At the earliest from April 1, 2027, the DFG Research Training Group “Practicing Place – Sociocultural Practices and Epistemic Configurations“ seeks to fill 10 part-time positions (75%) as research associate (doctoral candidate) (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) for a limited period probably until March 31, 2030. The place of work shall be Eichstätt. The successful candidate will be employed in a private-law employment relationship, in which case remuneration will be according to pay grade E 13 TV-L provided that the requirements are met.
The research training group is dedicated to interdisciplinary reflections of the concepts of place and placing against the backdrop of new geopolitical confrontations, environmental challenges and heightened social polarizations. The research program focuses on places and processes of placings as central configurations of conflict considering the following aspects: (1) placings of the political and place-related conceptions of the public; (2) the co-production of contested places and placings by humans and non-human entities; and (3) conflictual imaginations of places in the context of post- and decoloniality, geo- and ecopoetics. The interdisciplinary and innovative composition of the research training group combines sociology of practice, philosophy, human geography, as well as literary and cultural studies.
The call for applications is generally open to all disciplines that can make a substantial contribution to the overarching interdisciplinary questions of the research training group. The group currently consists of the following subject areas: American Studies, Geography, Philosophy, Romance Languages, and Sociology.
Requirements and qualifications
The research training group is designed as a structured graduate training program for German and international graduates who have distinguished themselves in a competitive selection process through their professional profile and an outstanding research concept that is
