowned experts of the field. Among others: Victoria D. Alexander, Andreas Reckwitz, David Haley, Hans Abbing, Hans Dieleman, Helmut K. Anheier, Richard A. Peterson, Bernard Lahire, Angela McRobbie, Pierluigi Sacco, Richard D. Lloyd, Andy Bennett, David Inglis. You can find more information and the detailed conference program on our website: http://new-arts-frontiers.eu/ The 3rd Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium Contemporary Greece: Structures, Context and Challenges 14 & 15 June 2007 London School of Economics and Political Science Call for Papers We invite submissions for the 3rd PhD symposium on ‘Contemporary Greece: Structures, Context and Challenges’. A main objective of the symposium is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas between young scholars currently undertaking research on Greece. The 3rd symposium, as with the previous two, is intended to help graduate research students to overcome the academic isolation associated to PhD research, to ‘try’ their ideas and findings on wider audiences, and to establish new collaborative links across disciplines. Researchers will also be able to ‘engage’ with a wider academic community, including academic members of staff at the LSE, and also a number of other distinguished scholars who will act as keynote speakers and discussants to the symposium. We welcome contributions from research students (current and recent) across any field of the Social Sciences and Humanities whose PhD focuses on contemporary Greece. The topics covered in the symposium include, but are not limited to: Media and Public Perceptions Foreign Policy Public Policy (including welfare, education, and social policies) Economic Policy (including labour market, industrial, and regional policies) Economic Problems and Performance (including macro/micro economics and finance) Greece and Southeast Europe (including economic and political cooperation and energy) Domestic and EU politics Migration and Minorities History and Culture State and Society Abstracts of 500 words maximum must be submitted via the ‘paper proposal’ form. Abstracts should indicate the academic significance of the topic, relevance of conceptual literature, and analytical structure. A limited number of travel grants of £200 maximum will be available to the contributors. The deadline for the submission of the abstracts and for application for the travel grants is 12 March 2007. Postgraduates can apply for the travel grant by filling the appropriate section of the ‘paper proposal’ form. The ‘paper proposal’ form can be downloaded from: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/hellenicObservatory. Submissions can be made by email only to: hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-April and will be requested to submit their full paper by 1 June 2007. There will be a registration fee of £10 for all participants, payable by cheque to the Hellenic Observatory, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, or upon registration. General participants are welcome to attend. For further information please contact: Ms Eleni Xiarchogiannopoulou Research Assistant Email: e.xiarchogiannopoulou@lse.ac.uk Tel: 0044 20 79556529 (Monday & Tuesday) or Ms Sofia Christofidou Administrator Email: c.christofidou@lse.ac.uk Tel: 0044 20 79556066 (Monday – Thursday) ISA conference The Annual Conference of the International Sociological Association will take place on 28-29 June 2007 in Rome (Italy). The theme is Globalisation, Conflict and the Experience of Localities. For more information, please visit the following website: http://www.sociologia.uniroma1.it/ISA%20RC47%20Conference/index.html Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Call for papers: New Approaches to European Studies: Social Capital, European Elites, Constructivism… Exploratory Conference and Ph.D. Workshop, Copenhagen, April 27-28, 2007. Dead-line for abstracts: March 1, 2007. More information on: http://www.ku.dk/satsning/Europa/arrangementer/new_approaches_to_european_studies/index.asp Monday, January 22, 2007
PhD program in economic sociology and political economy The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne will start a new joint PhD program in economic sociology and political economy this fall. Up to seven doctoral students will be accepted into the program. Candidates must hold a Diplom or a Masters degree with honours in political science, sociology, organization studies or related fields. Fellowships will start on October 1, 2007. Working languages at the Research School are English and German. Doctoral fellows will participate in a graduate school program including courses and summer school sessions. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2007. Program details, online application form and more: http://imprs.mpifg.de Announcement for posting: http://imprs.mpifg.de/downloads/IMPRS_Announcement_2007.pdf Flyer: http://imprs.mpifg.de/downloads/IMPRS_Flyer_Jan07.pdf Industrial Relations in Europe Conference We are pleased to announce a call for papers on "The Theory and History of Industrial Relations" at the Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC), Athens, 26-28 July 2007. Details of the conference and our stream can be found at: http://www.cirn.aueb.gr/IREC2007/Streams/TheoryHistorySyllabus.asp The initial deadline for short abstracts is 12th February. As can be seen from the call, we encourage papers from a wide range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. Friday, January 19, 2007
