2 Postdoc positions (focus Canada and focus Japan) in the SNSF Starting Grant Project “Provisional Futures: Migrants as wanted workers, yet temporary residents” — Universität Zürich
- Location
- Ticino
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 23 days ago
Role overview
The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
Put your talent and skills to work with us.
- The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
- With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
- This allows them to take over greater responsibilities over time and develop mentoring and leadership skills.
- Compensation: The salary is based on rates set by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Annex_XII_Ausfuehrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_E.pdf Your tasks Independent:
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
Main responsibilities
- This allows them to take over greater responsibilities over time and develop mentoring and leadership skills.
- Compensation: The salary is based on rates set by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Annex_XII_Ausfuehrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_E.pdf Your tasks Independent:
- Design and carry out your own work package.
- Conduct extended fieldwork in Canada/Japan.
- Publications in migration studies and disciplinary journals. Collaborative:
- Contribute to joint theory-building at the intersection of migration studies, research on socio-cultural diversification and theorizations of future work.
- Collaborate within an ambitious, international, and interdisciplinary research team.
- Serve as co-guest-editor for a Special Issue in a major journal in the field.
- Co-organize a stakeholder workshop in the country of your expertise.
- Informal mentorship of the PhD student and the Research Assistant. Anforderungen:
What the company offers
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
- The two postdocs are expected to provide guidance to the research assistant and the PhD researcher in the team, and benefit from free trainings and courses offered at UZH.
Company and context
- This will include in-depth interviews with migrant workers, ethnographic observations at their workplaces and socializing activities, as well as stakeholder interviews with employers, policy makers, representatives of unions, and of migrant support organizations.
- The position is based at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the University of Zurich and requires residency in Switzerland.
- Data will be collected over two extended periods of field research in Canada / Japan, where the postdoc will be hosted by the overseas collaborating institutions, the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada and the Institute of Asian Migrations, Waseda University, Japan, respectively.
- This will allow the postdoc to broaden their academic networks and produce both single-authored articles and collaborative research outputs and thereby establish their own independent research profile.
- The team collaborates on project preparation and analysis as well as co-authorship.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and event coordination skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines. The following are considered assets:
- Experience with academic management, scientific outreach and creative methods.
- Knowledge of the migratory landscape in IT, health care and construction in Canada or Japan.
- Training and experience in comparative research.
Additional details
- Find out more about UZH as an employer!
- Compensation: The salary is based on rates set by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Annex_XII_Ausfuehrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_E.pdf
- Publications in migration studies and disciplinary journals.
- Informal mentorship of the PhD student and the Research Assistant.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines. The following are considered assets:
Notes and original content
- Your tasks
- Independent:
- Collaborative:
- Anforderungen:
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines.
- The following are considered assets:
- Wir bieten:
Questions about this listing
What salary does Universität Zürich offer for this role?
Universität Zürich lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Bellinzona. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Universität Zürich offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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