[Urbanstudy] Research Position for York Univ Project Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land, and Infrastructure in the 21st Century

[Sunalini Kumar]

Nivi,

This is right up my alley. The topic, I mean. Does it make sense at all to
apply for this?



On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:15 AM, solomon benjamin <sollybenj at yahoo.co.in>wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> This is a call for application for a research position as detailed below.
> Solly Benjamin
>
>
> The South Asian Cluster of  “Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land, and
> Infrastructure in the 21st Century,” research program funded by Social
> Science and Humanities Research Council, (SSHRC), Canada  (
> http://www.yorku.ca/suburbs/), housed at the CITY Institute, York
> University, Toronto, invites applications from student researchers enrolled
> in MA, MPhil, and PhD in humanities and social sciences programs to
> undertake research in the urban peripheries of New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,
> Kolkatta, and Bangalore. The student researchers will work closely with a
> faculty advisor and in consultation with the faculty advisor, first,
> identify site/s of research, second survey and analyze secondary literature
> and scholarly debates, third focus on one or more of the following topics -
> work, mobility, livelihood, lifestyle, governance, and land. Students with
> a background preparation in ethnographic and qualitative research will be
> given priority. At the end of six months, student researchers will develop
> a 6000 words long paper. Ideally, the research for the project should
> contribute towards their degree program.
>
>
>
> In your application, please include your: i) CV, ii) 250 words statement
> describing your methodological training and conceptual frame or influential
> authors, iii) suburban site you are interested in or may have already
> conducted research in, iv) sample of written work. The monthly stipend will
> be commensurate with the UGC scale for Senior Research Fellowship for a
> period of first six months, renewable for an additional six to twelve month
> period.
>
>
>
> Please submit the application via email by September 20, 2012 to all
> Marie-Hélène Zerah marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr, and Solly Benjamin
> solly.benjamin at gmail.com, If you have any questions or clarifications,
> please contact Shubhra Gururani at the email address: <gururani at yorku.ca>
>
>
>
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