[Linganth] Animals Crosslocations postdoc

[Ilana Gershon]

  Postdoctoral Researcher on Animal Crosslocations

e Faculty of Social Sciences and new inter- and transdisciplinary 
research environment ‘Resilient and Just Systems (RESET)’ of the 
University of Helsinki invite applications for the position of

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


for a fixed 3-year term starting on 1 September 2023 (or as agreed). 
Successful candidates are expected to work full time.

The doctoral researcher position is part of the Academy of Finland 
funded RESET research profiling action, which aims to build an inter- 
and transdisciplinary research environment that bridges life and social 
sciences, offering sustainable and just solutions and increasing system 
resilience.


The post-doctoral researcher based at the University of Helsinki is 
expected to carry out an individual research project addressing the 
movement of non-human animals across multiple borders (e.g. political, 
environmental, social, economic, infrastructural, technological, 
historical, conceptual) and how this mobility engages with, is generated 
by, and/or intervenes in, the changing conditions of the wider 
environment (whether urban, rural, maritime, aerial or riverine) – in 
order to contribute towards efforts to improve resilience in dealing 
with rapid environmental change. The term ‘crosslocations’ refers to an 
approach towards analysing the significance of changes in relations 
between places, peoples and non-human entities. It begins with the 
premise that the coexistence of political borders crosscut by habitats, 
infrastructural systems (e.g. internet cable networks), financial 
regions, linguistic borders, etc, creates dynamic conditions that 
require research in order to work towards developing resilient approaches.

Although the post-doctoral researcher will mainly be working on an 
individual research project, they will also be closely connected with 
the RESET research theme of “*Health and welfare of domestic animals and 
wildlife*” which focuses on creating new knowledge on non-human animal 
health and welfare, with a particular emphasis on the transportation or 
movement of animals across borders (e.g. livestock transport, wildlife 
movements across political borders and habitats, and the movement of 
microbes across borders). That emphasis is guided by the issues that are 
currently causing the most concern in terms of sustainability: intensive 
livestock farming, rapid changes in wildlife habitats, invasive species 
issues and of course, the spread of new zoonotic diseases. The 
post-doctoral researcher will be affiliated with Social and Cultural 
Anthropology at Helsinki University, Helsinki One Health (HOH) and 
Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ).

The duties also include teaching and other tasks. Teaching tasks can 
account for up to 5 % of the annual working time.


https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Postdoctoral-researcher-on-Animal-Crosslocations/769940502

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