A postdoc vacancy: research on the Soviet residential heritage in Ukraine and on reconstruction following wartime destruction from a comparative perspectiveLocation: Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities
What is offered: Other
Who is it for: Scholars I PhD, postdoc, senior I
For applicants from: Ukraine, other
Support period: until September 30, 2027
Application deadline: 2024-09-30
Link to Website: https://www.leibniz-gwzo.de/en/institute/vacancies

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) conducts comparative research into historical and cultural developments and processes in the region between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic from late antiquity to the present day.

The subproject »Revalorisation and Reconstruction« will be conducted at GWZO from October 2024 as part of the collaborative research project »Cities. Building. Culture – The Residential Heritage of the Soviet Union in Times of Multiple Crises« funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This international and interdisciplinary project seeks to develop new approaches to resilient and sustainable urban
development, in cooperation with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and RWTH Aachen. 

For the subproject based at the GWZO in Leipzig we are looking for, subject to funding approval by the BMBF, a postdoctoral researcher (m/f/d)at the earliest possible datein salary group 13 TV-L, 75%. The position will last until September 30, 2027 (in accordance with the provisions of the WissZeitVG).

Reference number: 24_08_A2

Tasks

  • conduct research on the Soviet residential heritage in Ukraine and on reconstruction following wartime destruction from a comparative perspective
  • develop concepts for the safeguarding of historical building stock in the framework of resilient and sustainable urban development, in close cooperation with the partners of the collaborative research project »Cities. Building. Culture«
  • cooperation with international partners, in particular in Ukraine
  • contribute to the organisation of scientific events
  • interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers at the GWZO, especially in the junior research group »Contrasting East Central Europe« and the department 2 »Culture and Imagination«

Application deadline is by 30.09.2024.

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