2007 LUXEMBOURG INCOME STUDY INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Summer Workshop is a one-week workshop designed to introduce researchers in the social sciences to comparative research in income distribution, employment and social policy using the LIS database. We welcome applications from researchers with varying levels of knowledge and experience. The Luxembourg Income Study has made comparable over 160 large microdata sets that contain comprehensive measures of income, employment and household characteristics for 30 industrialized countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States). The language of instruction is English. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be fully trained to use the database independently. Workshop faculty includes the LIS directors, Janet Gornick and Markus Jäntti, the LIS staff and guest lecturers. In addition, the winner of the annual Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award will present his/her paper (see Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award page: http://www.lisproject.org/workshop/aldiaward.htm). The workshop format includes a mixture of lectures on comparative research, laboratory sessions and individual one-on-one advisory sessions. Attendees will also be introduced to the new Luxembourg Wealth Study (http://www.lisproject.org/lws.htm). Tuition of €1,400 covers instructional materials, single-occupancy accommodations, and full board. Transportation to and from Luxembourg is the responsibility of the student. The 2007 workshop will be held from June 24 to June 30, 2007 (with departure on July 1). Download application (http://www.lisproject.org/workshop/2007application.pdf) and return it to Caroline de Tombeur by April 2, 2007. Send your completed application by email (caroline@lisproject.org) or fax: +352-26 00 30 30. For information about LIS, see http://www.lisproject.org Tuesday, December 19, 2006
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS - EUROFOR Marie Curie Conference Series 2004 - 2008 The Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung e.V. BIVS) is currently organising, in co-operation with the European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EUROFOR), a series of twelve scientific Marie Curie conferences on the topic of migration management with the title "From Immigration Politics to Migration Management - Changes in Migration Governance". Young as well as experienced researchers are invited to submit papers for the ninth event in the series on "Politics of Exclusion and Return: The phenomena of diaspora formation", which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) from 12 - 15th April 2007. Topics to be adressed include concepts and notions of diaspora, case studies, the role of diaspora in contemporary conflicts, ethnic entrepreneurs in the diaspora as well as the impact of diaspora on changes in the homelands. Deadline for applications is 31 January 2007. We also invite applications for the upcoming tenth event in the series on "Labour Migration and the Politics of Prevention - International Politics of Stabilising Social Fabrics", taking place in Florence (Italy) from 13 - 16th September 2007. Throughout the conference, workshops and seminars on global labour migration trends and policies, international agents of organising labour supply, urban and rural labour migration, the notions of brain drain and brain gain and the regulation of emigration of work force will be held. Applications for the conference in Florence will be accepted until 16 June 2007. There are Marie-Curie grants available for young and experienced researchers from EU Member States and Third Countries for each conference, covering travel and living allowances. Please send your full proposal by electronic mail to: conferences@emz-berlin.de For more information on past and upcoming EUROFOR conferences, including detailed application guidelines, please visit our website: www.emz-berlin.de Call for Workshops: Mediterranean Research Meeting The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) has just issued a Call for Workshops for the ninth session of the Mediterranean Research Meeting, that will take place near Florence in Montecatini Terme (Tuscany, Italy) from 12 to 15 March 2008. The deadline for applications to be received is 8 January 2007. Details are available on the Mediterranean Research Meeting web page, at http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2008/ Ubiquitous Media:Asian Transformations IIIS Tokyo University / Theory, Culture & Society 25th Anniversary ConferenceTokyo University Hongo Campus 13-16 July 2007. For more information, visit http://www.u-mat.org/ Sunday, December 17, 2006
