Particularité
three-year postdoc position (80)
Application documents:
Please submit your application as a single PDF file containing:
- Curriculum vitae (including names and contact details of two referees)
- Diploma (MA and Phd with grades)
- Motivation letter explaining your interest in working in the project
- A one-page narrative analysis of the negative values associated with wetlands
- Optional: A sample of research work
Please submit your application to [email protected]
Domaine d'activité
- Cultural and literary analysis of narratives about wetlands and the beaver in science, society, and culture
- Theoretical and methodological development of approaches to analysing environmental disvalues in narratives from a literary and cultural studies perspective
- Collaboration with other project members at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne to integrate findings into the broader academic discussion on environmental disvalues and environmental narratives
- Working with project members at the WWF Switzerland to incorporate interview insights into the development of ‘narrative tools’ (e.g. a story collection) designed to foster constructive, non-polarised dialogue around negative aspects of nature
- Collaboration with other members of Claudia Keller’s group, the UniFR_ESH Institute and the Department of Geosciences
- Organization of workshops and conferences, as well as editorial work within the project framework
Exigences
- A completed PhD, preferably in German Studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural Analysis, and/or Ecocriticism
- A research focus in ecocriticism, literature and ethics as well as narrative analysis is considered an advantage
- Willingness and enthusiasm to engage with a clearly defined inter- and transdisciplinary project across three universities and the WWF Switzerland
- Interest in and/or experience with topics such as biodiversity, biodiversity conservation, ecology, and environmental communication
- Excellent command of German and English (spoken and written); knowledge of French is an asset
Exigences linguistiques
Allemand
autre: English
Date d'entrée en fonction:
Renseignements:
Claudia Keller
[email protected]
Date limite de réception des offres:
01.09.2026
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