Professorship in Sociology or Political Science with a Focus on Interdependent Inequalities

Freie Universität Berlin
Department of Political and Social Sciences

The successful applicant will be required to cover the area named above in teaching and research.

The successful candidate will have an outstanding track record of excellent university teaching and research, preferably with a strong international component. She or he will hold a Ph.D. in a social science discipline and have broad regional competence in Latin America. Applicants should have an excellent command of English as well as Spanish and/or Portuguese. They should have a research background in inequality studies and be open to gender-related issues. Experience with interdisciplinary cooperation as well as acquiring funding for, and carrying out, sponsored research is strongly desired. 

Contact details:

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Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Dekanat
z.Hd. Frau Stenzel
Ihnestr. 21
14195 Berlin, Germany

or

psdekan@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Applications must be received, in hard copy or electronically (in a single PDF file), at one of the addresses below by September 6th 2010.

Information pack available from:

Further particulars can be obtained by the following email address or website

website: www.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/praesidium/za.html
telephone:

Closing date:

The closing date is 6 September 2010

In-House Editor and Staff Writer

Salary:

£36,736 - £45,155pa

The In-house Editor plays a key role within ODI’s central Communications Team, working across the entire Institute to support the written communication of our research findings. The role is pivotal to ensure ODI’s reputation for quality and consistency. The successful candidate will act as gate-keeper for ODI’s editorial outputs and advise staff on editorial matters. You will provide quality assurance on ODI’s flagship publications, originate copy and adapt complex technical papers for a range of audiences, as well as extracting and formulating effective and cogent key messages.
About you
You have experience of working as a substantive Editor on a wide range of research publications, and of book publishing. You are a highly experienced, first class writer with an established reputation and publications portfolio. You have a thorough understanding of international development and the role of policy-related research in development.

Information pack available from:

Further particulars can be obtained by the following email address or website

website: www.odi.org.uk/about/jobs/details.asp?id=348&title=house-editor-staff-writer
telephone:

Closing date:

The closing date is 8 September 2010

Professor in Development Studies

Salary:

Negotiable

Professor in Development Studies
School of Environment and Development

The School was formed to understand, theorize and tackle the problems created by the uneven relationships between society, economy and environment. We seek to develop this international agenda further by appointing a Professor in Development Studies.

The appointee will take a leading role in research and teaching in the area of Development Studies and strengthen IDPM's research achievement and global profile. Applicants should demonstrate an internationally-recognised record of outstanding achievement across research, teaching and policy engagement, a capacity to provide intellectual leadership and be willing to take on senior academic and research management roles.

Contact details:

Informal enquiries
Professor David Hulme
Head of Institute for Development Policy and Management & Director of Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI)
Email: david.hulme@manchester.ac.uk


Interview date
26/10/2010

Information pack available from:

Further particulars can be obtained by the following email address or website

website: www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/academic/vacancy/index.htm?ref=177172
telephone:

Closing date:

The closing date is 4 October 2010

Associate/Assistant Professor of Development Economics

Candidates – women or men – must hold a Ph.D. in Economics. They should have field research experience in developing countries, a strong analytical background, the ability to work with colleagues from other disciplines and, for more experienced scholars, a strong research track-record.

The successful candidate is expected to teach general and specialised graduate-level courses and, depending on the rank of the appointment, to supervise master and doctoral theses.
The language of instruction is either English or French, but candidates will be expected to soon acquire, if not already possess, a working knowledge of the other language.

Contact details:

Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae and a list of publications – but excluding letters of recommendation and samples of publications – must reach the Director, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, P.O. Box 136, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland, email: director@graduateinstitute.ch, by 16 January 2011.
Information on employment conditions may be obtained at the same address.

Information pack available from:

Further particulars can be obtained by the following email address or website

website: graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/iheid/shared/iheid/open_position/2010/ECDEV_profile_eng_final.pdf
telephone:

Closing date:

The closing date is 16 January 2011