Call for nomination: The Holberg International Memorial Prize 2007 The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund hereby invites nominations for the Holberg International Memorial Prize for outstanding scholarly work in the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology. The prize, which was established by the Norwegian Storting, is awarded annually by the Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund. The prize for 2007 is NOK 4.5 million (approx. 570,000/$716,000). The winner of the prize will be announced in September 2007, and the award ceremony will take place in Bergen on 28 November 2007. The prize will be awarded to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law or theology, either within one of these fields or through interdisciplinary work. Through his/her scholarly work, the prizewinner must have had a decisive influence on international research in the field, for instance through the development of new theory, knowledge or insight, through making new use of existing theories or through the methods used. The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund will award the prize on the basis of the recommendation of an academic committee composed of outstanding researchers from the relevant academic fields. Scholars holding a senior position at universities and other research institutions within the above mentioned academic fields are entitled to nominate candidates for the Holberg Prize. The Holberg Prize's academic committee will base its assessment on the letters of nomination which must state the reasons for the nomination (2 to 3 pages). Letters should also contain a brief CV for the candidate and suggested referees who know the scholar and his/her work. Nominations are strictly confidential. They shall not be disclosed to the nominee or to others, not even after the prizewinner has been announced. Letters of nomination must be sent to the following address by 15 February 2007:The Holberg PrizeUniversity of Bergen P.O. Box 7800NO-5020 Bergen or be registered electronically here. Thursday, November 23, 2006
International Conference on Health and Social Inequalities Pescara, 23-25 november 2006 Health inequalities are an emerging issue. During the twentieth century took place in Europe an impressive social economic and health improvement, however, several studies revealed an increase of health inequalities in many countries. Recently the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization declared that in economically developed countries exist “unacceptable inequalities in health conditions among social groups” (WHO, 2002) and stressed the importance of social, economical and environmental determinants in the development of these inequalities. Scientific studies contributed to shape public policies aimed to promote equity, to identify critical areas of social and health information and to define research guidelines. However, neither these policies effectively tackled inequalities, nor studies revealed the real impact of different determinants in the development of such differences in health status. This Conference aims to stimulate the scientific research on this issue, trying to deepen and to improve the quality of studies and their effectiveness in defining public policies. For more information, visit http://www.ais-salutemedicina.univpm.it/ or contact Professor M.Giovanna Vicarelli, Università Politecnica delle Marche Dip.to di Scienze Sociali "D.Serrani" Piazzale Martelli 8 - 60121 Ancona(Italy) ais-salutemedicina@univpm.it The social professions to the service of the Governance Friday, December 1st, 2006 - at 9,00 Ministero dell'Interno - Piazza del Viminale 1, Roma - Salone delle Conferenze the meeting is arranged by A.I.S.P. Associazione Italiana di Sociologia Professionale The meeting intends to focus the attention on the Governance concept and the contribution which the social professions can give, through their methods and knowledge to the attainment of the results which this organizational model supposes. The social professions can contribute to increase the capacity to read and interpret the social phenomena and orient the public policies and the answers of the institutional actors to the challenges of the complexity. they can contribute to spread values, functional cognitive schemes and intervention models to set up and support an effective cooperation and build adequate identities. for security and for organization reasons the enrolment is necessary infoline http://www.lasintesi.eu/eventi/ (in italiano) Tuesday, October 03, 2006
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Life in Motion; Shifting Spaces, Transcending Times, Crossing Borders - 8th Postgraduate Conference The conference will be held by School of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 28th - 30th June 2007 and organized in cooperation with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London Seventeen years after the onset of revolutionary changes in 1989, Central and Eastern European societies are still confronted with their histories. Memories and recollections of the past are contested and the past is painstakingly constituted through the interplay of collective construction, political bargains, reversals, rationalizing of refusals to come to terms with it as well as attempts to recognize the past and cope with it. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have witnessed unprecedented spatial and population shifts and splits which marked the 20th century globally. Many minorities which were often local majorities or equal in number were left in the aftermath of wars as mere memories that quickly faded due to the rapid intrusion of communism. The process of building societies which are not just ethno-culturally heterogeneous but also open to all diverse groups has been contingent on coming to terms with the past. This process became the arena for opening ways to facing current challenges such as migration, borders dissolution and violation of local social and economic balances. Since 1989 CEE societies have undergone unparalleled social change, however, the expected reforms in the spheres of law, public policy, culture, media, economy and social policies have been