Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Abteilung Haushalt und Personal

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Department of Asian and African Studies

The Department of Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin is hiring a project researcher, who will join the European Research Council-funded project on “Power, Politics and Contestation in Global Technical Standard-Setting (TECHtonics)”, led by Prof. Dr. Sarah Eaton.

Employing mixed methods, TECHtonics seeks to understand how and why some developing countries manage to acquire “standards power,” in spite of high technical and financial barriers to participate in this area and analyze the multifaceted forms of contestation now unfolding in standardization.

Job profile

• scientific services for research in the project “Power, Politics and Contestation in Global Technical Standard-Setting (TECHtonics)”
• studying unprecedented transformation and contestation in one key domain of global economic governance: technical standard-setting
• organization and execution of the project work package on “rising standards powers”
• extended fieldwork stays in three different regions (Kenya, India, China)
• data analysis, working on project publications, assist with ERC grant management and organization of associated project events

Requirements

• completed academic education by the time of appointment
• doctorate in a social science discipline (e.g. political science, economics or sociology) or related field (e.g. area studies) desirable
• fluency in English (knowledge of German desirable)
• ability to communicate at a high level in one or more main languages spoken in the countries under study (e.g. Mandarin, Swahili, Hindi)
• experience or strong interest in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods
• record of academic excellence
• interest and capacity to undertake lengthy fieldwork stays in the regions under study
• willingness to re-locate to Berlin

desirable

• prior experience conducting research in one or more of the regions under study (Kenya, India, China)
• track record of prior research on standardization or closely related issue
• one or more peer-previewed publication(s) or a manuscript(s) under review

The successful candidate will join a small and collegial team located in the heart of Berlin. There is scope for project members to pursue individual projects while contributing to collaborative project outputs. Generous funding for this project will cover conference travel, extended fieldwork stays and all other research and dissemination costs.

Please send your Application (including cover letter, CV and relevant certificates), referencing the job ID DR/072/24 to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Asian and African Studies, Prof. Dr. Sarah Eaton, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin or preferably by e-mail in a single PDF file to the secretary's office oft he Department for East Asian Studies: ostasienstudien@hu-berlin.de cc to sarah.eaton@hu-berlin.de.

The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration. People with an immigration history are specifically encouraged to apply. Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the application only.

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