Post-doc senior scientist in the central team of the SNF-funded, Swiss research network Sinergia project called Post-Car World.

The Position

Post-doc senior scientist in the central team of the SNF-funded, Swiss research network Sinergia project called Post-Car World.

Framework

Imagine and simulate a post-car world: an interdisciplinary approach to mobility trends in contemporary societies.

Expectations and Objectives

• Establish the overall final statements of the project, by collecting, integrating, modelling, mapping, synthesising the contributions of the different components;
• Communicate and interacting with the different components of the project (3 sub-projects, 6 labs, 3 locations);
• Find a common language between different disciplinary traditions (economics, geography, sociology, transport engineering) involved in the project;
• Develop the external communication (information, dissemination, interaction) of the project’s outputs towards non-academic actors.

Professional Requirements

• PhD in Geography, Urban Sociology, Urbanism, or other social sciences of space.
• Excellent knowledge of urban theory, theory of the inhabited space, and more generally in contemporary social theory.
• Excellent skills in cartography (namely a very good practice of a GIS software and of Illustrator).
• Excellent skills in statistical methods.
• Competences in modelling and programming would be a significant asset.
• Excellent capabilities in collective project managing, an open-minded interactivity, a project-oriented leadership.

Languages

Fluency in both French (Francophone environment) and English (main language used within the multilingual inter-regional project team) is required.

German and/or Italian (as Swiss official languages) would be warmly welcome.

Employment conditions

• Workplace: Chôros Laboratory, ÉPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Employment rate: 100%
• Gross annual salary: CHF 81,000-92,000.
• Start: October/November 2013.
• Duration: 3 years, possible extension to 3 more years.

Selection

Direct sélection by the direction of the lab.

Application guidelines

Expected documents: Detailed CV and cover letter.

Contact: Barbara Laurent-Lucchetti, <barbara.laurent-lucchetti@epfl.ch>, +41 21 693 93 53.

Deadline: 8 October 2013