Leading Researcher in Environmental Conservation and Social Anthropology

3 dagen geleden

Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Universiteit Leiden Voltijd
Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled researcher to join our team at the Universiteit Leiden. As a leading researcher in environmental conservation and social anthropology, you will be responsible for conducting independent ethnographic research in and around Sikkim, India.

About the Project

The project, 'Futuring Heritage: Conservation, Community and Contestation in the Eastern Himalayas', is a collaborative effort between Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology and Ashoka University in Delhi-NCR. The project aims to investigate how national and international programmes aimed at environmental conservation and climate change adaptation in the eastern Himalayas can align with the cultural expectations of the region's ethnolinguistic minorities.

Your Responsibilities
  • Conduct independent ethnographic research in and around Sikkim, defining your research focus within the overall frame of this project and research objectives in collaboration with various consortium members/stakeholders.
  • Conduct research, entailing at least 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork.
  • Use GIS mapping and QGIS software, combined with visual and digital methods (GIS training will be provided in the context of the project).
  • Write a PhD thesis, publishing several of its chapters as peer-reviewed journal articles (including a special issue on participatory mapping), and in a project-related edited volume.
  • Contribute to a professional publication, the production of educational materials, and to the creation of the project website, blogs, articles for newspapers, podcasts and a policy paper.
About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a Master degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Social Geography or any other relevant discipline in the Humanities and Social Sciences. You will also have excellent skills in ethnographic research, familiarity with India, enthusiasm, passion, and commitment for long-term fieldwork in India, speaking and reading skills in Nepali, Lepcha and/or Bhutia, interest in geospatial and multi-modal research methods, and excellent command of English (speaking and writing).

What We Offer
  • An employment contract for 38 hours per week as a PhD candidate, initially for a period of 1 year, with the possibility of extension for 3 years after a positive evaluation.
  • A salary of €3500-4500 gross per month (scale P-0), based on a full-time appointment (38 hours) with increments based on the Collective Labour Agreements (CLA) of Dutch Universities.
  • A holiday allowance (8%), an end-of-year bonus (8,3%), and an attractive pension scheme at ABP.
  • Flexible working hours: as a standard, you are entitled to a minimum of 29 leave days on the basis of a full-time working week of 38 hours; you can also save for extra leave, for example by working 40 hours a week, and in this way accrue an extra 96 leave hours, or exchange 96 leave hours for a 36-hour week.

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