The University of Lausanne is a higher teaching and research institution composed of seven faculties where approximately 14,300 students and nearly 3,900 collaborators, professors, and researchers work and study. Ideally situated along the lake of Geneva, near Lausanne’s city center, its campus brings together over 120 nationalities. The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) invites applications for a position as

100% Postdoc in Quantitative Social Research

for a Swiss National Science Foundation entitled “Coupled Inequalities. Trends and Welfare State Differences in the Role of Partner’s Socio-Economic Resources for Employment Careers” led by Prof. dr. Leen Vandecasteele

The candidate will have the opportunity to become a member of the NCCR LIVES ‘Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives’

Starting date: 01.10.2019 or thereafter
Duration of contract: 2 years, possibly extended for 1 year on a related project
Employment rate: 100%
Workplace: University of Lausanne, Géopolis
Salary: 82’558 CHF in the first year

Your profile
– Doctoral degree in quantitative social science
– Interest in topics of social inequality, social policy, life course and family sociology/demography
– Experience with analysis of large-scale secondary datasets, ideally also with longitudinal panel data
– Working language is English

What we offer / expect
– A position in a dynamic research centre, closely linked to the National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES and the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS).
– The opportunity to collaborate in a team consisting of the principal researcher, a phd-student, postdoc and associated project partners
– The opportunity to participate in LIVES activities and research training
– Participation in international congresses and publication in international journals

Further information
https://people.unil.ch/leenvandecasteele/projects/coineq/
For further information please contact Leen.Vandecasteele@unil.ch

 Your Application should include:
(1) Motivation letter
(2) CV, listing the names of two referees
(3) A piece of academic writing as example (journal article, chapter of PhD dissertation etc.)

Application deadline: 1 May 2019
Interviews will provisionally take place in the week of 13-17 May 2019

Only applications through the UNIL career portal will be taken into account.
Please send your application in PDF
Apply here: Postdoctoral position in Quantitative Social Research

Additional information
UNIL is committed to promoting gender equality and strongly encourages applications from female candidates.