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Postdoctoral Fellowships “Urban Anthropology or Urban Sociology”, Germany

Post-docs will undertake two months of project training in Germany before residing in the respective project city for the duration of the project, will undertake site visits to all Globaldivercities project sites, and will participate in a final international conference in Germany. Prof. Vertovec will manage the project through site visits, team meetings in various locations and video-conferences. The entire team will have input towards film-making, and all project members will be encouraged and supported to develop their own publications as well as to contribute to collective publications.

Applicants should hold a PhD in Anthropology or Sociology and have a track record of fieldwork (and ideally publication) in urban research. In addition to English, language competence in a relevant language (i.e., likely to be spoken among some immigrants in the given location) will be an advantage, as will knowledge and experience of one of the project cities. Annual salary range €37,122-€41,175 (US$49,950-US$55,404.

Scholarship Application Deadline:25 February 2011

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Teacher Scholar Doctoral Fellowship Program, Canada

As part of the University of Saskatchewan’s commitment to advance teaching and learning excellence and to enhance the graduate student learning experience, the College of Graduate Studies and Research (CGSR) in partnership with the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (GMCTE), initiated the shared University Graduate Teaching Fellowship program in the 2009/10 academic year. That program will continue for the 2011/12 academic year with some modifications: – The program is renamed the Teacher Scholar Doctoral Fellowship program. – Allocations will be made by open competition rather than by allocation to Colleges/Schools. – Applications for the Fellowships will be submitted by the teaching partnership team (graduate student teacher, faculty mentor, and Department/School/College).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 16 March 2011

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Postdoctoral Fellowships, Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication , Germany

The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communications offers young scientists postdoctoral fellowships . The center includes an outstanding group of faculty members at Stanford’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and Saarland University.

The program begins with a preparatory 1-2 year postdoc phase (Phase P) at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, followed by a two-year appointment at Stanford University (Phase I) as a visiting assistant professor, and then a position at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics as a junior research group leader (Phase II). However, the program can be entered flexibly at each phase, commensurate with the experience of the applicant.

Who should apply
Applicants to the program must have completed an outstanding PhD. Exact duration of the preparatory postdoc phase is flexible, but we typically expect this to be about 1-2 years. Applicants who completed their PhD in Germany may enter Phase I of the program directly. Applicants for Phase II are expected to have completed a post-doc stay abroad and must have demonstrated their outstanding research potential and ability to successfully lead a research group.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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