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Mar 19, 2010

NUPACE (Nagoya Univ, Japan) - UGM

Nagoya University Programme for Academic Exchange (NUPACE) is now open for application both for autumn and spring semester. NUPACE offers a unique curriculum consisting of Japanese language instruction, Japan area/intercultural studies, and courses in the students major field of study. Academic Calendar Autumn Semester

- Class schedule: 1 October 2010 – 10 February 2011
- Winter Vacation: 28 December 2010 – 7 January 2011
- Spring Vacation 11 February 2011 – 31 March 2011
- Students joining NUPACE programme in autun 2010 are required to arrive in Japan in late September for pre-class orientation

Spring Semester 2011

- Class schedule (tentative): 13 April 2011 – 5 August 2011
- Summer Vacation: 8 August 2011 – 30 September 2011
- Students joining NUPACE programme in Spring 2011 are required to arrive in Japan in the early April 2011 for a pre-class orientation.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to students who at the time of application and admission to Nagoya University are enrolled in full-time courses in UGM who meet following conditions:

1. GPA minimum 3.1 on a scale of 4.0
2. Applicants must demonstrate that they will benefit from studying in Japan, and are required to produce a clear study plan with regard to their studies at Nagoya University
3. Applicants must not be previous recipients of JASSO scholarship
4. Applicants are not permitted to simultaneously apply for a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for the same academic year
5. Applicants must, upon completion of their term of scholarship submit a study report to Nagoya University
6. Applicants must for reasons of financial difficulty, be unable to finance their studies in Japan independently
7. Applicants must, upon their completion o the term of exchange, return to their home institution
8. Applicants must be eligible to obtain a ‘college students’ visa for the purpose of study in Japan and, therefore must hold a nationality other than Japanese
9. Applicants must not be recipients of scholarship awards from other organization that exceeds 80.000 Yen per month
10. Applicants must have a good english capability (TOEFL min. 550)

Registration

Application forms may be downloaded from the NUPACE website at *
http://www.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/nupace*.
In addition to completing *online
registration* http://ruby.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/%7Epre-regist/entry/ procedures.
Students applying to participate in NUPACE mus submit the following documents to Nagoya University via Office of International Affairs UGM.

1. NUPACE Application Form
2. Contract
3. Study Plan/Description of Academic interest (*typed on a separate sheet of A4 sized paper. refer to Q.13 of NUPACE Application Form)*
4. Official transcript of academic records (*in English*)
5. Confidential Reference Form (*to be written in English by a faculty member in an academic field related to the applicant’s major)*
6. Language Proficiency form and supporting documents (TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC)
7. Official Certificate of Enrollment as a students of UGM (*in English*)
8. Certificate of Enrollment of the Applicant for Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship for Short Term Study in Japan)
9. Health Certificate
10. Personal Data sheet
11. Copy of the information page of the student’s passport, where available
12. Four identical photographs (3,5×4,5cm) signed on the reverse side, on of which should be attached to the NUPACE Application Form
13. Statement of Bank Account Balance (*only to those who wish to participate in NUPACE even if their application for a Student Exchange Support Program scholarship is unsucessful) *
14. Letter of Nomination

Documents Submission

Register online and submit two copies of your application documents to Office of International Affairs before *March 10, 2010*. For those who want to aply for spring semester, the deadline is September 15, 2010.

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16 PhD positions in Storage Research, SCALUS Project

SCALUS is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (MCITN) and therefore focuses on the education of early stage researchers, so called ESRs, within their first four year's after obtaining a master degree. By joining SCALUS you will be working for three years in a full-time employment with top researchers in the field of storage systems (cluster, grid, and cloud storage).

Depending on the position you choose (see the list of open positions below) you will be employed by one of the partners, which form this Marie Curie Initial Training Network. You will be a part of a joint research effort by all 16 partners and will cooperate with scientists across Europe. To enhance the cooperation as well as to develop your complementary skills you will also have the opportunity to attend summer schools, workshops, conferences, secondments, and internships.

http://www.scalus.eu/jobs

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Scholarships at European College of Liberal Art, Berlin

European College of Liberal Art, Berlin, is now inviting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. Applicants can choose between two one-year programmes (Academy Year and Project Year), and a four-year bachelor’s programme that culminates in a BA in Value Studies degree.

