Post-doctoral researcher Ancestral Citizenship in Europe

The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS-EUR) is looking for a post-doctoral scholar to support research on the intergenerational analysis of citizenship acquisitions, specifically based on claims of co-ethnicity and bloodline, as part of an innovative research project "Unmaking the Past, Making the Future: an intergenerational analysis of ancestral citizenship and visions of Europe" funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (2024-2027).

Deadline: Monday 18 Mar 2024

Employment: 0.8 fte - 0.8 fte

The specific tasks include:

  • Further development, implementation, and coordination of the whole project, together with the PIs.
  • Participation and organization of quarterly project meetings.
  • Conducting qualitative fieldwork: analysis of parliamentary debates on Bulgarian citizenship, biographical interviews with immigrants with Bulgarian citizenship & stakeholder interviews and observations.
  • Production of high-quality research & publication of scientific as well as non-scientific outputs, together with project members.
  • Liaising with relevant stakeholders in Bulgaria and beyond.

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Researcher (Text-Data/NLP) for Project on Citizenship acquisition (ACE) (m/w/d/k. A.)

The Migration Department and the Cluster “Data-Methods-Monitoring” are starting a new collaborative innovative research project "Unmaking the Past, Making the Future: an intergenerational analysis of ancestral citizenship and visions of Europe ", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (2024-2027). The project focuses on the intergenerational analysis of citizenship acquisitions specifically based on claims of co-ethnicity and bloodline (ancestral citizenship).

  • The starting date for the position is 01 May 2024 and the position is available to be taken for 19,5 hours per week.

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Post-doctoral position: Ancestral Citizenship Acquisition project (three-year contract, Marseille)

Centre Norbert Elias (Marseille) is recruiting a researcher in social sciences (three-year contract) to join the team of the new collaborative project called “Un-making the Past, Making the Future: an intergenerational analysis of ancestral citizenship and visions of Europe“, conducted by researchers based in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

  • Deadline: March 1st, 2024.
  • The position is full time, lasts three years and starts on May 1st, 2024. We look forward to receiving applications with the necessary documentation (cover letter, CV, certificates)

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