Doctoral Researcher

vor 11 Stunden

Köln, Deutschland Universität zu Köln Vollzeit

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make us attractive for students and researchers from around the world. We offer a wide range of career opportunities in
science, technology, and administration.

Doctoral Researcher (f/m/x) - DFG Project ‘Encounters and
Entanglements: Localizing Global China in Laos and Vietnam’

EE-LaoViet is a French-German anthropological research
project (in cooperation with EHESS Paris) that aims at
studying past and present lifeworlds of Chinese commu
- nities in northern Vietnam and Laos, with a particular focus
on urban spaces of encounter and conviviality.

YOUR TASKS
- Developing a doctoral project within the framework

of EE-LaoViet (focussing on Chinese communities in
Vietnamese border towns)
- Conducting ethnographic fieldwork for 6 to 10 months
in northern Vietnam
- Data collection and analysis
- Presentation of results in the form of regular reports,

lectures and publications
- Participation in regular project meetings
- Supporting the organization of academic and policy

events (conferences, workshops, working meetings)
- Supporting the project‘s online activities (together with

a French PhD student based at EHESS Paris)

YOUR PROFILE
- Completed Master‘s degree (MA) in Social and

Cultural Anthropology (or related disciplines)
- Willingness to conduct several months of ethnographic

research in Vietnam; familiarity with the research area
will be beneficial
- Excellent knowledge of English and Vietnamese is
required; knowledge of Chinese will be beneficial
- Interest in the history and cultures of the Sino
- Vietnamese borderlands is expected

WE OFFER
- Integration in the University‘s Global South Studies

Center
- A diverse working environment with equal

opportunities
- Support in balancing work and family life
- Extensive advanced training opportunities
- Occupational health management offers
- Flexible working time models,

The University of Cologne promotes equal opportunities
and diversity. Women will be considered preferentially
in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Act of North
Rhine-Westphalia (Landesgleichstellungsgesetz - LGG
ethnic and social origin, religion, disability, age, sexual ori
- entation and identity.

The position is available from 01.11.2025 on a part-time
basis (29,87 hours per week). The position is to be filled
for a fixed term until 31.10.2028. If the applicant meets
the relevant wage requirements and personal qualifica
- tions, the salary will be based on remuneration group 13
TV-L of the pay scale for the German public sector.

deadline is 04.09.2025.
For further inquiries, please contact Professor Dr Sandra
our FAQs.

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Human Sciences

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