substantially delayed and compromised. The simultaneous emergence of free-market economies and pluralist politics led to situations in which the state quickly withdrew or collapsed, and distinctions between state, collective, and private domains became unclear. It has been in the interest of those actors that emerged in this initial phase of change to prolong a specifically post-socialist culture between socialism and the free market. This may have decisively contributed to the Eurosceptic backlash in the ranks of particular mainstream political forces and in specific cultural segments and sections of societies in some CEE countries. What is in this light the meaning of "the big European switch" of 2004 and its upcoming enlargement follow-up? How 'Central and Eastern European' have the CEE countries stayed and Western Europe become? What are the reconstituted boundaries? The conference presents a major opportunity for postgraduate students and young academics to discuss the events in Central and Eastern Europe also including but not limited to Eurasia, the Balkans, and the Baltic States. We invite submissions and participants from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. Proposals should be sent, as email attachments, to: tomasekm@fss.muni.cz at the latest January 31, 2007. Further details and particular themes: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=152432 CONTACT: Marcel Tomasek School of Social Studies, Sociology Dep., Jo?tova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic phone: 00420 549497611 fax: 00420 549 491 920 Email: tomasekm@fss.muni.cz CULTURAL STUDIES: CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS We are organising a conference on Cultural Studies Now at the University of East London, UK, 19-22 July 2007, and invite colleagues to offer a paper or other form of presentation or organise a panel. For further details see website <http://www.uel.ac.uk/culturalstudiesnow> The main themes will be: Cultural Studies and Politics, Cultural Studies and its Disciplinary Neighbours, Cultural Studies in the Public Sphere, Cultural Studies and Creative Practice, Cultural Studies and National Contexts. Plenary speakers will include: Ian Ang, Rosi Braidotti, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Judith Halberstam, Stuart Hall, Dick Hebdige, Doreen Massey. ERC call for Early Stage Independent Investigators The Scientific Council of the European Research Council has decided to give priority to a call for early stage independent investigators (ESII) with a deadline early in 2007. The objective of this call will be to provide support to the development of independent careers of excellent researchers who are at the stage of establishing their first research team. The ERC has launched a call for application for individual research projects, at a later step than post-doctoral research already funded by the Marie Curie actions. Procedures for applications have been simplified, there is no nationality requirement, only that a scientific institution based in Europe agrees to host the research project. A significant amount (about 15%) of such first line funding has been devoted to the social sciences and humanities, in the hope to get many good applications from these disciplines. The ERC asked to the main representative organisations of the scientific community in Europe to do their best for making young researchers aware of this opportunity and inviting them to apply. All details are to be found on the ERC website: http://ec.europa.eu/erc under the page “strategy”. Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham PropEur Project Final Conference Property Regulation in European Science, Ethics and Law Thursday 21, and Friday 22, September 2006 Jurys Doyle Hotel, Birmingham, UK. Keynote Speakers: Ruth Chadwick Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University and Director of CESAGen, Chair of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Ethics Committee. Widely respected author and editor. Vandana Shiva Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy. Physicist, ecologist, activist, editor and author, delivered the Reith Lecture on Poverty and Globalisation in 2000. Call for Papers We invite abstracts from all relevant fields (including philosophy, law, science, politics, sociology, economics and medicine) and from activists, practitioners and policy-makers. Papers should be related to the following themes: · Conceptions of tangible and intangible property · Governance of property · Philosophical and ethical critiques of conceptions of property · Property in the human genome, information society, plant and animal genomes, and human tissue · Ethics of governance in relation to the human genome, information society, plant and animal genomes, and human tissue · Relationship of ethics and law with relationship to the human genome, information society, plant and animal genomes, and human tissue · Facilitation of scientific research and good governance Submissions should be no more than 500 words and be received by 1 July 2006. Abstracts should be submitted by email to propeur@contacts.bham.ac.uk. For further information on the Project and/or the Final Conference contact visit our website at: www.propeur.bham.ac.uk. Alternatively you can email us at propeur@contacts.bham.ac.uk or telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8445. Fees and Booking Information There is a nominal registration fee applicable for attending the Conference (see below). Travel and accommodation will be the responsibility of the participants although we have identified suitable accommodation (see the website or contact us for details). On the evening of Thursday, 21 September, there will be a formal Conference Dinner, held at the Jurys Doyle Hotel in Birmingham, charged separately to the registration fee. All are welcome to attend. To book a place, please complete the Booking Form (available from the website www.propeur.bham.ac.uk/Bookingform.rtf, or by email propeur@contacts.bham.ac.uk or telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8445.) Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Mesdames et Messieurs les directeurs d'unités de recherche Mesdames et Messieurs les directeurs d'écoles doctorales Le ministère vient de mettre en ligne l'appel d'offres 2006 concernant l'accueil de jeunes chercheurs étrangers en séjour de recherche postdoctorale (http://www.recherche.gouv.fr/appel/2006/acpostdoc.htm). Les dossiers de candidatures seront saisis par les unités de recherche, auxquelles je communiquerai, sur leur demande, le code et le mot de passe permettant l'accès à l'application SIREDO. Cette saisie permettra l'édition d'une fiche récapitulative que je vous remercie de transmettre au service de la recherche pour le 14 mars en vue de sa signature par le Président puis de son envoi par ce même service à la direction de la recherche. 11th International Social Justice Conference August 2-5, 2006, Berlin, Humboldt University Theme: ‘Social Justice in a World of Change: Interdisciplinary Approaches.’ This is the biennial conference of the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR). The Program Committee invites proposals for papers and panel sessions that focus on all areas of justice research, particularly on social and political change and the approaches different scientific disciplines take in studying justice vis-Ã -vis these changes. Deadline for submission: May 1, 2006. Contact: Bernd Wegener, Humboldt University, Institute of Social Sciences, D-10099 Berlin; 49-30-2093-4422; fax 49-30-2093-4430; email wegener@isjr2006.org. Visit the conference website www.isjr2006.org. Friday, February 17, 2006
PROFESSOR OF QUANTITATIVE SOCIOLOGY Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK The Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) wishes to appoint a Professor with research interests in sociology, social policy or a closely related subject. Candidates should have an excellent research record in the quantitative analysis of issues such as work, household organisation, gender, ethnicity, social mobility, social inequality or social and political values in a national and/or cross-national context. They should have experience in analysis of survey data, and familiarity with relevant statistical methods. The appointee is expected to undertake a programme of sociological or related research and to lead a team of researchers. S/he will also take a lead in securing funding of new projects. There are no undergraduate teaching responsibilities associated with the post, but the successful candidate will be expected to supervise research students and to teach occasional graduate and training courses. As one of the senior members of ISER, the successful candidate will also have the opportunity of taking on a senior management role. This is a senior post (full professor in US jargon). "Senior" means senior in outlook, attitude and aptitude. Senior need not equate with years of service or length of CV to date (though it may well do). Appointment to this full-time, permanent post will commence on 1 October 2006. A competitive salary will be commensurate with the successful applicant's qualifications, experience and achievements and will reflect the prevailing market for candidates of high quality. Closing date for applications: 28 February 2006. For further information about the post and method of application, see: http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/Jobs/details/C017W.htm ISER specialises in the analysis of longitudinal and panel data. It has a team of more than 25 full-time researchers from several social science disciplines. ISER's survey division runs the British Household Panel Survey. Learn more about what ISER does, and who we are, at http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk Informal enquiries about the post may be made to: Professor Nick Buck, email: nhb (at) essex.ac.uk Professor Stephen Jenkins, email: stephenj (at) essex.ac.uk Professor Steve Pudney, email: spudney (at) essex.ac.uk CONTACT: Paul M. de Graaf Secretary ECSR Department of Sociology Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands http://www.ru.nl/ecsr PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK The Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) wishes to appoint a Professor with research interests in sociology, social policy or a closely related subject. Candidates should have an excellent research record in the quantitative analysis of issues such as work, household organisation, gender, ethnicity, social mobility, social inequality or social and political values in a national and/or cross-national context. They should have experience in analysis of survey data, and familiarity with relevant statistical methods. The appointee is expected to undertake a programme of sociological or related research and to lead a team of researchers. S/he will also take a lead in securing funding of new projects. There are