Researcher in Environmental Humanities
A three-year researcher position (SKO 1109) is available at the Oslo School of Environmental Humanities (OSEH).
Three-year researcher position, Oslo School of Environmental Humanities (OSEH)
A three-year researcher position (SKO 1109) is available at the Oslo School of Environmental Humanities (OSEH), at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway, starting January 2021.
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We seek applicants whose research and public engagement support and complement OSEH’s core commitments of building a strong environmental humanities research community at UiO, promoting interdisciplinary research and teaching on environmental topics including the climate crisis, and engaging with a wider public.
We especially encourage applicants with research and teaching interests in interdisciplinary approaches to environmental humanities, including postcolonial and Indigenous approaches; multispecies and extinction studies; Anthropocene studies; environmental histories; blue (aquatic) humanities; or energy humanities.
Applicants should complement the research conducted at OSEH on the interrelationship between environment and society, applying tools and methods of the humanities. Applicants should have an environmentally-focused research background in the humanities and/or social sciences in fields such as anthropology, archaeology, area studies, literature, history, art history, philosophy, media studies, heritage studies, urban studies, science and technology studies and/or political ecology.
OSEH seeks to recruit candidates with excellent academic qualifications who are … READ MORE