[News] Job: PostDoc in Geography, History, and/or Cultural Studies (100%, 60 Months)

[Höhne, Stefan, Dr.]

Liebe Kolleg:innen,
Hier eine interessante Stellenausschreibung im Projekt Cultures of the 
Cryosphere am KWI Essen für eine Person mit Expertise in Mappings...

Herzlich

Stefan Höhne



*Job: PostDoc in **Geography, History, and/or Cultural Studies**(100%, 
60 Months)***

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 in Geography, History, and/or Cultural Studies*
(f/m/d) (salary group 13 TV-L, 100%, ~60 months)

*Start of employment:* as soon as possible
*Duration of employment:* until 2030-08-31
*Working time:* 39 hours 50 min. (100 %) (part time is possible)
*Application deadline:* 2025-06-19

We are seeking *a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) with a background in 
history, cultural studies, geography or STS and expertise in cartography 
and critical mapping *to research the spatial dynamics of cooling 
technologies and to co-develop a first atlas of the cryosphere and its 
historical development.

The ideal candidate has a strong interdisciplinary profile with 
qualifications in history of technology, digital cartography or methods 
of critical or collaborative mapping as well as a proven record of 
engaging with concepts and theories of technology and space. The 
research will primarily concentrate on the spatial and cultural aspects 
of artificial cooling since the Cold War, including mappings of cold 
chains for food and biomedicine as well as space cooling and IT 
infrastructures. Tasks also include integrating findings and analysis 
into the public project archive and engaging in scientific dissemination 
and publication.

For more info on the position, main tasks and requirements, see: 
*https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/job-announcement-cultcryo-postdoc2-kwi.pdf 
<https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/job-announcement-cultcryo-postdoc2-kwi.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/>

-- 
Dr. Stefan Höhne
Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities
Goethestr. 31, 45128 Essen, Germany

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