ECLA is a college without departments, where students work with faculty from different backgrounds on moral, political, epistemic, religious, and aesthetic questions, with the understanding that such questions are deeply connected.

The B.A. programme is designed for students with a strong theoretical bent, who want to combine their pursuit of special interests with a demanding studium generale. Available areas of concentration are *Art and Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, and Literature and Rhetoric.* The programme provides good preparation for continued study in fields such as philosophy, literature, political theory, and art
history; and excellent support for students interested in careers in politics, organizational work, public policy, law, journalism, or the art world.

ECLA offers need-based financial aid packages. The awards vary widely and aim to cover the full amount of demonstrated need toward the ECLA comprehensive fee.

Each year ECLA offers a limited number of *merit scholarships* not dependent on financial need to BA students with exceptionally promising applications. This *Endeavor Scholarship*, named after the Endeavor Foundation in New York, covers the full comprehensive fee for one academic year.

For more information visit ECLA’s official website: *www.ecla.de** or contact the admissions officer at **admissions@ecla.de*

Application deadline: *April 30, 2010*

Sofiya Skachko
Recruitment Officer
European College of Liberal Arts gGmbH
Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin, Germany
Phone: ++49 (0)30- 43733-108
Fax: ++49 (0)30- 43733-100
Email: s.skachko@ecla. de
www.ecla.de
HRB Charlottenburg 84001
Geschäftsführer/ Managing Director: Peter Hajnal, Thomas Nørgaard

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USA: Duquesne University FREE Summer Health Institute

Hello from Duquesne!

I wanted to write to you regarding the Duquesne University SUMMER HEALTH INSTITUTE. As you may already know, this is a wonderful, *free of charge, one week experience* from July 11 – 17, 2010 for rising high school Juniors and Seniors interested in the Health Sciences.

It includes classes and hands-on experience in: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Biology and Medicine. It includes hospital department shadowing and a tour of the McGowan Medical Research Center…. Not to mention a city tour, an evening at a local theme park and plenty of other fun evening activities. All students stay on campus in dormitories. All students must pay for the air fare to and from Pittsburgh.

To learn more about the program and to download the application form and
requirements, you can go to http://www.duq.edu/international-admissions/summerinstitute2010.cfm

Due to a large amount of recent interest, we have extended the deadline to Monday *March 29, 2010*.

Please just let me know if you have any students interested in the program so that I have an idea of numbers. (They can fax or scan their documents to me by the deadline and then mail the originals afterwards). For students who have already applied, we will have admission decisions for them at the beginning of April.

We also have several Music Summer programs. These unfortunately are not free of charge but if you have any students interested in participating, take a look at the following links:

*Instrumental Jazz:* http://www.mpsmsummer.com/jazz/

*Sound Recording:* http://www.mpsmsummer.com/recording/

*Guitar and Bass:* http://www.mpsmsummer.com/guitar/

Wishing you all the best and look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Helen Auckland
Assistant Director, International Admissions
Duquesne University
Office of International Programs,
601 Duquesne Union
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA15282
Tel: +1 412 396 4108
Fax: +1 412 396 5178
www.duq.edu

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2 PhD Students (0,65 TV-L E 13) in Soil Science/Ecology (Goettingen, Germany)

At the Buesgen Institute - Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, University of Goettingen, Germany we offer the positions of:

2 PhD Students (0,65 TV-L E 13) in Soil Science/Ecology

beginning May 2010 for three years. The successful candidates will work on the project: `Trace gas fluxes and soil N cycling under elevated nutrient input'. This research project is part of the interdisciplinary research unit 816 `Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
(www.tropicalmountainforest.org) which is funded by the DFG. Supervision will be done jointly by Prof. Dr. Edzo Veldkamp and Dr. Marife Corre.

