Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Position
The Institut d’Història de la Ciència (IHC) et the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) seeks potential candidates for the Beatriu de Pinós programme (BP 2020) to hold a 3-year postdoctoral position working on history of science, technology and medicine.
The IHC research focuses on the history of science in the 19th and 20th centuries, from diverse perspectives: the relations between science, politics and power; the role of publics (audiences) as active agents in the construction of knowledge; the material, spatial and urban dimensions of science; the history of medicalisation processes and of human sciences; and the relations between science, health and gender.
The IHC is an integrative and dynamic space, devoted to the analysis of the role of science and scientific culture in society, in the past and in the present. It is a multidisciplinary and inclusive space, open to innovative perspectives and regularly welcoming teachers, researchers and students from different countries.
Candidates must have obtained a doctorate qualification between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2018.
Deadline for internal applications to the IHC: 5 March 2021
Candidates willing to apply should write to: ihc@uab.cat, with their expression of interest and a recent CV. The IHC selected candidates will then submit their application to the BP programme.
Application guidelines can be found at: Beatriu de Pinós programme (BP 2020)