Deadline- 5th November 2012
Countries/Region- All Countries
Nuffield College offers Three-Year Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Social Sciences. Applications are invited from graduates of any country wishing to undertake research in any area of the social sciences except Economics, for which there is a separate competition. Applicants who wish to undertake research in Economic History, or interdisciplinary research which includes Economics will be considered. The main interests of the College are in Economics, Politics and Sociology, but these are broadly construed to include, for example, social science approaches to history, social and medical statistics, international relations, social psychology, public policy, and social policy.
PPRFs’ main responsibility is to engage in independent scholarly research. They have no teaching or administrative obligations but are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the College. They will be expected to organise a seminar or workshop in their subject area during the three-year term of their appointment and the College can help finance and organise these activities.
Tenure– Applicable for 3 years.
Eligibility-
- Candidates should hold a bachelors and/or masters degree and should by 1 September 2013 have completed, or be close to completing, a doctorate.
- Candidates must not have spent more than a total of eight years in postgraduate study, teaching or research in the social sciences by the date of taking up the Fellowship, and should not have previously held a research fellowship similar to that advertised.
How to Apply?
- The application package should be sent, preferably via e-mail as .pdf attachments, to the website or by post. The application package should consist of-
- a completed Nuffield application form
- a curriculum vitae
- a one-page description of applicant’s current research
- a one-page description of the research applicant would plan to undertake as a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow
- at least two samples of their written work (for example, research papers or thesis together with a one-page abstract for each piece. At least one piece should be single-authored work if at all possible.
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