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Ivry-sur-Seine

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Temporary post-doc contract - the statistical analysis of data on the preparation of meals

INRA – ALISS laboratory

Recrutement d'un post-doctorant avec competences statistiques avérées pour travailler sur des données sur la préparation des repas en France, dans un cadre pluridisciplinaire.

Potsdam

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

5 Stellen Akademische Mitarbeiter/innen BMBF

Projekt "Alexander von Humboldts Amerikanische Reisetagebücher"

An der Universität Potsdam, Philosophische Fakultät, Institut für Romanistik, Professur für französisch- und spanischsprachige Literaturen (Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette) sind befristet für 3 Jahre im Rahmen des neuen BMBF-Projektes „Alexander von Humboldts Amerikanische Reisetagebücher: Genealogie, Chronologie und Epistemologie“ möglichst zum 01.02.2014 insgesamt 5 Stellen für akademische Mitarbeiter/innen zu besetzen. Im Rahmen des transdisziplinären Gesamtprojekts unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette sind folgende Schwerpunkte in den jeweiligen Teilprojekten erwünscht: Literaturwissenschaft, Bildwissenschaft, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geographie. Die Teilprojekte sehen Promotionen bzw. – im Fall der Postdoc-Stellen – Einzelmonographien vor.

Limoges

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Law

Post-doctoral position in Law at the University of Limoges

Legal issues of the eco-management of energy

Dans le cadre d'un contrat de recherche financé par la Région Limousin, L'OMIJ EA 3177 (Observatoire des Mutations Institutionnelles et Juridiques) et son équipe thématique CRIDEAU (Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en droit de l'environnement, de l'aménagement et de l'urbanisme) propose un contrat post-doctoral à temps complet de 12 mois pour 2014. Il s'agira de travailler sur les mutations juridiques liées à l'éco-gestion de l'énergie.

Nantes

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Researcher position in socio/anthropology of health

Part-time 20-month contract, MSH Ange-Guépin in Nantes

Dans le cadre de l’étude ASHAM (Approche sociologique des habitudes de vie des adultes atteints de dystrophie myotonique de type 1), financée par la Fondation pour les maladies rares, la MSH Ange-Guépin (Nantes) recrute un-e chargé-e d’études à mi-temps du 1^er mars 2014 au 31 octobre 2015. Le recrutement se fera via le CNRS sur la base d’un salaire d’I.E. à 50%.

Angers

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Economy

Calls for applications: thesis in economic sciences funding 2014-2017

The substainable conversion and planning of urban areas and poluted sites: the elaboration of a participative method and multi-criteria help in decision making

Il est fait appel à candidatures pour une thèse en sciences économiques sur le thème de la reconversion et aménagement durable des friches urbaines et sites pollués : élaboration d'une méthode participative d'évaluation et d'aide multicritère à la décision. La thèse proposée relève du doctorat de sciences économiques d'Agrocampus Ouest, où sera inscrit le/la doctorant(e). Elle sera dirigée par Béatrice Plottu, maître de conférences, HDR. L'unité d'accueil est l'UMR Granem (Groupe de recherche angevin en économie et gestion / UMR-MA n°49). L'école doctorale concernée est DEGEST (Droit, économie, gestion, sociétés, territoires). Cette thèse bénéficiera d'une allocation de thèse régionale en co-financement 2014-2017.

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Ethnology, anthropology

Louis Dumont fund for research in social anthropology

Calls for applicants

Le Fonds Louis Dumont offre chaque année une aide temporaire à un chercheur débutant, exclusivement en anthropologie sociale (un complément de ressources pour frais de voyage et/ou de séjour sur le terrain). Il est géré par la Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme et s’adresse à de jeunes chercheurs basés en France, qu'ils soient de nationalité française ou étrangère. Les dossiers de candidature sont à envoyer par courrier postal au Fonds Dumont entre le 1er décembre et le 31 janvier.

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Welcome to the Migration and Society (URMIS) research unit for applicants to the CNRS and IRD researchers award

L’unité de recherche « Migrations et société » (Urmis, UMR 205) est une unité mixte de recherche sous tutelle des universités Paris Diderot et Nice Sophia Antipolis, de l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, à compter du 1er janvier 2014). L’Urmis est pluridisciplinaire et spécialisée dans les recherches sur les migrations et les relations interethniques.

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Political studies

The energy transition of European societies: from the city to the region

The examples of Germany and the united Kingdom

In partnership with Électricité de France (EDF), Paris Institute for Advanced Studies (Paris IAS) is recruiting two high-level international researchers in the humanities and social sciences (or related fields) for a period of nine months, to take part in a research programme on the energy transition of European societies, with particular emphasis on Germany and the UK, from a city to a regional level. Paris IAS will host successful applicants beginning in October 2014 or January 2015, offering them the opportunity to focus entirely on their research while benefiting from a front-ranking scientific environment, and building lasting networks with university and research institutions in Paris and the Île-de-France Region.

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Europe

Fondation Charles de Gaulle History Prize (2014)

Créé en 2012, le prix d'histoire de la Fondation Charles de Gaulle souhaite encourager les travaux en sciences humaines et sociales sur Charles de Gaulle et sur le gaullisme. Il s'agit d'un prix annuel remis à un mémoire de M2 (ou titre équivalent) inédit.

