This position is part of the WEAVE-SNSF Project, focusing on hospitals as gendered, more-than-medical spaces of entangled labour, mobilities, and knowledge. The project combines multi-sited and local hospital ethnography with participatory design research, comparing hospitals in Switzerland, Austria, the Post-Yugoslav region, and Colombia.
Tasks
- Conduct research within Subproject C: Dis/entangling routes of labour, focusing on tracing diasporic and recruitment pathways of hospital workers.
- Collaborate with Prof. Dr. Jelena Tosic at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (School for Humanities and Social Sciences / Migration Studies).
- Participate in an initial 4-month fieldwork phase in Switzerland and Austria, joining research teams of subprojects A and B.
- Carry out a main 12-month multi-sited fieldwork phase using mobile ethnography to trace diasporic transnational networks, practices, and recruitment pathways of hospital workers, with a focus on the post-Yugoslav region and a short fieldwork stay in Colombia.
- Investigate family, friendship, and professional networks to reconstruct migration regimes, recruitment routes, and understand educational and social resources, funds of knowledge, and culturally informed valuations of care and maintenance labour.
- Examine for-profit labour migration intermediaries as key drivers of transnational mobility in the healthcare sector.
- Develop an original research project within Subproject C, embedded in the pre-defined research framework of the larger collaborative WEAVE-SNSF project.
- Actively collaborate with the team and contribute to the overarching research questions and objectives.
Requirements
- PhD in Social/Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Sociology, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in qualitative research and (multi-sited) ethnographic fieldwork, preferably also in the post-Yugoslav region.
- Prior engagement with topics in the field of anthropology of migration, especially regarding labour and knowledge.
- Experience with medical anthropology is considered an asset.
- Proficiency in German and English, as well as competence in a post-Yugoslav language.
- Knowledge of Spanish is an advantage (basic knowledge is acceptable).
- Open to candidates of all citizenships/nationalities.
- Residency in St.Gallen, Switzerland is required (apart from periods of fieldwork and a short guest stay at the University of Vienna).
- Active participation in the work at the Department for Migration Studies.
Benefits
- Inspirational work environment.
- Executive education network and support for internal and external executive education opportunities.
- Modern IT infrastructure and access to scientific information via HSGswisscovery.
- Culture of cross-functional collaboration and opportunities to build valuable relationships.
- Flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week.
- Family-friendly employer with part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave, subsidised crèche, and support with childcare during vacations.
- Equal opportunities for all employees and students.
- Diverse range of sports activities, most free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management.
- Fruit in the workplace and a canteen offering a wide selection of freshly prepared meals at discounted prices.
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Das Team
The Postdoc researcher will work in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Jelena Tosic at the School for Humanities and Social Sciences / Migration Studies, University of St.Gallen, and will actively participate in the Department for Migration Studies. The role involves collaboration with research teams in Switzerland, Austria, and international partners.