Project description

The Leiden University lnstitute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CA-DS) is hosting the ERC Consolidator research project "Food citizens? Collective food procurement in European cities: solidarity and diversity, skills and scale" (grant 724151) funded by the European Research Council. 
Read the project abstract under "Aditional Information".

Key responsibilities
The postdoc will deliver:

• An annotated bibliography based on literature review;
• Exemplary case studies templates;
• Comparative research protocol (main areas of observation; main questions and operationalized questions for semi-structured interview protocol);
• A submitted journal article on the project’s comparative approach and exemplary case studies.

The postdoc will carry out the project’s literature review, develop three template case studies on the basis of literature, and provide a research protocol for fieldwork conducted by Ph.D. candidates. The postdoc will collaborate with the project’s Principal Investigator and a second postdoc, albeit with distinct competences and functions, in the stages of research design.

Under the PI’s supervision, the postdoc writes up templates of exemplary case-studies and literature review, co-designs the comparative protocol with the project PI, facilitates the PhDs’ access to the field, and finalizes a detailed research protocol to be followed by the Ph.D. candidates. Together with the PI, the postdoc assists the PhD students in calibrating their case study preparation to the research protocol. Specifically, during the second year of employment the postdoc facilitates fieldwork pre-visits of the Ph.D. candidates and gives feedback on fieldwork preparation.

• Relevant PhD and publications;
• Experienced ethnographer with field experience in Poland;
• Fluency in English (spoken and written); Advanced Knowledge of Polish;
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a research team;
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Fixed-term contract: Two years.

We offer a part-time position starting from 1 September 2017. The position is for one year with the possibility of an extension for another year, subject to satisfactory performance. Salary range from € 3,427.- to € 4,691.- gross per month (pay scale 11 in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).

Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses(8.3 %), training and career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. More at www.workingat.leiden.edu/.

Diversity
Leiden University is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups. 

Universiteit Leiden

Leiden is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in the Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings; University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant atmosphere.

Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia.

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences comprises four institutes: Education and Child Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology. The Faculty also includes the Centre for Science and Technology Studies. The Faculty is home to 5,000 students and 600 members of staff. Our teaching and research programmes cover diverse topics varying from adoption to political behaviour. 

We study the everyday practice of individuals, groups, and communities worldwide and at home to situate them within the complex processes of social and global change. In Leiden, we specialise in the impact of globalisation on environment, equity, and economy, and the ethnographic analysis of visual and material culture. Our unique combination of interdisciplinary interest, a comparative area studies approach, and social scientific research methods positions us within a larger partnership of Leiden Institutes and links our research and teaching to the extensive interdisciplinary and international networks we are currently involved in.
For more information about the Institute, see: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/social-behavioural-sciences/cultural-anthropology-and-development-sociology