Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Environmental Humanities in Social Sciences

The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment (FGSE) of the University of Lausanne invites applications for a professorship in Environmental Humanities in Social Sciences, to be based in the Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD), starting ideally in August 2025.

We are seeking a candidate with broad training and theoretical expertise in the social sciences and interdisciplinary experience with life and environmental sciences. The candidate will contribute to ongoing debates in environmental humanities at the international level and will pursue a field-based empirical research agenda. The ability to critically, reflexively, and analytically engage with environmental and sustainability issues, and to employ innovative research methods (e.g., multi-sited, multi-species, and multisensory ethnographies; art-based approaches; more-than-human methodologies), is essential. A focus on food studies would be considered an asset. Other research specialisations that align with ongoing work at IGD, such as (urban) commons, (urban) political ecology, agroecology or critical plant studies, are also welcome.

The successful candidate will actively participate in the research activities of the Institute of Geography and Sustainability and of the faculty, contribute to teaching in the Bachelor of Geosciences and Environment and the Master’s program in Sustainability at FGSE, and supervise Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral students.

The University of Lausanne is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion within its community, and the appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor level (tenure track). In exceptional cases, outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment at the level of Associate or Full Professor, particularly if this supports our equal opportunity objectives.

The application should include a cover letter, a research statement including a vision statement on Environmental Humanities of maximum 4 pages, a teaching statement of maximum 2 pages, a full Curriculum Vitae, a list and links to your three most significant publications, a short statement (max 1 page) on issues of EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) and the names and contact information of five referees.

For further information, contact Professor Torsten Vennemann, Dean of FGSE (torsten.vennemann@unil.ch).

Application deadline: December 20, 2024 (23:59 Swiss time GMT+1).

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