Open Postdoc Position in Environmental Humanities 80% auprès du Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute

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Open Postdoc Position in Environmental Humanities

80% auprès du Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute

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

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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:

• 01.01.2027

Renseignements:

Claudia Keller

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Date limite de réception des offres:

01.09.2026

Adresse d'envoi:

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Only French or German version available