Job: Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d): Cross-border Mobility and Institutional Dynamics

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany

The University of Cologne is looking for a doctoral researcher in the project "Migration, Intersectionality and Institutional Interaction: Experiences of African Migrants in the United Arab Emirates".

The research group investigates interactions between mobility and institutions, specifically: the importance of institutions for shaping and controlling cross-border mobility, as well as the consequences of mobility for the existence and transformation of institutions. Five projects from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology and political science will collaborate in the research group. The empirical-qualitative, theory-oriented and reflective methodological work of the research group is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 

The position is available from 1 January 2022 on a part-time basis (65% / 25,89 hours per week). It is limited until 31 December 2025.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2021.