2013 HCAS Fellowship Call

The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies invites applications for

7–10 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER/ UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER/ RESEARCH DIRECTOR POSITIONS

for fixed terms ranging from one to three years, to begin on 1 September 2013. The director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies will determine the number and length of the appointments on the basis of the applicants’ research proposals and the financial situation of the Collegium.
The qualification requirement for all positions shall be a doctoral degree and the ability to conduct independent scholarly work. Appointees to the positions of university researcher and research director shall also have evidence of scholarly research work as well as the ability to lead a research group and obtain external research funding. When selecting the appointees, scholarly work outside Finland and evidence of international cooperation shall be given particular consideration. An appointee to the position of research director shall hold equivalent qualifications as an appointee to a professorship, but when considering qualifications, special attention shall be paid to scientific work, the efficient leadership of a research group, success in obtaining external research funding and evidence of international research cooperation.
Successful applicants will have research experience in the human and social sciences as well as evidence of their ability to work in an international research environment of a high standard. Applicants must also demonstrate in their application how they plan to engage in the inter- and multidisciplinary cooperation conducted at the Collegium. The working language of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies is English.
The salary will be based on the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointees will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance. The appointees to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies will be academics at different stages of their careers.

The application must be submitted electronically. The application period will begin on 8 August 2012 at 9.00 and end on 5 September 2012 at 15.45 local Helsinki time. The decision on the appointments will be announced on 5 February 2013 in the afternoon.

We kindly ask that you submit any questions to the email address collegium-office@helsinki.

Deadline: 5 September 2012 at 15:45 local Finnish time

More information: http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/english/application_procedure/index.htm