[Jobs] Successful Societies Fellowship

[Leora Lawton]

CIFAR Junior Fellowship

Successful Societies Program

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research brings together top international
researchers to tackle many of the most interesting and pressing questions of our
time. Our Junior Fellow Academy offers gifted, early career researchers the unique
opportunity to participate in CIFAR?s global research network and to closely
collaborate, and be mentored by, some of Canada?s and the world?s best researchers.
Junior Fellows take part in one of CIFAR?s innovative research programs, where
researchers meet regularly to establish new frameworks for thinking about the world
with the potential to improve human health and the environment, transform
technology, build strong societies, understand human culture and even chart the
universe. To enhance leadership skills within an interdisciplinary network of peers,
CIFAR also brings together Junior Fellows from all twelve programs for separate
Academy meetings.

CIFAR is seeking an exceptional early career researcher to fill a Junior Fellowship
in its Successful Societies Program, beginning in the summer of 2013. Most
typically, Junior Fellows work as postdoctoral fellows under the supervision of one
or more CIFAR program members. Alternatively, applicants in the social sciences and
humanities may hold a junior faculty position at any university.

The candidate most likely will work with the Program Directors, Peter A. Hall
(Government, Harvard) and Michèle Lamont (African-American and African Studies and
Sociology, Harvard), spending about half-time on his/her own research, broadly
related to the Program?s research areas, and the other half on collaborative
projects. Alternatively, applicants may apply to work with another Fellow of the
Program, in which case they are strongly encouraged to identify and contact the
program member(s) they wish to work with before submitting an application
(unnecessary if applying to work with Hall/Lamont).

The Successful Societies Program brings together sociologists, political scientists,
political economists, historians, psychologists and others to explore the ways in
which institutions and cultural frameworks structure the well-being of groups and
societies. The Program has completed two collective volumes, Successful Societies:
How Institutions and Culture Affect Health (2009) and Social Resilience in the Age
of Neo-Liberalism (forthcoming). Central to its research interests are issues of
social inequality, including how multiple kinds of inequalities intersect and how
they are generated or mitigated. The Program seeks to develop better understandings
of how countries and communities acquire collective capacities for coping with
social problems and to advance understanding of inequalities in health and human
development. Visit http://www.cifar.ca/successful-societies for more information
about the program and its members.

Eligibility: Individuals who have completed their PhD no more than three years
before the Fellowship starting date are eligible to apply. The successful candidate
will have an outstanding record of accomplishment in an area of interest to the
program, excellent communication skills, strong potential to collaborate with
program members and ability to contribute to the program?s mission. He/she will also
display a strong interest in connecting with peers from other disciplines through
the Junior Fellow Academy. Duration: Funded for two years, as below. For three
additional years, CIFAR will cover the cost for Junior Fellow Alumni to attend
Academy meetings.

Value*: For postdoctoral fellows (annually for two years):
    o $70,000 CDN/US for salary and benefits
    o $5,000 CDN/US for research support

For junior faculty members (annually for two years):
    o $50,000 CDN/US for research support
    *US dollar values apply when positions are held outside of Canada.

How to Apply: Applications should include a full CV, statement of research
background and interests, statement of interest in the Junior Fellow Academy, and an
imaginative, 3-5 page research proposal related to the research areas of the
program. Applications will be submitted through an online application system.
Instructions are posted at www.cifar.ca/JFA. Application deadline: September 4,
2012.

CIFAR is strongly committed to diversity within its community, and especially
welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal
persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who
may contribute to further diversification of ideas.




-- 
Dr. Leora Lawton
Executive Director, Berkeley Population Center
 & Lecturer, Sociology Dept.
112A Survey Research Center
Corner Channing & Bowditch
(510) 643-1270 (office)
(510) 928-7572 (cell)