[Urbanstudy] Fw: Research position at NIAS - Provincial Globalisation programme

[Curt Gambetta]

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Subject: Research position at NIAS - Provincial Globalisation programme


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National Institute of Advanced Studies
Announcement of Postdoctoral Research Position
 
 
The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) is a multidisciplinary 
research institute located in Bangalore. We are searching for a postdoctoral 
level social scientist to work in our research programme under the School of 
Social Sciences entitled ‘Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse 
Transnational Flows in India’s Regional Towns’. This is an international 
collaborative programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research 
(AISSR), University of Amsterdam (UvA), and NIAS, funded by the WOTRO Science 
for Global Development Integrated Programme (the Netherlands).
 
Eligibility: 
The selected researcher will design and carry out an independent project on 
transnational migration and resource flows from migrants. Candidates should have 
finished the PhD degree in any social science (except economics), preferably 
with specialisation in migration, transnational, and/or development studies. The 
successful candidate will have strong analytical skills, a sound conceptual/ 
theoretical grounding in his/ her discipline, the ability to utilise and combine 
diverse data sources at different scales, and excellent writing and 
organisational skills. The postdoctoral researcher will work in an international 
multidisciplinary team that includes specialisations in anthropology, sociology 
and economics. 

               This is a full-time two-year position based at NIAS. Salary will 
be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
 
About the programme:
Provincial Globalisation is a five-year research programme, initiated in January 
2010. It is designed to explore processes of globalisation in India at the 
regional level by tracing the transnational flows of resources transmitted by 
migrants to their home regions. The studies will document a broad range of 
‘reverse flows’ – economic resources such as household remittances, investments 
in land or businesses, and financial support for NGOs; ‘social remittances’ such 
as ideas and know-how; and cultural transactions such a religious philanthropy. 
The objective is to examine the influence of these resource transfers on 
political, economic, and social-cultural structures and processes through 
comparative study of selected provincial towns and their rural hinterlands.
 
Applications:
Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae including the names and 
addresses of three referees, a sample of published work, and a brief research 
proposal (3-5 pages) based on the detailed outline of the research programme, 
which will be sent to applicants upon enquiry. 

Interested candidates may write to Provincial.Globalisation at gmail.com for 
further details.
The deadline for applications is January 15, 2011. Short-listed candidates will 
be invited to NIAS for an interview.


      
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