Project description: The first PhD student will determine the long-term fates of added nitrogen in montane and lowland forest soils exposed to chronic N addition. For this goal we plan to use the 15N pool dilution method and a 15N pulse chase experiment. The second PhD student will quantify the effects of chronic N addition on the surface fluxes of N2O, NO, CO2, and CH4 from the montane forest soils and other
sources. All three sites of the forest nutrient addition experiment are located in Southern Ecuador where they were established in 2007 and are near to good laboratory/research /housing facilities.

Applicants should hold a M.Sc. or diploma degree in soil science, ecology, environmental sciences, geosciences, forestry, biology or related disciplines. The successful candidates are expected to be in Ecuador for prolonged periods to carry out research works with regular visits to the home institution for discussions/ data analysis/writing. Excellent knowledge of English is essential. Basic knowledge of
Spanish or willingness to learn it is necessary. Good social skills are essential to work effectively with our multi-national and multi-disciplinary team. More information about our institute can be found under: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/67070.html

Please send your application the latest on 08.04.2010 to:
Prof. Dr. Edzo Veldkamp
Buesgen Institute -Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems
Buesgenweg 2
37077 Goettingen, Germany
Email: eveldka@gwdg. de

Die Universitaet Goettingen strebt in den Bereichen in denen Frauen unterrepraesentiert sind, eine Erhoehung des Frauenanteils an und forert daher qualifizierte Frauen ausdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Schwerbeninderte Menschen werden bei eintsprechender Eignung bervorzugt beruecksichtigt.

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CfA: Residential Summer Art Camp in Baisoara, Cluj Napoca, Romania: 1-7 August 2010

Everyone interested in both visiting beautiful mountain resort in Romania and landscape painting, is invited to our Summer art camp in Baisoara, Cluj Napoca, Romania.

Participation fee is 250 Euro per camp, that includes accommodation and meals, painting materials, teacher, painting course, local transport. We provide participants with all they need for paintings (painting materials, portable easels, portable chairs).

Participants has to cover own transportation costs to Cluj Napoca, Romania, where is the camp departure point.

Time period:
1 - 7 August 2010.

Language: Romanian, English, or French.
Organizing artist: Alexandra Bodea, painter. Portfolio at http://alexandrabodea.wordpress.com
Please contact us for more details at: tabara.creatie@gmail.com .

Admissions up to 10 July. Please send us one or two but no more than five examples of your painting works, an artist statement, your preferred painting medium and a CV, at tabara.creatie@gmail.com and then we will sent you back, after 10th of July, the registration form for camp participation and payment methods.

We guarantee 50% return in 10 days after payment but no later than 20 July, if cancellations are requested.

Low bugdet international transport to Cluj Napoca reccomended: Wizzair air travel company, check its website.

If you have other questions, feel free to ask.

Contact: tabara.creatie@gmail.com, Luminita.

We are happy to have you as our country guest!

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Mar 18, 2010

CfA: The Politics and Economics of Media Convergence Joint Summer School

THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF MEDIA CONVERGENCE
JOINT SUMMER SCHOOL

Sponsored by:

National Centre for Radio & Television Studies, Communication University of China,

Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

BEIJING JULY 1st – JULY 15th 2010

What Is The School About?

Convergence around digital production and distribution has important consequences for media economics and media policy. The migration of advertising revenue online is producing an acute crisis for the newspaper industry. Piracy and other infringements of intellectual property rights are pandemic in the online world. Audiences are shifting from being passive consumers towards active engagement and productivity. Governments, industry and international organisations are wrestling with these changes and trying to develop new ways of achieving those ends that they deem socially desirable or economically efficient. This summer school will focus on the
scholarly study of those efforts to develop adequate frameworks for the convergent future. The Summer School will break down this overall theme into four major components:

* The affordances of current and future technological innovations. This strand will discuss the ways in which technological change affects the production, distribution and consumption of media artefacts. Among the topics considered will be the impact of computer technology on production, the cost and availability of distribution technologies, and the kinds of consumer devices through which content may be consumed.

* The economic effects of new communication technologies. This strand will discuss the ways in which changes in media technology, notably in distribution channels, affect business models in the commercial media and the viability of public service media. It will consider the implications of the ending of channel scarcity for advertising models based upon mass audiences, the shift from free-to-air broadcasting to subscription funded narrowcasting, and the migration of advertising from newspapers and broadcasters to the internet.