no undergraduate teaching responsibilities associated with the post, but the successful candidate will be expected to supervise research students and to teach occasional graduate and training courses. As one of the senior members of ISER, the successful candidate will also have the opportunity of taking on a senior management role. This is a senior post. "Senior" means senior in outlook, attitude and aptitude. Senior need not equate with years of service or length of CV to date (though it may well do). Appointment to this full-time, permanent post will commence on 1 October 2006. A competitive salary will be commensurate with the successful applicant's qualifications, experience and achievements and will reflect the prevailing market for candidates of high quality. Closing date for applications: 28 February 2006. For further information about the post and method of application, see: http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/Jobs/details/C017W.htm ISER specialises in the analysis of longitudinal and panel data. It has a team of more than 25 full-time researchers from several social science disciplines. ISER's survey division runs the British Household Panel Survey. Learn more about what ISER does, and who we are, at http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk Informal enquiries about the post may be made to: * Professor Nick Buck, email: nhb (at) essex.ac.uk * Professor Stephen Jenkins, email: stephenj (at) essex.ac.uk * Professor Steve Pudney, email: spudney (at) essex.ac.uk EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION ECRP 2006 competition The Standing Committee for the Social Sciences (SCSS) has launched the 2006 call for proposals for EUROCORES European Collaborative Research Projects (ECRP).Deadline for proposals on 28 April 2006 EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION - UNIT FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES – http://www.esf.org/social Contact: Isabelle Vonesch European Science Foundation (ESF) 1, quai Lezay-Marnésia BP 90015 67080 Strasbourg cedex France Email : ivonesch@esf.org Chair in Sociology An der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. September 2007 eine neu begründete Professur für "Allgemeine Soziologie mit Interesse für theoretische Fragen und vergleichende empirische Forschung" zu besetzen. Gesucht wird eine in theoretischer und empirischer Forschung ausgewiesene Persönlichkeit mit internationaler Erfahrung. Vorausgesetzt wird eine profunde Kenntnis von Handlungs- und Gesellschaftstheorien. Daneben wird mit dieser Professur angestrebt, die Tradition des Soziologischen Instituts in empirischer internationaler Forschung fortzuführen. Dabei werden insbesondere Erfahrungen in der diachron und/oder synchron gesellschaftsvergleichenden Forschung erwartet. Die pädagogische Eignung ist durch geeignete Unterlagen, beispielsweise über durchgeführte Lehrveranstaltungen, Leistungen in der Lehre, hochschuldidaktische Aktivitäten etc. nachzuweisen. Die Fakultät strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils an Frauen in Lehre und Forschung an. Frauen werden deshalb ausdrücklich um Bewerbung gebeten. Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Lebenslauf, Publikations- und Lehrveranstaltungsverzeichnis, Verzeichnis der bisher durchgeführten Forschungsprojekte, künftige Lehr- und Forschungsinteressen, jedoch ohne Schriften) sind erbeten an: Universität Zürich Dekanat der Philosophischen Fakultät Rämistrasse 71 CH-8006 Zürich Bewerbungsschluss: 14.01.2006 Open chairs at the European University Institute The European University Institute (Fiesole/Firenze) advertises two chairs for full professors (for 5 years, with possibility of extension of 3 years) for Social and political theory and Comparative politics The deadline for applications is 13 February 2006. For information see http://www.iue.it/About/PositionsAvailable.shtml The Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE) solicits applications for two positions of Reader/Professor (two posts) Reader Salary: £38,076 - £47,151 per annum inc. Professor Salary: £44,866 - £54,018 per annum inc + up to 10% performance related pay IPSE has established itself over the past five years as a substantial and innovative research centre in the field of educational policy, with a particular commitment to social justice and inclusion.We are now seeking to expand further, with the appointment of two senior posts, either at the level of Professor or Reader. We are seeking experienced researchers with commitment, experience and reputation, to play leading roles in our activities. You will have a significant research record, an academic publication record, and the ability to attract research income from a variety of sources. You will be expected to seek out and obtain research and consultancy funding, manage a range of projects, continue to publish widely, and contribute to a lively team of researchers. For an informal discussion please contact the Director of the Institute, Professor Alistair Ross on 020 7133 2649 (a.ross@londonmet.ac.uk). Ref. No: 1112PN Closing date for receipt of applications: 28 February 2006 Job Description (Reader) Job Description (Professor) http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/londonmet/index.cfm?A300EE86-F78D-E89C-AC37-2FC78C6FE104 Terms and Conditions are under review Applications are welcome from any candidates with appropriate qualifications/experience. To submit an application, please read the documents