Johannesburg

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Africa

French Institute of South Africa Fellowships 2014

PhD / Postdoctorate

One or two doctoral or post-doctoral research position are vacant at the French Institute of South Africa. IFAS is a French Research Institute Overseas (IFRE) under the supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the CNRS, covering Southern Africa (UMIFRE 25, USR 3336). These posts are financed through non-renewable (save for exceptional reasons) relocation allowances (Aides à la Mobilité) for a maximum of nine months. Successful applicants will receive the scientific and logistic support of IFAS and will become involved in the scientific life of the Institute by regularly taking part in the ongoing activities (conferences, seminars, conferences, publications, etc.). The relocation allowance comes to €1 200 net per month and, in addition, includes one Paris/Johannesburg/Paris trip which will be refunded on the basis of the price of an economic class air ticket, and medical cover. Nationality will not be a condition for application. Applicants will be selected on the basis of scientific criteria only, although the integration potential of the project into the academic landscape of Southern Africa will be taken into consideration. Priority will be given to applicants whose research is in line with the research programmes of the Institute.

Johannesburg

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Africa

French Institute of South Africa Funding Application 2014

Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral students, Senior Researchers

Within the framework of its research programming, the French Institute of South Africa (UMIFRE 25, USR 3336) finances certain research projects in the Human and Social Sciences on Southern Africa. All funding applications from research units, researchers and students for research work, field work, events or publications for 2014 must imperatively reach us before the 11^th of December 2013. Nationality will not be a condition for application, although the existence or prospect of a long-lasting partnership between France and Southern Africa is essential. Financial contribution from another institution is highly desirable. In all cases, funds allocated by IFAS will not exceed 40 000 ZAR or 4 000 EUR. Applicants will receive replies by email during the first quarter of 2014, after their projects have been examined by the members of the Research Council for Africa of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. All applications will be taken into consideration. However, priority will be given to applicants whose research is in line with the research programmes of the Institute

Marseille

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Epistemology and methodology

Academic director position at IMéRA

Institut méditerranéen de recherches avancées (Aix-Marseille Université)

The post of Scientific Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Research, IMéRA Foundation (Aix-Marseille University), will be vacant as of 1^st March 2014. A member of the French Network of Institutes for Advanced Study (RFIEA), IMéRA offers 5- to 10-month residency schemes to researchers and artists to help them develop cross-discipline-oriented research projects in connection with Aix-Marseille University (AMU) teams and laboratories. The Scientific Director assists the President and the General Director of the Foundation for a two-year, renewable mandate. His/her mission statement is to work in agreement with the General Director to devise and implement the scientific activity programme.

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

Publication Grants: (pre-1980) historical American art

2014 Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants

These grants provide support for publication projects on historical American art (pre-1980) that make a significant contribution to scholarship and have an international dimension. Projects may include translations of texts on American art; publications written by non-U.S. scholars or those with a significant number of non-U.S. contributors; and publications with a focused thesis exploring American art in an international context. Projects must be under contract for publication. Books may receive up to $30,000; articles may receive up to $3,000. For more information, please visit our website.

Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

2014 Charles C. Eldredge Book Prize in American Art

Call for Nominations

The Smithsonian American Art Museum invites nominations for the 2014 Charles C. Eldredge Prize, an annual award for outstanding scholarship in American art history. Single-author books devoted to any aspect of the visual arts of the United States and published in the three previous calendar years are eligible. To nominate a book, send a letter explaining the work’s significance to the field of American art history and discussing the quality of the author’s scholarship and methodology. Self-nominations and nominations by publishers are not permitted. The deadline for nominations is December 1, 2013. Please send them to: The Charles C. Eldredge Prize, Research and Scholars Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Nominations will also be accepted by email: eldredge@si.edu or fax: (202) 633-8373. Further information about the prize may be found at americanart.si.edu/research/awards/eldredge.

Agen

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Research and lecturing post in criminology at the École nationale d'administration pénitentiaire (Enap)

One year replacement contract

L’École nationale d’administration pénitentiaire (ENAP), implantée à Agen, recrute une ou un enseignant chercheur en criminologie, par voie contractuelle (CDD) pour un contrat de remplacement d’un an.

Milan

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

Public Competition for Admission to the PhD Courses with scholarships – State University of Milan

PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences

The PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences aims to offer a brand new track for higher education, which integrates the competences required for theoretical and experimental research in disciplines, such as anthropology, geography, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, social science, art theory and criticism with the knowledge made available by philosophical research in both their theoretical and historical manifestations. This PhD course offers multidisciplinary training and aims to provide extensive knowledge in specific sectors of essential and applied research, promoting development in innovative and cutting edge fields, which promote the ability to master theories, methods and techniques of various fields.

Giverny

Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

Terra Summer Residency Fellowships

2014 Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants

These eight-week residential fellowships provide the opportunity to pursue individual work and research in a community of peers while being mentored by senior artists and scholars. Ten fellowships are awarded annually to doctoral students at an advanced stage of research and writing on pre-1980 American art and visual culture and to artists with a master’s degree.

Washington

Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowship Opportunities

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States. A variety of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships are available. Fellowships are residential and support independent and dissertation research. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $30,000 for predoctoral fellows or $45,000 for senior and postdoctoral fellows, plus generous research and travel allowances. The standard term of residency is twelve months, but terms as short as three months will be considered; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Happiness as an issue in culture and society (2014)

Call for applications for a humanities and social sciences prize at the Observatoire du Bonheur

Portant un regard pluridisciplinaire sur la société et ses évolutions, l’Observatoire du bonheur a vocation à observer les phénomènes sociaux et à agréger les connaissances autour des représentations du bonheur. Mener des recherches historiques, quantitatives, philosophiques et anthropologiques, traverser les savoirs, les goûts, les émotions qui font notre époque, nourrir une réflexion plus complète mais aussi plus ouverte, telles sont les missions de l’Observatoire.

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophie

European commission grants

Le Master Erasmus Mundus « Philosophies allemande et française dans l’espace européen » (EuroPhilosophie) offre aux étudiants du monde entier un parcours de formation de deux ans de haut niveau spécialisé dans les domaines de la philosophie allemande et de la philosophie française et de leur interaction au sein de l’espace intellectuel et culturel européen.

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