Publication date 9 June 2016
The Department of Anthropology is one of the Departments in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). Research and education are carried out by special institutes. The College of Social Sciences (CSS) and the Graduate School for the Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes in the social sciences. Research takes place under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), a multidisciplinary research institute, the biggest one of its kind in the Netherlands and possibly in Europe. The broad scope and pluralism of our education and research programmes are inspired by and reflect a strong degree of internationalisation.
The Department of Anthropology and the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies are looking for three PhD candidates from Nigeria, Kenya and Indonesia respectively, for positions of three years. The PhD candidates will be affiliated with the AISSR Programme Group ‘Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas’.
The PhD candidates will be conducting research within the project ‘Securing the Local: The Role of Non-state security groups (NSSGs) in the Struggle against Extremism in Kenya, Nigeria and Indonesia’. This project is a multi-sited, multi-level comparative exploration of the role played by non-state security groups (NSSGs) in the provi- sion of ‘human security’ in Fragile and Conflict-affected states (FCAS) in contexts of religious violence. Such violence is experi- enced daily in parts of Kenya, Nigeria and Indonesia, where Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, and IS put chronic pressures on local com- munities. In the absence of effective state interventions, local NSSGs have emerged that deploy defence, policing, governance and development activities. The project seeks to deliver new evidence-based insights into the broader societal support, effect, critique and understanding of such activities. The PhD candidates will carry out research and write their Ph.D. theses on the project’s subject.
Tasks will also include:
The PhD candidates should have the following credentials:
For more specific information on the position, interested candi- dates for each of the three positions are invited to contact:
The positions will be for a period of three years (12 months plus a further 24 months contingent on a satisfactory performance during the first year), starting on 1 September 2016.
Interested candidates are invited to submit the following documents as a single .pdf file:
All correspondence will be in English. The application must be sent by email to application-antr-fmg@uva.nl not later than 22 June 2016. The subject of the email message and the attachment must consist of the text ‘PHD NSSGs + applicant’s last name’.
No agencies please
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