* The regulatory problems of new technologies. This strand will consider the different traditions of regulation that have governed the media and telecommunications industries, and the problems posed for both by convergence. It will examine issues of intellectual property rights in general, and copyright in particular, in the context of digitalization and the attendant problems of piracy.

* Changing patterns of media consumption. This strand will examine the implications of the shift from mass to niche audiences, from flow-based to selective consumption, and from passive reception to active participation in the production of media content. It will be concerned with issues of differential access and the diffusion of the media literacy skills necessary for participation in the new patterns of media use.

Leading scholars from China, Europe and US will lecture on the different strategies in policy and regulation in their own areas of expertise. The school will cover a wide range of media and very different kinds of societies with distinct regulatory traditions. Bringing these perspectives together means that a unique picture of the contemporary world situation will be one of the major outcomes of the school.

How Will The School Be Organised?

The School will take place at the Beijing Campus of the Chinese University of Communication (CUC), which will provide accommodation, catering and classrooms for all the participants. The Campus is a modern one, located in the east of Beijing and well served by public transport.

There will be 10 days of lectures and seminars and ample time for informal meetings, leisure and tourism. Formal teaching will consist of lectures and discussions by leading experts from different countries. Students at the School will also be expected to present a paper on their own research specialization in one of a series of seminars devoted to work in progress.

The working language of the School will be English, and all lectures,
reading, classes and discussions will take place in that medium.

The School will be accredited by CUC as a credit bearing course and the organisers will issue certificates making that clear to those participants who need them.

The organisers will, on request, provide the necessary letters and any other
documentation require for the purposes of issuing visas to foreign visitors.

Who Can Attend The School?

The school is open to anyone with a genuine interest in the economics, policy and regulation of contemporary and future media. Participants must be able to present a scholarly paper on their own original research, which should be on a topic relevant to the subject of the school. Apart from that requirement, there are no restrictions on age, status or nationality, but the organisers believe that the school will be particularly valuable to doctoral students and junior faculty.

How Much Will The School Cost?

Attendees should cover their own costs for air fares and other travel. There is no Registration or Tuition Fee. Students are welcome to arrange their own accommodation and tourism if they wish. If you prefer to stay at CUC’s International Exchange Centre and/or join a group tour organized by the host institution, please provide detailed information about your travel plans and specify your needs in your application. The following table give you an idea of the likely costs.

Item
Details

Remarks
Accommodation -- 190 RMB per day
The lowest price at CUC’s International Exchange Centre (Please pay directly at the counter when you check out.)
Meals
5~10RMB per meal At CUC canteens
Tourism -- 350 RMB per people
Day tour to scenic sites of Beijing

* Students may make their own choice of package from the listed items.
* The full rate for a standard room en suite is RMB 190 per day. Two people may share a room and divide the full rate.
* At the time of writing, €1= RMB 9.3 and $US1=RM6.83

How Can I Apply To Attend The School?

A copy of the application form can be found at:
http://rirt.cuc.edu.cn/upimg/soft/1_100313092254.doc

All applications for the School will be handled by the staff of CUC and communications and completed forms should be sent to bjss2009@gmail. com. We welcome other materials, like a CV, a personal statement, a detailed research proposal or an academic paper, which will be helpful for the organisers to evaluate your application.

The deadline for applications is May 1ST 2010. If you have any questions or requests, you can also contact us via email at the above address or by telephone or fax at 86-10-65779313 or 86-10-65779244.

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CfP: Annual London Business Research Conference, London, UK, DL 04.06.2010)

Annual London Business Research Conference
12 to 14 July 2010
London, United Kingdom

Abstracts and full papers relating to Accounting, Banking, Finance, Economics, Management and Marketing are invited for this conference sponsered by refereed 5 international journals. The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 4 June 2010.

Enquiries: haqz53@gmail.com
Web address: http://www.worldconferencecare.com
Sponsored by: World Business Institute

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CfP: Program de cooperare stiintifica intre Romania si China

Program de cooperare stiintifica intre Romania si China 2011 - 2012
Informatii generale si Apel pentru propuneri

Daca sunteti interesati in a aplica sau cunoasteti persoane interesate, nu ezitati sa ma contactati pentru detalii si sa diseminati informatia. Va multumesc si astept orice cerere de informatii suplimentare.

