PhD Candidate: Ethnography of Seaweed & Blue Economy

Universiteit Leiden; Leiden; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 3204–4051€ per month

Holiday pay 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

ABP pension

Job summary

Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands, invites applications for a PhD Candidate position in the project “Entangled with Seaweed: The politics of economising nature in Scotland and South Africa.” The PhD will study the economisation of seaweed and its impacts on coastal communities, with collaboration with Edinburgh and SAMS.

The role includes twelve months of ethnographic research in Scotland, collaboration on publications, and participation in PhD training within the CADS institute.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Environmental Humanities, or similar.
• Excellent qualitative research skills and ethnographic fieldwork experience.
• Strong written and oral communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop a research proposal and conduct twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork in Scotland, including ethics review and data management planning.
• Analyze findings and write a dissertation contributing to the project objectives.
• Contribute to project outputs, publications, science communication, and workshop/seminar organization.
• Participate in PhD courses and masterclasses as part of Leiden and Edinburgh partnerships.
• Engage in PhD program activities and joint supervision arrangements with partner universities.

Skills

Qualitative research

Ethnography

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Anthropology or related

Job description

Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands, invites applications for a PhD Candidate position in the project “Entangled with Seaweed: The politics of economising nature in Scotland and South Africa.” The PhD will study the economisation of seaweed and its impacts on coastal communities, with collaboration with Edinburgh and SAMS.

The role includes twelve months of ethnographic research in Scotland, collaboration on publications, and participation in PhD training within the CADS institute.