[Discussion] JOB- Research Associate, European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany/Georgia

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

JOB- Research Associate, European Centre for Minority Issues,
Germany/Georgia

Vacancy announcement

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)

An International Research Institute seeks a

Research Associate

For an ethnographic/social anthropological research project on the
Meskhetian Turkish population, deported from Georgia in 1944. The
Research Associate will supervise the conduct of a currently on-going
ethnographic research project on integration and migration patterns
among the Meskhetian Turks in nine countries (Russia, Ukraine, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and USA) and
contribute to the editing of an authoritative research volume on the
subject. The Research Associate will supervise the conduct of field
research, review empirical studies conducted by some thirty field
researchers and contribute to analytical digestion. The Research
Associate will also be responsible for on-going coordination of the
research and the organization of a research workshop in Bishkek in
Summer 2005 and other tasks relating to ECMI's projects in the Caucasus.

Duty Station: ECMI HQ in Flensburg, Germany or ECMI Regional Office
Tbilisi, Georgia.

Employment period: 15 February to 31 January 2006

Qualifications:

  - Ph.D. in ethnography /social (cultural) anthropology or M.A. in
    ethnography/social (cultural) anthropology with at least three years

    of research experience.

  - Strong research skills and relevant regional/thematic specialization.

  - Project management/supervision experience an advantage.

  - Native or near native written and oral English and excellent Russian
    language skills.

  - Turkish language skills an advantage.

Applications containing a CV with a list of major publications
accompanied by a motivation letter by e-mail only to Senior Research
Associate Tom Trier at trier@ecmi.de not later than 1 February 2005.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian
Studies