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The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is one of the world’s leading research institutions and think tanks for global sustainable development. It contributes, through research, policy advice and training, to finding answers to global questions affecting our future.
IDOS Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems“ is looking for a
Researcher (f/m/diverse) - Position No. 2023-B-03
Part time 65% up to 25,35 hours/week,
German public sector tariff, EG13 TVöD Bund
34.000 – 49.800 Euro gross
the B05 project within the CRC, “Science Futures: Between ‘intensification’ and ’conservation’ discourses on African rural development”. The position may be filled as soon as possible and is limited until 31 December 2025.
Through research, policy advice and training, it contributes to finding answers to global questions affecting our future. In order to do so, it has joined the Collaborative Research Center CRC-TRR 228 "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation". The CRC brings together expertise from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne, IDOS and the Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies (BICC) to study newly emerging issues of social-ecological transformation and future-making in Africa.
The research is part of the wider project “Science Futures”, which seeks to unpack the complex ways in which science, as well as knowledge(s), shape the futures of rural Africa, focusing on development corridors. This includes the analysis of national and transregionally linked science systems, their role in future-oriented development discourses and policy-making, as well as the political ecologies and economies of corridor implementation.
This research draws on the political ecology-informed insight that social and political power affect the way natural resources are accessed, utilised and controlled; and that these processes are not only material, but also have an epistemological dimension. This research seeks to trace how different knowledge(s) shape development corridors, and are constructed, communicated, legitimated through discourse.
This work focuses on two development corridors: Tanzania’s Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) and Kenya’s Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPPSET); it focuses on how these development corridors gained salience, and aims to trace how discourses change as corridors are implemented, negotiated and translated locally, as well as through conflict. Methods include multi-sited ethnographic research, as well as scientometric, media and discourse analysis.
IDOS offers an inspiring, family-friendly working environment at the interface of research and policy advice, with ample opportunities to engage in international discussions, political processes and scientific debates.
In the case of equal qualification, physically challenged persons will be given preference. We want to promote the diversity of our employees and would like applications from women, men and diverse people.
Further information on the project is available to you on https://crc-trr228.de/b05-science-futures/ or by contacting Dr. Michael Brüntrup (michael.bruentrup@idos-research.de).
Applications with the position number 2023-B-03 with complete, informative and detailed documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, relevant certificates, recommendation letters, and informative application documents like M.A. thesis or scientific articles) must be submitted exclusively via application portal by 30 August 2023-
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