Job Detail

The University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, invites applications for a position of
Assistant Professor in Anthropology (50% without tenure-track)
Contract limited to 4 years, non renewable from 1.08. 2020 to 31.07. 2024.
Job description
The successful candidate will take the scientific and administrative co-responsibility of the
Bachelor in biology-ethnology, which is based on a close collaboration between the
Institute of anthropology and the Faculty of sciences. He or she will teach and conduct
high level international research in the field of anthropology of agri-food systems,
anthropology of food and anthropology of environmental governance with a specific focus
on Switzerland.
Terms of reference

• Research :the professor will conduct research at international level in the field of
  anthropology of agro-food systems and environmental governance; he or she is
  expected to develop and coordinate a research team on these topics.


• Teaching : the professor will teach 2 hours per week during the entire academic
  year : one hour at Bachelor level within the BA in biology-ethnology, and the other
  at Master level, within the interdisciplinary Master in social sciences. Further
  information on the latter can be found here :
  www.unine.ch/ethno/home/formation.html.


• The candidate will supervise both Master and PhD theses.


• Administration: the professor will hold the scientific and administrative
  responsibility of the Bachelor in Ethnology and Biology. He or she will also
  participate in other administrative tasks within the Institute of anthropology and
  the Faculty.

Requirements

• Phd in anthropolology or ethnology


• High level expertise in the anthropology of agro-food systems and farmer worlds
  with an excellent knowledge of the Swiss context and fieldwork experience in
  Switzerland.


• Highl level publications, including books, edited books and peer-reviewed articles
  in international journals.


• Teaching experience in the fields of anthropology of agro-food systems,
  anthropology of environmental problems and anthropology of food.


• Experience in obtaining and managing research funds and in coordinating research
  projects

Non-French speakers are expected to teach in French after a two-year period.

Affiliation :The successful candidate will be based in the Institute of Anthropology.
Dotation :The position comes with a 50% doctoral assistant. The professor will also
benefit from the services of the secretariat of the Institute of anthropology and of the
libraries of the University.
Treatment : legal.
Starting date : 1.08.2020
Application deadline : 15.04.2020
Applications should be uploaded onto www.unine.ch/candis (ref. FLSH-Ethno) in the form
of a single pdf file including:

• a motivation letter ;


• a detailed CV including a list of publications (please do not send your publications
  at this stage) ;


• A statement (three pages max.) of teaching and research interests, his/her
  scientific vision in the domain and projects that he/she anticipates developing in
  Neuchâtel ;


• Copies of diplomas ;


• A list of three experts able to evaluate the scientific competences of the candidate.

The candidates who will be short-listed will be invited to give a conference in front of the
professors, assistants and students of the Faculty.

Information: Further information may be obtained by contacting the Head of the Hiring
Committee prof. Marion Fresia (marion.fresia@unine.ch) or the Dean of the Faculty
(doyen.lettres@unine.ch), as well as on www.unine.ch/ethno.

The conditions indicated in this document are not negotiable.

The University of Neuchâtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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