[News] Fwd: Job: PostDoc in Anthropology, Urban Studies, STS (100%, 48 Months)

[Boris Michel]

Liebe Kolleg:innen,

anbei eine spannende Stellenausschreibung aus dem ERC-Projekt "Cultures 
of the Cryosphere. Infrastructures, Politics and Futures of Artificial 
Cooling".

Viele Grüße
Boris


The ERC Synergy Grant project /The Cultures of the Cryosphere. 
Infrastructures, Politics and Futures of Artificial Cooling/ (CultCryo) 
at The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) / KWI –Institute for Advanced 
Studies in the Humanitiesis seeking to fill a position at the next 
possible date as a

*Postdoctoral Researcher*(f/m/d) (salary group 13 TV-L, 100%, 48 months)
*in Cultural Anthropology, Critical Urban Studies and/or Science and 
Technology Studies*

*Start of employment:*as soon as possible
*Duration of employment:*until 2029-08-31
*Working time:*39 hours 50 min. (100 %) (part time is possible)
*Application deadline:*2025-05-19

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) with expertise in 
cultural anthropology, critical urban studies and/or science and 
technology studies. The ideal candidate has strong qualifications in 
qualitative empirical research as well as a proven record of engaging 
with concepts and theories of technology, urbanism and culture. The 
research will primarily concentrate on ethnographies of urban politics 
of artificial cold and local cultures of cooling as well as on the 
history and theory of artificial atmospheres and thermal governance. 
Fieldwork will require travel to relevant urban sites around the globe 
and extended periods for ethnographic work on-site. For more info on the 
position, main tasks and requirements, see: 
https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/job-announcement-cultcryo-postdoc-kwi-april-2025.pdf

*Our project*
The ERC Synergy project The Cultures of the Cryosphere. Infrastructures, 
Politics and Futures of Artificial Cooling (CultCryo) investigates the 
cultural preconditions and consequences of the use of artificial cold. 
With a globally networked system of cold storage facilities, nitrogen 
tanks, cold chains, and air-conditioned spaces, the global use of 
cooling and freezing technologies enables modern life on both biological 
and social levels –for example, in the areas of food supply, medicine, 
air conditioning, and data processing. Despite its far-reaching 
socio-ecological impacts, the enormously energy-intensive planetary 
"cryosphere" has not yet been systematically researched. The 
interdisciplinary research project consists of several international 
research groups working in close cooperation. For more information, 
please visit: www.cryocultures.org <http://www.cryocultures.org>

<http://www.cryocultures.org>
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