APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING Two Post-Doctoral Research Fellows (GEOFIN – Western Banks in Eastern Europe: New Geographies of Financialisation), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Post Title: 2 x Research Fellows (ERC Post-Doctoral Researchers) Post Status: 3-Year Fixed-Term Contract, Full-Time Salary: €35,488 - €40,003 per annum (ca. £31,000 - £35,000; US$ 37,800 – US$42,600). Application via email to: geo...@tcd.ie<mailto:geo...@tcd.ie> Application deadline: Wednesday 26th April 2017 (12 Noon Irish Standard Mean Time). Please note: This post is tenable from the 1st July 2017 (or soon after). The successful candidate should be in place no later than 15th September 2017. Location: GEOFIN Project within the Finance, Economy & Society (FES) Research Group, Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland. Funding body: European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (Project 683197) Post Summary ERC-funded research project GEOFIN (Western Banks in Eastern Europe: New Geographies of Financialisation) based in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, is seeking to appoint two Research Fellows (ERC Post-Doctoral Researchers) for 3-years Full-Time Contract. The key aim of the project is to examine how states, banks and households in post-socialist contexts of East-Central Europe have been financialised and to consider what implications this has for the societies in question and for Europe as a whole. Post-Doctoral Researcher 1 (PD1) will focus on financialisation of states, while Post-Doctoral Researcher 2 (PD2) will investigate financialisation of banks. The successful applicants will be core members of the GEOFIN team - which will also include the Principal Investigator (Dr Martin Sokol, Associate Professor in Geography), Post-Doctoral Researcher 3 (financialisation of households), two Research Assistants based in East-Central Europe (household case studies), Post-Doctoral Researcher 4 (financial futures); a PhD student (sub-national banking strategies) and a Research Project Officer. PD1 (States) and PD2 (Banks) will be expected to collaborate closely with each other and with Post-Doctoral Researcher 3 (Households), under the leadership of the Principal Investigator. The successful candidates will be hosted in the Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, on the main Trinity Campus and will become members of the emerging Finance, Economy & Society (FES) Research Group directed by Dr Martin Sokol. Informal enquiries concerning the post should be addressed to Dr Martin Sokol: sok...@tcd.ie<mailto:sok...@tcd.ie> More info and full Job Specification is available at: https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/research/gof/GEOFIN.php You can follow GEOFIN project updates on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/GEOFIN-Western-Banks-in-Eastern-Europe-New-Geographies-of-Financialisation ----------------- Best wishes, Martin …………………………………... Dr Martin Sokol Associate Professor Department of Geography Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2, Ireland Tel.: +353-(0)1-896 2355 Email: sok...@tcd.ie<mailto:sok...@tcd.ie> Web: https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/staff/MartinSokol.php
