FELLOWSHIP- Project on Local Self-Government in Rural Russia, Frankfurt Univ.

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FELLOWSHIP- Project on Local Self-Government in Rural Russia, Frankfurt Univ.

Posted by: Peter Lindner <plindner@uni-frankfurt.de>

Prof. Dr. Peter Lindner
E-Mail plindner@uni-frankfurt.de
www.humangeography.de

The Department of Human Geography at Frankfurt University invites
applications for a Research and Teaching Assistant
(wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) BAT IIa 50%, three year term

to work on a World Bank co-funded project on local government reform
in rural Russia. The contract is based on the regulations of the
"Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz" and the "Hessische Hochschulgesetz".

The project will examine the implications of the ongoing reforms of
local self government in rural Russia for the quality of communal
services and the establishment of a property right regime in the
former collective farms. The successful candidate will be responsible
for the primary and secondary
data collection, participant observation and document analysis.

This post will involve extensive travel to the Russian Federation and
the USA and offers the opportunity to work on a PhD thesis.
It can be upgraded to BAT IIa equivalent depending on the approval of
a respective project proposal.

The successful candidate will have to teach at the Department of Human
Geography at Frankfurt University and participate in academic
self-administration.

Candidates should have a Master degree, Magister Artium or University
Diploma in Human Geography or a related discipline and have experience
of conducting interviews and analyzing data, preferably in a
transition or developing economy setting. English, German and Russian language
skills are required.

Further information about the Department of Human Geography at
Frankfurt University can be
found at www.humangeography.de

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Prof. Dr.
Peter Lindner on Tel.: +49 (0)69
79822663 or e-mail: plindner@uni-frankfurt.de

Please send your application in English as a pdf-file to:
Prof. Dr. Peter Lindner
Department of Human Geography, J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt,
Robert-Mayer-Str. 8
60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Closing date for applications: 19 January 2008

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