The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
(IAST), France, invites applications for Research Fellowships, from 1st
September 2018.
We
welcome applications from researchers within a large range of
disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences: anthropology,
biology, economics, history, law, mathematics, philosophy, political
science, psychology and sociology, though motivated applications from
outside these disciplines will be given full consideration. Successful
applicants will have demonstrated an interest in, and a commitment to,
at least one of the other disciplines of IAST.
We
seek candidates with a strong research background in their own
discipline, but willing and able to develop research projects drawing on
IAST’s substantial interdisciplinary resources, including particularly
the proximity of strong groups in economics (Toulouse School of
Economics, TSE). We are open to a variety of research methods, including
theory, field and laboratory experiments, observational field work, and
the analysis of large secondary data sets. All research interests
relevant to the broad study of human behavior are welcome, but interests
close to those already developed at IAST will be given special
consideration, including, to cite only a few:
·
In history: quantitative economic history (cliometrics),
empirical political economy in history, qualitative economic or social
history.
·
In biology: theoretical models of evolution (applied to family
structure, strategic interactions, plasticity, cognition, learning,
cultural evolution); related empirical work.
·
In anthropology: human biology, life history theory, human
development and plasticity, health and infectious disease, aging,
demography, host-parasite co-evolution, diet and nutrition, global
health, evolutionary medicine and genetics.
·
In political science: public opinion and public policies,
comparative studies of democratic institutions, democracy and
development, experimental political science, studies of networks and
their impact of individual and collective action.
· In law: law and economics, corporate governance, criminology.
· In psychology: cognition, the emotions, social trust, gender, group decision-making.
· In sociology: network formation, the impact of networks on social outcomes, sociology of religion.
Eligible applicants
Active
researchers who have or will have completed their PhD after January
2015 and before September 2018. The IAST offers candidates an
opportunity to devote themselves full time to their research at the
start of their careers. Motivated applications will be considered from
candidates whose PhDs were completed in 2014 or earlier; please explain
your reasons in your cover letter.
Conditions
Fellows are provided with office space, computer facilities and a contract for two years, renewable for a third year.
All applications need to be sent through our website http://www.iast.fr/apply before December 31, 2017