listed to the right, complete the application form, and return it to us. Alternatively, you can obtain an application form by writing to the address opposite, or by e-mailing recruitment@londonmet.ac.uk. Please quote the reference.Please note we do not accept CVs. It is necessary to complete the full application form. ETH Zurich solicits applications for the position of Professor / Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Sociology (with a focus on the construction of models of social consequences of individual decisions) The position belongs to the behavioral studies program at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS). It can be filled at either Assistant Professor or Full Professor level, depending on the qualification of the applicant. Successful candidates should possess a record of research and teaching accomplishments in the field of sociological model building and simulation. The basic-research focus of the position is the use of formal models or computer simulation to analyze social structures and processes as the products of individual actions. Such methods should be applied by the candidate to an area of sociological research such as the labor market, education, demography or organizations, with an emphasis on the use of empirical and statistical methods to validate the theories and models in question. The candidate should also demonstrate a strong interest in collaborative research and teaching with scientists from other disciplines. It is expected that candidates are willing to create an attractive course program for students in natural and engineering sciences within the scope of the compulsory electives in social sciences and humanities as well as the new Bachelor and Master courses of study. Courses at Master level may be taught in English. Assistant professorships have been established to promote the careers of younger scientists. The initial appointment is for four years with the possibility of renewal for an additional two-year period and promotion to a permanent position. Please submit your application together with a curriculum vitae and a list of publications to the President of ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. E. Hafen, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, no later than May 15, 2006. With a view toward increasing the number of female professors, ETH Zurich specifically encourages female candidates to apply. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY CALL FOR PAPERS The International Studies Association is pleased to announce the launch of IPS: International Political Sociology, a new interdisciplinary journal to be published beginning in 2007. Responding to the diversification of both scholarly interests and regional concerns in contemporary international studies, it will draw especially on traditions of historical, legal, economic and political sociology, as well as on the burgeoning literatures on socio-political theory. Topics and Running Themes for the first year One such topic might be a historical sociology of the discipline of International Relations, one concerned to better understand, for example, its development in some part of the world and not in others, the link between subjective ideas, values, behaviors and objective professional positions within academic institutions, the relation between academics and political professionals, or why the self-understanding of the discipline seems to be in perpetual debate and crisis. Another might involve discussion of the major works of various sociologists and their impact to the study of IR; for example, reflections upon the works of Bauman, Beck, Bourdieu, Foucault, Luhmann, Tilly… Other possibilities include work on global patterns of urbanization, international policing, military sociology, political opinion and communication, the sociology of culture, the sociology of political movements, and the transnational effects of the reshaping of national, cultural and religious identities. In addition to these themes we are currently considering papers dealing with: - the critical discussion of the notions of frontiers, boundaries and limits; - the analysis of the contemporary status of claims about states of emergency and states of exception, derogatory measures, and routinised technologies of surveillance and control; - the analysis of resistance through laws, and arts; - the analysis of airports as sites at which to assess freedom of movement, capitalist economies, security technologies and the detention of foreigners. Short Submission Guideline Papers dealing with these issues or clearly related to international political sociology must be sent to BOTH didier.bigo@libertysecurity.org and ips@ceri-sciences-po.org In order to help broaden the community engaging in international studies, the journal will facilitate the submission of articles in languages other than English. The possibilities currently under consideration are French, Spanish, Italian and German. Translation into English of the final version of the article should be taken care of by the author. Papers in English First issue: Deadline 2 May 2006 Second issue: Deadline 1 August 2006 Third issue: Deadline 2 November 2006 Fourth issue: Deadline 1 February 2007 Papers in other languages First issue: Deadline 1 April 2006 Second issue: Deadline 1 June 2006 Third issue: Deadline 1 September 2006 Fourth issue: Deadline 1 December 2006 Thursday, April 04, 2002
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