World scholarship Centre » Science Politic http://worldscholarship.net International Scholarship Resource Centre Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waikato, New Zealand http://worldscholarship.net/2009/04/05/postdoctoral-fellow-university-of-waikato-new-zealand/ http://worldscholarship.net/2009/04/05/postdoctoral-fellow-university-of-waikato-new-zealand/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:16:22 +0000 admin http://worldscholarship.net/?p=291 Hamilton

POPULATION STUDIES CENTRE
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

POST DOCTORAL FELLOW
(Fixed-term for three years)
REF: 290086

The University of Waikato is seeking applicants for a position in the Population Studies Centre (PSC) which is based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

The PSC is the only social science research centre in a New Zealand university that focuses specifically on demography, population economics and population geography. Its staff are well known nationally and internationally for their research excellence, and to further enhance leadership in these fields the University of Waikato is making a strategic investment in the PSC through new appointments as it moves towards establishing a National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA).

The Post Doctoral Fellow is a three-year fixed-term appointment, and applicants can be from any of demography, population economics or population geography. The PSC has a strong track record and on-going research interests in population movement and labour market dynamics, as well as core demography. The successful applicant will have been awarded their PhD at the time of taking up the appointment, and will have successfully published papers from their doctoral research.

Salary will be in the following range and is dependent on qualifications and experience:
Post Doctoral Fellow: NZ$70,071 – NZ$80,147 per year

The position is available from July 2009, and the University hopes to have appointed the successful candidate by December 2009.

Enquiries of an academic nature should be directed to Professor Richard Bedford, email: rdb@waikato.ac.nz. Further information about the PSC is available at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/populationstudiescentre.

Applications close on Monday, 20 April 2009.

Applications should be made on the University of Waikato Application Form available from our website http://jobs.waikato.ac.nz or contact HRM – email: jobs@waikato.ac.nz, telephone + 64 7 838 4003, facsimile + 64 7 856 0135. The University is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.

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PhD scholarships at the University of Manchester

The Institute for Social Change at the University of Manchester offers three PhD studentships commencing in 2009. These awards cover fees and a full maintenance stipend

PhD studentships starting 2009

Three fully funded PhD studentships are currently available, covering fees and an annual stipend of £11,800. Projects could involve local case studies of particular cities or neighbourhoods, large scale survey analysis, cross-national comparisons (especially US-UK), or combinations of these approaches. We welcome proposals for empirical research projects in any of the broad areas mentioned above, but we are particularly keen to fund projects on the following topics :

New Media and Political Change – how new forms of digital communication may be changing the nature of citizen participation and political organisations’ structure and functions.

Religion – the causes and consequences of religious change and diversity ; the relationship between religion and social/political attitudes.

Inequality and Politics – the relationship between inequality and political outcomes including social polarisation in participation, representation, and influence.

The politics of ethnic diversity – the role of context in shaping aspects of political or civic participation of ethnic minority groups or immigrants.

To discuss your proposal contact the head of postgraduate research, Professor David Voas (voas(a)manchester.ac.uk)

Deadline for applications is 11th May, 2009

For further information, see : http://www.manchester.ac.uk/socialchange

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