Job: Postdoctoral position, ExpertTurn, research focus on Czechoslovakia

Deadline: November 30, 2022

The Director of the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences announces a vacancy for the position of Postdoctoral researcher for the ExpertTurn team, a research project “Expertise in authoritarian societies. Human sciences in the socialist countries of East-Central Europe” (principal investigator Kateřina Lišková, supported by EXPRO of the Czech Science Foundation), more information on the project on request at subrova@hiu.cas.cz.

Start date: 1 January 2023 or by agreement

Workplace: Prague, Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic

 

Job description: research on human science expertise during state socialism in Czechoslovakia, data analysis, discussing findings within the team, writing papers for peer-reviewed journals, presenting research at international conferences, and disseminating the results to the general public.

 

The minimum job requirements: Ph.D. in social sciences or humanities, research proximity to the topic of the project, knowledge of Czech or Slovak at C1/C2 level, English at C1 level, and relevant publication activity.

 

We offer

-        Part-time job (0.7 FTE, 28 hours per week)

-        Salary 38.000,- CZK

-        Flexibility in working hours, workplace in Prague, and home office 

-      Job offer for one year with an expected extension until June 2025, upon mutual satisfaction with the first year 

-        Working in an international team on exciting new research 

-   Close cooperation with accomplished teams and researchers in Europe and beyond 

-   Active support for professional and personal development (knowledge and experience sharing in the team, support in grant applications, etc.)

-        Five weeks of vacation

 

Necessary documents

-    Professional CV with detailed descriptions of your previous work on research projects

-        Proof of highest level of education

-        A sample of your scholarly text (ideally a published paper)

-        Motivation letter

-        Two letters of recommendation

 

Please send all your application materials electronically to subrova@hiu.cas.cz

The deadline for the submission of applications is 30 November 2022.