Territories Categories: Northern Europe

Vacancy: CoDE Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews Find out more and apply: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/3495/0/295385/889/research-fellow-ar2534jm Learn about CoDE: www.ethnicity.ac.uk Deadline for applications: 10th May 2021   The Research Fellow will take a leading role in the Housing and Welfare Policy strand of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, led by Dr Nissa […]

The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA) II Urban Methodologies Summer School (UMSS) is a four-day event aimed at PhD researchers, early-career academics and advanced postgraduate students. It will be held online, on 21-24 June 2021, focusing on the theme of Urban Inquiries for a Post-pandemic City. The Summer School will feature four masterclass sessions led […]

New book exploring urban austerity governance and resistance, published by Bristol University Press. The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity will host a launch event at 16:00 on Wednesday 16th June. Further details of this event will follow in due course. Davies, J. S. (2021) Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in the Crisis of […]

This years rural entrepneurship is planned to take place in Swansea in July, assuming the roadmap to freedom progresses as planned.  The call for abstracts and joining details are all available here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/rural-entrepreneurship-conference-2021/ ABSTRACTS ARE INVITED FROM RESEARCHERS IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THEMES: Rural social entrepreneurship Rural artisanal entrepreneurship Migration effects on rural development […]

Thirty learned societies, including the RSA, have recently signed a response (coordinated by the Academy of Social Sciences) to the UKRI announcement on funding research supported by Official Development Assistance. Find out more details and the full statement here https://www.acss.org.uk/news/academy-responds-to-ukri-announcements-on-funding-cuts/

Funded Human Geography PhD scholarship/Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) position, deadline 29 April 2021.   Role description: The School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol has a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant position in Human Geography to fill for 2021/22 entry, with an anticipated start date of 01 September 2021. The successful applicant will propose a research topic for […]

Job reference: SRF34886 Location: Whiteknights Reading UK Closing date: 20/04/2021 Job live date: 23/03/2021 Salary: £41,526 per annum Employment type: AR-Academic (Lecturer) Department: School of Archaeology Geography & Environmental Science Division: Geography & Environmental Science Hours per week: 1.00FTE Employment Basis/Type: Full-time, Fixed-term for 12 months The School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science/Department of Geography and Environmental Science is seeking to appoint a Lecturer […]

Job reference: SRF34885 Location: Whiteknights Reading UK Closing date: 20/04/2021 Job live date: 23/03/2021 Salary: £41,526 to £51,034 per annum Employment type: AR-Academic (Lecturer) Department: School of Archaeology Geography & Environmental Science Division: Geography & Environmental Science Hours per week: 1.00FTE Employment Basis/Type: Full-time, Permanent The School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science/Department of Geography and Environmental Science is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in […]

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university Department of Geography and Environment LSE Fellow in Urban Planning and Geography Salary from £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance This is a fixed term appointment for 13 months – estimated start date […]

Position Details Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £41,526 to £49,553. With potential progression once in post to £55,750 a year. Grade 8 Full time Permanent Closing Date: 20th April 2021 Interviews will take place on 17th May 2021 […]

Position Details School of Social Policy University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £41,526 – £77,108 (Lecturer salary from £41,526 – £49,553 a year with potential progression (to £55,750 a year)). (Senior Lecturer salary from £51,034 – £59,135 a year with potential progression (to £77,108 a year). […]

University of Oxford MSc in Sustainable Urban Development Part-time from October 2021 Applications are now open for the part-time  MSc in Sustainable Urban Development for October 2021 entry. This two-year master’s programme is offered by Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education in partnership with The Prince’s Foundation and accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered […]

Job ID: 018465 Salary: £38,304-£39,345, including London Weighting Allowance Closing date: 31-May-2021 Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy Department: China Institute Contact details: Kerry Brown, Director, Lau China Institute, kerry.brown@kcl.ac.uk / 07723 054525 Job description The Lau China Institute in the School of Global Affairs at King’s College, London, exists to conduct research on […]

Funded PhD Project (UK and EU students only) Project code: SCES5900521 Department: School of Civil Engineering and Surveying Start date: October 2021 Closing date: 4 May 21  (12pm GMT) Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in October 2021.  The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised […]

“Area of Free­dom, Se­cur­ity and Justice” The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (www.eurostorie.org) Subproject Migration and the Narratives of Europe as an “Area of Freedom, Security and Justice” The University of Helsinki (https://www.helsinki.fi/en) is an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers. It is one of the leading multidisciplinary […]

We are looking to hire a PhD candidate for our recently funded project by the Research Council of Norway,  “Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP Settlements as Social- Ecological Systems”, for which I am the Principal Investigator. The candidate will be based out of the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway and will be […]

Offering a high-performing, large and truly interdisciplinary social science environment, the Department of Social Sciences and Business (ISE), Roskilde University (RUC), invites applications for a position as assistant (time-limited to 3 years) or associate professor (permanent) in economics. The position is available from September 1 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. In announcing this […]

The Department of Social Sciences and Business (ISE), Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as assistant professor in Global Political Economy from August 1 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is limited to 3 years. ISE calls for an assistant professor to join our vibrant, interdisciplinary International Studies research community. The […]

This article first appeared on ROBUST’s website and has been re-blogged with permission from the authors. Modern lives are increasingly multilocal – but rural-urban policies are often yet to catch up. ROBUST’s Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Ulla Ovaska and Theresia Oedl-Wieser reflect on what we know about multilocality, and what we should rethink as rural regions look ahead to futures beyond recovery. […]

Organised by the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, and North of Tyne Combined Authority Thursday 25th March, 12:30-4:30pm In a context of rising social and spatial inequality, slow or non-existent economic growth and net zero carbon transitions, there is growing interest in new approaches to local development. The aim of […]

This funded PhD opportunity at Trinity College Dublin will be of particular interest to students in Russian, Czech, or Slovak studies. *** 4-year doctoral award “The Radical Left, The Avant-Garde, and the Rise of Dictatorship in Interwar Europe” Deadline for applications: 15 May 2021 Applicants are sought for a fully-funded four-year Provost’s PhD Project Award […]

Anyone with teaching responsibilities will know how difficult it has been to carve out time and space for research during the past year. For early career researchers that has been even more difficult to achieve. However working collaboratively can be one way to keep your research alive, create new connections and the power of networks […]

Department: School of Politics & International Relations Salary: £42,433 – £44,807 (Grade 5) Reference: QMUL24316 Location: Mile End Date posted: 17-Feb-2021 Closing date: 17-Mar-2021 Job profile Apply online Overview: About the Role The School of Politics and International Relations is pleased to announce that we are seeking two exceptional scholars to take up the position of Lecturer in Social/Public Policy. The postholders […]

Louise Kempton is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University.  She is also Associate Dean of Research and Innovation for the university’s faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.  She has more than 25 years’ experience in local, regional and international economic development as a researcher, […]