Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (with tenure track) in sociology – organizations and inequalities,
GENERAL PROFILE The contemporary increase in inequalities requires studying the organisational fabric of classification, hierarchies, and subordination. The recruitment of an assistant professor specialising in organisational approaches to inequalities is intended to strengthen Science Po’s capacity to address these issues, which lie at the crossroads of economic, organisational, public action, social movement, labour, legal and expert sociology. RESPONSIBILITIES Research The new recruit will conduct in-depth empirical research based on the production of original data.
– Candidates may specialise in a particular social relationship (class, gender, race, sexuality, age, disability), while addressing its interdependence with other social relationships.
– They may work on different dimensions of inequality (economic, symbolic, cultural, etc.), and in different fields. Candidates working in one of the following fields are particularly welcome: health; higher education; environment; social movements; digital; law and courts.
– Their work could focus on the distribution of power within work organisations (public or private), on the contribution of organisations to inequalities concerning their recipients or on inequalities between organisations
– They may also examine the processes of legitimacy and controversy surrounding inequalities, in the light of the knowledge and expertise that they give rise to.
– They could study the role of norms and public action in the institutionalisation and transformation of inequality dynamics, with particular reference to gender equality, the fight against discrimination, the promotion of ‘diversity’ and changes in social, fiscal and penal policies.
– They may propose a historical analysis of the processes studied, or a comparison between several national contexts, so as not to overestimate the specificity of what is being observed here and now.
The teaching service is 128 hours per year, i.e. 3 lectures of 24 hours and 56 hours of complementary pedagogical services, at both levels of teaching offered by Sciences Po: college and schools (including the PhD track). The service is reduced to 88 hours/year during the first three years of the tenure track (2 courses of 24 hours and 48 hours of complementary pedagogical service). The future recruit is expected to teach college courses at one of the seven Sciences Po campuses, as well as master courses in one or several of the Sciences Po schools. Candidates are expected to teach general sociology as well as organizational approaches to inequalities.
Candidates must have defended their PhD by the time they apply. They should submit their application in electronic form to recruitment.cso@sciencespo.fr, before September 2nd, 2024