University College London (UCL), School of Slavonic and East European Studies
UCL Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Position: | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
This appointment will be full time on UCL Grade 7. The salary range will be £33,686 - £40,716 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
This two-year research fellowship, on ‘Political Changes and Challenges’, will focus on institutions, governance and inequality of democracy. Research directions may include, for instance, influences on political processes of new media and technologies, and the ways in which informal networks influence decision-making at local, national or regional levels.
The position is funded for two years and is embedded within a six-year themed research programme established at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies in 2012, entitled New Horizons in Russia and Eastern Europe: A New Vision through Language-Based Area Studies.
The Fellowship is suitable for someone who has recently completed a PhD in a discipline related to the Fellowship and relevant to the SSEES context, and who is seeking to develop an academic career. Their research proposal should relate to the terms of the Fellowship. The applicant should also possess fluency in both spoken and written English.
Fellows are appointed after an open, international competition. Each Fellow has a two-year appointment at UCL in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and will be able to work full-time for UCL.
Mellon Fellows will be expected to teach up to 5 hours per week.
It is expected that Fellows will be keen to disseminate their work widely by organising (interdisciplinary) public events related to her or his main research theme, such as: seminars, study days, exhibitions, conferences, performances. It is also expected that individual publications will come from each Fellowship.
A full job description and person specification can be accessed through the SSEES Mellon Programme webpage: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/research/mellon-programme. Please follow the link to the ‘Job Specification’ and read the criteria carefully before applying.
Candidates will be expected to provide the following 6 documents, written in English. There are two spaces in which you will be able to upload your documents. Please upload your CV into the first space provided, as one document, and then merge the remaining five documents into a single Word/PDF file, when you make your online application.
- Your CV
- A personal statement
- The abstract of your PhD
- A sample of written work (no longer than 50pp)
- A short research proposal for the Fellowship
- A description of teaching experience and interests
The Mellon Programme is aimed at a fundamental re-conceptualisation of Language-based Area Studies whereby disciplines are brought together with geographical regions and language in order to facilitate awareness and engagement across the Social Sciences and Humanities and beyond to Engineering, Natural and Biomedical Sciences. The formulation of such a re-conceptualization is the starting point of this latest UCL Mellon Post-doctoral Research programme.
Closing date: 21st March 2016
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Contact: |
Queries regarding the application procedure should be addressed to Esther Williams (esther.williams@ucl.ac.uk). Enquiries concerning the requirements of the post may be directed to Professor Wendy Bracewell (w.bracewell@ucl.ac.uk). |
Website: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/research/mellon-programme |
Primary Category: | Eastern Europe History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Russian or Soviet History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 02/05/2016 |
Closing Date | 03/21/2016 |