Doctoral Programme of the NCCR LIVES ‘Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives’
Application deadline: 27 May 2018
Starting date: 01.09.2018 Duration of contract: 1 year, renewable contract for 2 x 2 years, with a maximum duration of 5 years Employment rate: 100% Workplace: University of Lausanne, Géopolis Gross annual wage: CHF 65’000 (first year)
Your profile
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences with a quantitative component (Sociology, Demography, Political Science, Economics, Psychology…)
- Interest in Topics of Social Inequality, Social Policy and the Life Course
- Practical experience with quantitative social science data analysis methods
- Familiarity with statistical software (e.g. Stata, R, SPSS)
- Working languages are English & French
We offer
- A position in a dynamic research centre, closely linked to the National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES and the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS)
- Access to a network of about 170 researchers specialising in life course research in and across different disciplines (sociology, psychology, social psychology, demography, economics, social policy, statistics) and working on interdisciplinary projects
- A structured and comfortable research environment in the beautiful Lake Geneva region at the heart of Europe
- Regular scientific and networking events (workshops, colloquia, conferences, etc.)
- Training in the LIVES Doctoral Programme
- The possibility to publish in the LIVES Working Papers series
- Outreach services for the dissemination of your research into the general public.
Please apply here:
Graduate assistant in Social Inequality and Social Policy
Assistant-e diplômé-e dans le domaine de l’inégalité sociale et politique sociale