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Organization: University of Oslo

Location: Oslo, Norway

Field: Archaeology

Requirements:

•A Doctoral Degree in a relevant area of research (archaeology/environmental archaeology/science).
•Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date.
•The applicant must in his/her project proposal situate the planned investigation in relation to research currently being conducted by one of the research groups and/or academic milieus at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History or the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
English and Norwegian: Good

Abstract:

The successful applicant is expected to develop a cross-disciplinary research project within environmental archaeology or archaeo-science. Applications must contain project proposals that are relevant in relation to archaeology at the University of Oslo, and incorporate data, techniques, methods and perspectives from either biological disciplines, biochemistry, archaeometallurgy or other sciences. Applications must outline potential national and international partners (i.e. in reference to necessary laboratory facilities and research groups) as well as necessary resources.

Description:

The appointee will be expected to engage in existing research groups in the Faculty of Humanities and to contribute to the further development of the academic community.

The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines.

We are looking for strongly motivated, competent and internationally oriented candidates, with high academic qualifications in the relevant area of research.

The successful applicant will be expected to become involved with existing research groups at the Faculty of Humanities and to contribute to the further development of cross-disciplinary training and research in environmental archaeology and archaeo-science within archaeology at the University of Oslo.

The post-doctoral research fellowship period is 3 years, with a 10% duty component devoted to teaching.

Deadline: 28-03-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/513441/62039?iso=no

Email: g.s.dobloug@hf.uio.no

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