CALL for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - POSTDOCTORAL JUAN DE LA CIERVA FELLOWSHIP

CALL for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - POSTDOCTORAL JUAN DE LA CIERVA FELLOWSHIP

The Institut d’Història de la Ciència (IHC) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) invites top-class researchers to apply for one Postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (call already open) to conduct research for a period of two years. Applicants will be invited to develop the full competitive Juan de la Cierva application with the support of iHC’s researchers and the research administration staff at UAB. 

The IHC research mainly focuses on the history of science in the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th centuries, from diverse perspectives: science, politics and power; audiences as active agents in the construction of knowledge; the material, spatial and urban dimensions of science; the nature of technoscience, the environmental crisis, and the relation between science, health and gender (https://www.uab.cat/web/institut-d-historia-de-la-ciencia-1345831710380.html). 

 

iHC Deadline:

08/01/2025, 24h (CET)

 

We invite researchers to submit their expression of interest with: 

· PhD certificate (between 1/1/23 - 31/12/24).

· CV, including track record and selected list of publications (5 pages max.).

· Description of the research proposal (2 pages max., excluding references).

· Motivation letter (1 page max.)

 

Please send these documents to Eva Jove (iHC-UAB): eva.jove@uab.cat with the subject:
JUAN DE LA CIERVA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

 

More information (terms and conditions call): Juan de la Cierva 2024

 

Decision
The Institute of History of Science will evaluate all the received proposals according with the research lines and scientific interests of the iHC and will communicate the result by January, allowing enough time for the Ministry’s application procedure.