FRESHER Research Assistant for Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

The Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) seeks to investigate contemporary controversies about the liberal order from a historical, global, and comparative perspective. It connects the academic expertise in the social sciences and area studies in Berlin, collaborates with research institutions in all world regions, and maintains cooperative ties with major political, cultural and social institutions [http://www.scripts-berlin.eu]. The Clusters research program is structured around four Research Units (RUs): Borders, Orders, (Re-)Allocation and Temporality. The RU Borders investigates contestations of the liberal script with regard to both material and invisible territorial borders, focusing on the tension between state control and personal freedom as well as social closure and basic rights. The postdoctoral research fellow of the RU Borders will conduct his/her own research in this field in an interdisciplinary context. By collaborating with SCRIPTS Theory Network, he/she will simultaneously have a central role for the RU Borders contribution to the Clusters theory development.

Job description: 

• Exploring innovative research perspectives in the context of the RU Borders that bridge the gap between prevailing epistemological and empirical approaches in the social sciences and area studies
• Theorizing Contestation of the Liberal Script based on the systematic and comprehensive analysis of the RU Borders Cluster results, and by collaborating with postdoctoral fellows of other Research Units and the Theory Network
• Disseminating research results through publications, workshops and conferences
• Preparing, planning and co-directing the RU Borders regular meetings and workshops
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Requirements:
Completed university degree as well as PhD in the social sciences and/or area studies

Desirable:
Excellent expertise on the Clusters research topic; very good knowledge of theories and methods in the social science and/or area studies relating to the RU Borders; very good English skills; experience with coordinating research groups is an asset

More information given by Ms. Verena Specht (verena.specht@fu-berlin.de).

All applications quoting the reference code should be addressed no later than March 25th, 2019 to Verena Specht: verena.specht@fu-berlin.de or postal to

Freie Universitt Berlin
Zentralinstitut John-F.-Kennedy-Institut
Exzellenzcluster Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS)
Frau Verena Specht
Lansstr. 7-9
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)