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

[Sunalini Kumar]

Sorry, my previous mail to the group was sent by mistake.

Apologies for the mix-up!

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Sunalini Kumar <sunalini.kumar at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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