SOAS伦敦大学博士后职位招聘–人类学和社会学

SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.  SOAS University of London is positioned to play a leading role in reimagining higher education globally, with a new strategic plan in place as the basis for the renewal and revitalisation of the School which commits SOAS to both student responsiveness and research intensity. SOAS is moving towards a new model of international partnerships which is responsive to the transnational character of our global challenges.

About the Department:

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS is a world-leading, research-led department, ranked 10th worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2021) and 2nd in the UK in REF 2021. Its academics and research students work across a spectrum of anthropological, regional, and theoretical issues, including development, food, migration, political economy, conflict, gender, race, religion, infrastructure and the environment. The Department is home to the Food Studies Centre where the project will be based.

The Food Studies Centre is dedicated to the study of the political, economic, and cultural dimensions of food. The centre’s main purposes are to promote research and teaching in the field of food studies at SOAS and to facilitate links between SOAS and other individuals and institutions with an academic interest in food studies. The centre contains a wide network of researchers at SOAS and beyond, as well as non-academic members working in policy, journalism and development.

About theRole

This appointment is part of the ESRC-funded project on: ‘Digitalising food assistance: Political economy, governance, and food security effects across the Global North-South divide’.  The project will be led by the Principle Investigator at the SOAS, in collaboration with Co-Investigators at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India and the University of Khartoum, Sudan.  We seek to recruit a post-doctoral researcher to complete the team.

The project aims to examine how digitalising food assistance influences the food security of marginalised populations and how it functions as a source of power. It includes three country case studies: in Sudan, India and the UK.  The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for leading the UK case study (with support from the PI), including literature review, developing research plans, conduct fieldwork, analyse, publish and disseminate findings. The postdoc will liaise with the collaborating partner (the Food Foundation) on research planning, analysis and dissemination. The research will have a range of outputs, from blogs and podcasts to working papers and journal articles, and aims to have academic and policy impact.

The post-doctoral researcher will participate in team meetings and discussions with researchers leading the other case studies, and in comparative analysis of the effects of digital practices. Finally the researcher will take part in the life of the Food Studies Centre.