Cu stima,
Silvia Gergely

http://www.mct.ro/index.php?action=viewart&artid=2101&idcat=362

Ministerul Educatiei, Cercetarii, Tineretului si Sportului
Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare Stiintifica
Departamentul Integrare Europeana si Cooperari Internationale
Bucuresti, sector 1, Str. Mendeleev nr. 21-25, cod postal 010362
E-mail: silvia.gergely@ ancs.ro
Tel/Fax: +40 (21) 318.30.53
Mobil: +40763.666.568

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CfP: Nature and Nation in Europe since 1860, Trento, Italy, DL 30.04.2010

Call for Papers: Nature and Nation in Europe since 1860
An international workshop - Trento, Italy 15-17 September 2010

Deadline: 30 April 2010

Organizers: Wilko Graf von Hardenberg (Università degli Studi di Trento)
Marco Armiero (ICTA- UAB, Spain; CNR-ISSM, Naples)
Keynote lecturer: Peter A. Coates (University of Bristol)

Introduction

Putting nature and nation together could seem a dangerous alchemy: racist theories, deterministic approaches, and nationalistic chauvinism seem, in fact, to lurk under every possible discourse on nature and nation. Environmental history seems however to be the less nationalistic among all historical subfields. While history as discipline was born together with the nation-state building process, from its beginning
environmental history engaged in a radical critique of nation as an appropriate scale of analysis: looking at the earth as a whole, political borders simply disappeared. Taking into consideration the current global environmental problems, it could thus seem useless to speak about national borders. Nonetheless, the nation-state has showed an extraordinary resilience, surviving as main scale of analysis in many
environmental historical studies, in part because of the ready availability of sources about nature management and measurement just at the national level. In fact, whatever the size of our scale of analysis might be, if we are looking for historical data we have to deal with states. Evidently, states have affected nature by their laws, economic policies, and juridical systems. Determining property rights, planning
urban and industrial development, implementing public/private transportations, building national parks, fighting malaria or other, and bloodier, wars, they have played an important role in shaping the national landscape. Hence, it is quite clear that the nation-state has long been the political container of nature; even more than this, the nation has been a powerful agent in shaping and understanding the natural world. Recent environmental historical scholarship has clarified how nature shaped the national narratives about people and places, as well as being shaped by those same narratives. Therefore, the nature’s agency seems more cultural than material, while the nation’s agency has both characters, that is, it constructs narratives and places altogether. It could thus be said that nation and nature constitute mutually. If nations are also imagined community, we need to understand how nature has been used to build the national identity and how the invention of nation has affected the invention of the national nature. Nature was immanent to the historical and political space; therefore, when nation appropriated this space, nature was appropriated too.

Aims and scope

This workshop focuses on both the symbolic and practical uses that European nation-states have made of the environment and of natural resources since the Second Industrial Revolution. The workshop's geographical framework should be interpreted in the widest possible sense, including countries and regions that have been under the colonial rule of European states during the period of reference. The general aim of the workshop is thus to obtain a good overview of the role of the modern nation-state and of nationalist discourse in the structuring, management and showcasing of nature/society interactions. The main issues at stake are:

- resource use and management;
- nature conservation ;
- the role of states in front of natural disasters and calamities;
- rhetorical and symbolic uses of the natural world;
- state vs. communities in the management, knowledge, and vision of nature;
- war and appropriation of nature.

The organizers want to gather a variety of scholars, not only specialists in environmental history, but also political, cultural and social historians, historical geographers and historical anthropologists with an interest in nationalism, nature perception and/or symbolic politics. During the selection process both comparative analyses at the transnational level and specific case studies able to give new insights in the mechanism of state management of natural resources and symbolic uses of the natural world will be equally considered. Practicalities The workshop is limited to 9 participants. The working language will be English. Each participant will prepare a draft text that will be pre-circulated to workshop attendees in mid-July 2010. At the workshop, each paper will be briefly presented by the author and then fully discussed by the group in a 40 minutes session. After the workshop,
participants will be asked to revise their papers for possible inclusion in an edited volume to be submitted to an international academic press or as a journal special issue. Moreover, the organizers are planning to set up a permanent research network on nature and nation in modern Europe and discuss the funding opportunities. Those who are interested are invited thus to join a common discussion about future research
projects.

