APOLOGIES FOR X-POSTING… JOB OPENING: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Financialisation of Households), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (ERC GEOFIN project – Western Banks in Eastern Europe: New Geographies of Financialisation)
Post Title: Research Fellow (ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher) - Financialisation of Households Post Status: approx. 3-Year Full-Time or Part-Time Salary: €36,488 - €41,003 (ca. £32,500 - £36,600; US$ 42,900 - US$48,200). Application via email to: geo...@tcd.ie<mailto:geo...@tcd.ie> Application deadline: on Monday 27th November 2017 (12 noon, local Irish time) Please note: This post is tenable from the 15th January 2018 (or soon after). The successful candidate should be in place no later than 20th March 2018. 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, is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow (ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher) with experience in conducting household surveys and interviews, to lead research on financialisation of households. The position is offered for 3 years on a Full-Time basis, but Part-Time arrangement will also be considered. The key aim of GEOFIN 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. The successful applicants will be a core member of the GEOFIN team – led by Dr Martin Sokol (Associate Professor in Geography and GEOFIN’s Principal Investigator) and including 3 other Post-Doctoral Researchers (financialisation of states; financialisation of banks; and financial futures); two Research Assistants based in East-Central Europe (household case studies); a PhD student (sub-national banking strategies) and a Research Project Officer. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate closely with other team members based in Dublin and to oversee/coordinate the work of two Research Assistants based in East-Central Europe. The successful candidates will be hosted in the Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, on the main Trinity Campus and will become a member of the 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 Feel free to forward to interested parties. Many thanks, 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 Principal Investigator, GEOFIN project: https://www.tcd.ie/Geography/research/gof/GEOFIN.php Secretary, FinGeo Network: http://www.fingeo.net/
