Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and located in the centre of The Hague. The aim of NIDI is to conduct excellent scientific research on population issues of societal relevance. This research focuses on both national and international issues and often uses the life course perspective as its theoretical framework. The staff of the institute consists of about 60 persons, the majority of whom conduct scientific research. About half of the NIDI budget is provided by the KNAW as core funding, whereas the other half has to be acquired externally.

Because of the departure of one of our senior researchers, there is a vacancy in the Social Demography Department for a Senior Researcher Life Course and Demographic Behaviour (m/f)

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The Development Studies Unit (DSU) at Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico) has two full-time research professorships to start in August 2009. The unit’s main program is its Doctorate in Development Studies, which accepts new cohorts every three years since 2003, and enjoys the highest recognition awarded by Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT for its Spanish acronym). Within its programs of excellence, the DSU’s doctorate ranks as “Internationally Competent”. DSU is the home base of several international scholarly networks, including the International Migration and Development Network, the Critical Development Studies Network, and the Society and Nanotechnology Network. The qualities we are seeking for the new colleagues include the following: to have obtained a Ph.D. in one of the social sciences in the past 5-15 years, with a dissertation which explored a central theme in development studies, broadly defined.

While it is not indispensible to have teaching experience, the successful candidates will have to demonstrate an excellent potential for scholarly work and publications to be admitted in Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI for its Spanish acronym), as well as relocating to the city of Zacatecas. We are about to start the third cohort of doctoral students in August of 2009 with a recently reformed curriculum which strengthens training in core development issues and social science research methodology. Because we are in CONACYT’s Programs of Excellence, all of our admitted students (Mexicans and foreigners alike) receive a living scholarship stipend for three years, renewable for a fourth year. The city of Zacatecas is the capital of the state with the same name. Being one of Mexico’s cities named by UNESCO’s as “Heritage of Humankind,” Zacatecas has a beautiful colonial architecture in its historical downtown core. It has a population of about 200,000 and an altitude of 2,400 meters above sea level, with a temperate climate most of the time. Although some of the DSU’s activities are held in English, most are conducted in Spanish. Therefore, full command of spoken and written Spanish is expected of successful candidates.

For more information about the program, see. http://www.estudiosdeldesarrollo.net/. For other questions, contact the DSU director: Dr. Raúl Delgado Wise (rdwise@estudiosdeldesarrollo.net) or the doctorate’s director: Dr. Oscar Pérez Veyna (pveyna@estudiosdeldesarrollo.net). Interested candidates should send applications to: Dr. Oscar Pérez Veyna, Responsable del Programa de Doctorado en Estudios del Desarrollo, Unidad Académica en Estudios del Desarrollo, Av. Preparatoria s/n, Col. Hidráulica. 98065 Zacatecas, Zac. México. Full applications consist of a cover letter expressing interest and outlining your research and teaching interests, one-two samples of recent publications (or dissertation chapters), and requesting three referees that they send their references directly to Dr. Pérez Veyna. The C.V. should contain the names of the three references who will be sending letters.

The deadline to send applications to receive full consideration is 30 June 2009, but we will continue to receive applications until the positions are filled.

UNFPA: Programme and Technical Adviser, (Population and Development)

CLOSING DATE: 2 June 2009
POST TITLE: Programme and Technical Adviser, (Population and Development)
DUTY STATION: Bratislava
DURATION: 1 year fixed-term initially
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: Eastern Europe and Central Asia- Regional Office

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING: The Technical Adviser post is located in the Regional Office in Bratislava, and is under the overall supervision of, and reports directly to the Regional Director. S/he is the principal adviser at the regional level for integrated technical and programme advice in population and development. The Technical Adviser works in an integrated manner with the technical and programme staff in the RO and SRO.

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Population Studies Centre, University Of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Professor of Demography

Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Demography

Post Doctoral Fellow (Fixed-term for three years)

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Univeristy of Groningen

Rosalind Franklin Fellowship - Career track for an assistant professor in Demography / Population Studies. To promote the participation of women in science, the University of Groningen offers a prestigious fellowship program, named after Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray studies of DNA were crucial to solving its structure. One fellowship is available in the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, especially for women. The faculty is implementing ambitious plans to obtain a top position in teaching and research at the international level.

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Junior Postdoc researcher Population and Healthy Ageing
The Faculty of Spatial Sciences is developing a faculty-broad research focus entitled Population Decline and (Healthy) Ageing. The Department of Demography takes the lead in developing the theme of Population and Healthy Ageing, also in collaboration with epidemiologists of the Faculty of Medical Sciences/UMCG and sociologists of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences of the University of Groningen. Preliminary outlines on the research programme are available and can be consulted.

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TEMPORARY VACANCY ANOUNCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
United Nations Population Division

Population Affairs Officer

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Demographer / Population Scientist

WITS UNIVERSITY , JOHANNESBURG

We seek a full-time Demographer / Population Scientist for a challenging post based in a centre that prizes research excellence. This critical position involves primary responsibility for the Health and Sociodemographic Surveillance System (HDSS) and needs the talents and commitment of a high caliber person. S/he will join a dedicated and experienced team addressing some of the region’s most demanding health and development challenges.

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TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR

The UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR) is seeking candidates for a full time tenure-track position in demography and population studies. This is an open rank faculty appointment with rank depending on the candidate’s experience and record. The department in which the appointment is made will be based on the candidate’s discipline and departmental preferences, but will most likely be made in one of the major departments represented within CCPR (Economics, Sociology, Community Health Sciences, Geography, and Public Policy). Candidates should have an active research program in areas related to demography and population research and the ability to teach high quality required and elective courses. We are especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching focuses on one or more of the following areas: demographic aspects of ethnicity, discrimination, social class, income inequality, and social and geographic mobility; economic and social disparities in health and the effects of health on socioeconomic status; adolescence, young adulthood, and youth at risk; aging, retirement, and the elderly population; population and the environment. Research may focus on the United States, other countries, or both. Strong preference will be given to candidates who show evidence of interdisciplinary research and/or interest in communication and collaboration among disciplines.

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