Prospective schedule

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 Arrival, Introduction, First Session and Social Event;
Thursday, 16 September 2010 Keynote lecture, Second Session, Third Session, Conclusions, and projection of a relevant movie (to be defined);
Friday, 17 September 2010 Group discussion: towards a common research project on Nature and Nation, Departure.

Funding and benefits

This event is funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento, PAT207 Post-Doc programme, and has the logistic and scientific support of the Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali of the Università degli Studi di Trento. Workshop attendees will be granted free accommodation and meals. Moreover, aiming at including a range of scholars at various stages of professional development, the organizers wish to encourage advanced
Ph.D. students, junior scholars and independent researchers to attend the workshop. All participants will thus have the possibility to obtain a grant covering at least part of their travel costs. If you have other funding possibilities for travel, please let us know as to be able to increase accordingly the grants for low-income scholars.

Application

To be considered as a workshop participant, please send an abstract of up to 300 words and a brief CV (1-3 pages) to info@natureandnation.eu by 30 April 2010. In the accompanying email please specify whether you need a travel grant and if you are
interested in the group discussion on the third day.

Website: www.natureandnation.eu

Wilko Graf von Hardenberg
Environmental historian

Postdoc PAT2007

Università di Trento
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali
via Verdi 26
38100 Trento
Italy

mobile +39 329 2163846
skype wilko.hardenberg
twitter wilkohardenberg

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CfP: Popular Culture and World Politics III, York University, Canada

The York Centre for International and Security Studies and York University
Call for Papers / Performances: Popular Culture and World Politics III
*
*4-5 November 2010
York University
Toronto, Canada

There is a growing movement in and around the study of international politics to think about the intersections of world politics and the production, circulation, content and consumption of various popular cultural forms. This burgeoning scholarship has reached a point in which it is possible to move well beyond the important initial forays that emphasised the content of cultural forms-as-text, seeking metaphorical connections between the cultural and the political, to explore the interwoven possibilities and limits of the cultural and political.

The York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS) is pleased to invite you to *Popular Culture and World Politics III*, to be held in Toronto 4-5 November 2010. Following two successful events, hosted by the University of Bristol in 2008 and the University of Newcastle in 2009, *Popular Culture and World Politics III*seeks to continue the growing conversation on the intersections of various forms of popular culture and the study of world politics, from a range of disciplines and practices in the social sciences, humanities and the arts.

We welcome proposals for performances, screenings, panels, or individual papers, on any aspect of world politics and popular culture. In particular, we seek proposals which address any of the following themes or issues:

* '*Doing' popular culture and world politics*: methods, practices and approaches.

* *Popular security*: exploring the intersections of popular culture and global security.

* *Using popular culture to span the disciplines* : with a range of disciplines looking at both popular culture and issues of world politics, how can the study of pop culture and world politic work to foster inter-disciplinary conversations?

* '*Making' popular culture and world politics*: what is the politics that is emerging at the intersection of popular cultural production, the culture industries, and governance?

* *Outside the West*: exploring the intersections of non-Western popular culture(s) and non-Western- centric world politics.

* *Is anybody watching*? The problem of audience in the study of popular culture.

* *Performing International Politics*: rather than students of world politics reading popular culture, how are the producers of cultural forms making their politics? We are particularly interested in receiving proposals for the performance, presentation, screening or display of cultural works which seek to produce a (world) politics in their practice.

