Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] Postdoc opportunity in Contentious Politics
> > *2006–2009 Theme Project**
> *ISS Postdoctoral Fellowship *
>
> Contentious Politics: Science, Social Science and Social Protest *
>
> Post-doctoral research fellows are invited to apply for
> participation in an interdisciplinary project on Contentious
> Politics: Science, Social Science, and Social Protest. Applications
> will be accepted for one or two-year positions, beginning
> approximately August 15, 2007. The project is led by an
> interdisciplinary team that is exploring the political construction
> and social diffusion of authoritative knowledge derived from either
> the natural or social sciences, ranging from transgenic organisms
> in agriculture to models of economic development. The team is
> interested in the diffusion of social movements that construct,
> promote or contest public policies grounded in such knowledge,
> especially where such movements explicitly challenge the
> credibility of knowledge claims or the authority of the
> institutions that produce them. The project, coordinated by the
> Institute for the Social Sciences, will sponsor a seminar series,
> visiting scholars, and opportunities for multi-disciplinary
> research collaboration.
>
> Fellows will have access to the full range of university resources
> and receive an annual stipend of $50,000 plus health benefits.
> Applicants must have a Ph.D. by August 15, 2007; scholars who have
> completed their Ph.D.’s within the past five years will be
> considered. Screening of applications will begin November 15, 2006.
> Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a brief statement of
> research interests, a writing sample, and three reference letters
> by e-mail to socialsciences@???
> <mailto:socialsciences@cornell.edu>. Cornell is an affirmative
> action/equal opportunity employer; minorities and women are
> encouraged to apply.
>
> For more information on the Theme Project, see:
>
> http://www.socialsciences.cornell.edu/0609/contentious_desc.html >
>
> Sarah A. Soule
> Professor of Sociology
> Cornell University
> 342 Uris Hall
> Ithaca, NY 14853
> (607) 255-1416
> (607) 255-8473 (fax)
>
>
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