1 PhD fellowship
to commence as soon as possible. The IfL is a
non-university research institute and member of the Leibniz
association with currently around 80 employees. It is
institutionally financed by the Free State of Saxony and the
Federal Republic of Germany in the context of a common
research funding agreement.
The
fellowship includes
·
a monthly stipend of 1400 Euro granted for six
months
·
access to the academic service infrastructure
of the IfL (e.g. the Central Geographical Library, the
Geography archives, cartographic and IT services, scientific
seminars)
·
individual support in terms of exchange and
discussions within the international research network of
ira.urban
·
flexible working arrangements in Leipzig
The fellowship will be financed within the
framework of the international comparative research project
“Urban reconfigurations in post-Soviet space” (ira.urban).
The project aims at analysing and explaining continuities
and discontinuities in the reconfiguration of urban spaces
in the light of traditional, reproduced Soviet and newly
formed post-Soviet conditions, as well as of changing global
economic and social orders. On the basis of transnational
comparative case study research, the project focuses on the
question to what extent urban development has become part of
a socially negotiated adjustment processes, and a mirror of
a comprehensive modernisation process of urban societies in
the republics of the former Soviet Union.
We expect that the candidate supports the
analyses of current urban systems in post-Soviet countries
and regions, as well as relations within the systems, in
order to understand how the post-Soviet urban systems are
composed.
The research project focuses on the following
issues:
-
In what way has a specific post-Soviet
operating context emerged during the adaptation of the
cities to the conditions of globalisation and
internationalisation?
-
To which extent is the post-Soviet space
composed by separate/independent urban networks or to which
extent has the soviet hierarchical urban system “survived”
and influence the further transnational and national urban
space production?
-
What specific and general types of urban
development paths could be singled out within post-Soviet
space?
Please submit your complete
application package in English as one pdf file by e-mail to
Yuliana
Lazova (y_lazova@ifl-leipzig.de).
The deadline for applications is
March 7th 2015.
Please enclose the following
documents:
·
CV
·
letter of
motivation/statement of purpose, including a short display
of the links between your project/idea and ira.urban (2
pages max.)
·
exposé of your PhD
project, including your work schedule and work progress
(3-4 pages max, excluding sources)
·
list of your publications
and presentations, certificates, references
Should you have any further queries, please
contact Isolde Brade (I_Brade@ifl-leipzig.de) or Irina Slepukhina (I_Slepukhina@ifl-leipzig.de). We are looking forward to your application!
For further information about the project: www.ira-urban.de.
For further information about the Leibniz
Institute for Regional Geography:
www.ifl-leipzig.de.
For further Information about the Leibniz
Association:
www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
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