Please submit all presentation abstracts (of no more than 250 words) via our website by April 2: http://www.yorku.ca/yciss/conferences/pcwpIII.htm

For further information and panel submissions (panel title and participants) please contact us at: pcwp@yorku.ca

Christina Rowley
Director, Eisenhower Research Project
christina_rowley@ brown.edu
tel: (+1) 401-863-6994

Watson Institute for International Studies
Brown University
111, Thayer Street
Box 1970
Providence
RI 02912-1970
United States

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MA in Politics and Economics in Eurasia at MGIMO University, Moscow

The Master's Degree in Political Science

The Master's in Political Science (M.P.S.) program at MGIMO University's is designed to meet the needs of rising leaders in the public service professions, including domestic and international government agencies and non-profit organizations by providing up-to-date, firsthand information about Russia and Eurasia from a Russian view point.

The M.P.S. program provides rigorous on-campus training in quantitative reasoning and policy analysis, preparing degree candidates to successful careers and supplying intellectual breadth, organizational skills, and self-confidence necessary to assume
leadership positions in an increasingly complex public service environment. Approximately 20 students will be enrolled in the program.

The MGIMO Difference

M.P.S. students can benefit from:

- a small Master Degree program designed within a major Russian international studies oriented university;
- a diverse student body and alumni network;
- close working relationships between world-renowned faculty staff;
- an innovative curriculum;
- an attention to career-building skills in all areas of public affairs.
- opportunity for research work in Moscow, major center of libraries and archives in CIS
- "looking for a job in Moscow" opportunity
- opportunity to study some of 53 worldwide languages taught in university (additional fee).

Degree Requirements

The M.P.S. year begins with an intensive program in politics, international relations, economics, designed to strengthen students' skills. All courses are taught in English. If candidates' command of Russian is adequate, during the M.P.S. academic year they can select additional courses from the courses available to the Russian students of Master Programs in International Relations and Political Science taught in Russian.

Some courses are essentially lecture/discussion; others are seminars in which students present papers for group discussion; and still others are workshops based on field research, participation by visiting experts, and group reports.

A Preliminary List of Main Courses
1. Conceptualising Eurasia. New Trends in Political Thought.
2. International Security in Eurasia
3. Russia and the USA in World Affairs
4. Russia and Its Neighbors: the case of the CIS
5. Conflicts in the Belts of Russia's New Frontiers
6. Russia and China
7. Russia and the EU
8. The Conflict Arch in Asia. The Middle East and the Far East
9. Russia's Economy and World Economy
10. Energy security in the CIS
11. Contemporary Russian Domestic Politics
12. Doing Business in Russia
13. Political Systems and Political Developments in Smaller States of Eurasia
14. Russia's Political History. Statehood and State-Building
15. National Psychology and Cultures of Eurasian Nations
16. Russia's Political Geography

Themes of Group Papers:

a) Political Psychology and Political Tradition in Eurasia
b) Energy Factor in the Eurasian Space
c) Regional Conflicts Around Russia

M.P.S. candidates typically undertake programs of study that combine general courses in quantitative methods, policy analysis, and public management with more specialized courses chosen from the School's four fields of concentration. A typical curriculum might include two courses each in economics and public management, a policy workshop,
and three courses in one of the four fields of concentration.

I. International Relations
II. Development Studies
III. Domestic Policy
IV. Economics and Public Policy

Admission Information and Requirements

To be considered for enrolment, the completed application form and all required materials must be mailed to the MGIMO-University Graduate Department no later than March 15th 2010. Following are the required elements of the completed application:

- the completed University application form (in .pdf, Adobe Reader required);
- a CV/Resume that includes professional experience, educational background, and other relevant experience (see application for details);
- application essay (see application for details);
- two letters of recommendation (see application for details);
- copy of official transcripts from each college and graduate school attended;
- copy of language certificates.

Tuition Fee

6,000 Euro a year

Whom to Contact

Dr. Sergey Veselovskiy
Phone: +7 495 434 93 27
E-mail: veselovskiy@ mgimo.ru

Alexey Dundich
E-mail: dundich@mgimo. ru

Please, visit our web-site www.mgimo.ru

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CfP: Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference -- Specific

Please find below several calls for papers for specific panels, to be proposed for the Central Eurasian Studies Society annual conference, which will be held October 28-31, 2010 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and/or the Second CESS Regional Conference at Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, July 29-30, 2010. For complete information about the conferences, including guidelines for writing abstracts, see:

https://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/CFP_2010.html (Michigan) and
https://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_10.html (Turkey).

Note that other panels were posted a couple of days ago. Furthermore, the deadline for the Michigan conference is very soon (Mar. 5) and the Ankara conference is already past (so those hoping to present at that conference will need to make sure whether their proposal can be considered after the deadline). Those interested should contact the organizers immediately.

Please note that the Conference accepts presentations only in English. Also note that you must be/become a member of CESS in order to make a presentation at this conference. For full information about CESS, see: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/

If you are interested in proposing a paper that would fit one of the proposed panel themes, send your reply to the person listed as organizing that panel.

The following panel themes are proposed (see details below):

- "Strange Individuals" (Michigan)

- Four Panels on Central Asian Culture (Michigan)

- Three Panels on Educational Issues (Michigan)

- Panel on "Travel Writing and the 'Contact Zone': Past and Present Perspectives" (Ankara)

All panel proposals require the following information for each panel participant, so you should send the panel organizer this information (If you are unsure of whether your paper proposal fits the proposed panel, you may want to contact the organizer before sending the complete information) :

1) Name
2) Current institutional affiliation
3) Title/position
4) E-mail address
5) Postal address
6) Telephone
7) Fax
8) Title of Paper
9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected)
10) A brief (100 word) biographical statement that contains the information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).

Panel on "Strange Individuals"

From: Olga Bessmertnaya olgabessm@gmail.com

I'd like to catch the remaining days before the deadline to propose organizing a panel for the annual CESS conference (Michigan) on 'STRANGE INDIVIDUALS' across cultures, regions, and periods in Central Eurasia. The 'strange' ones include, on the one hand, those taken as such in their milieus: all sorts of adventurers, impostors, and 'tricksters' crossing cultural, confessional and social boundaries, those in search of their identities, changing and 'trading' them, those making unusual choices, developing original strategies, breaking norms and/or developing them to their extremes, and suggesting new ones. On the other hand, they are those persons in your research area, that you yourself find something strange about, something unusual and unrecognized in existing literature. The topic might be taken through a biography or just a single situation. The aim of the panel is to compare individual experiences in the social contexts that challenge the stable and fixed identities and ways of behavior, exposing an individual face to face with the Other, and/or face to face with the Past and Future - and thus to better understand those broad contexts as such. To see differences in the odd forms of individual behavior in 'modern' and 'pre-modern' ('traditional' ) societies would be of special interest.

Depending on your topics proposed, the geographical and chronological scope of the panel might be more concretely defined.

My presentation will be on a writer and journalist in late imperial Russia: born Jewish and baptized to Orthodoxy, he reinvented his identity as Circassian and Muslim, and worked as a State agent against Muslim opposition. I'll consider his choice of identities, strategies of deceit, and reasons for the opposite sides to trust him, so as to analyze, in the context of modernizing processes, the meaning of
Muslim belonging/otherness in the different cultural and political settings involved.

If you'd like to present or participate in this panel as chair or discussant, please contact me ASAP at olgabessm@gmail. com

Olga Bessmertnaya, Ph.D.,
Senior researcher,
Russian State U. for Humanities, Moscow

Four Panels on Central Asian Culture

From: Elmira Kuchumkulova elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org

I'm proposing several panel ideas/themes for the Annual CESS at MSU, Oct. 29-31, 2010 to recruit potential presenters. Those who wish to join any of these panels, please contact me ASAP. Given that the deadline for submission is March 5, please provide specific information on your topic, institutional affiliation, and whether you
will have funding to travel to the Conference. There may be opportunities to partially support the scholars for selected panels.

Panel # 1: Nomadic Legacy in Modern Central Asia: Traditions, Continuity, and Change

Panel # 2: Native Sources on Culture and History of Central Asia: Central Asian Oral Literature in English Translation

Panel # 3: Revival and Promotion of Traditional Music in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Panel # 4: Spiritual and Social Aspects of Death Rites in Central Asia

Elmira Kochumkulova, Research Associate
University of Central Asia (UCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Three panel proposals on Educational Issues

From: Duishon Shamatov duishon.shamatov@ucentralasia.org

I am proposing several panel ideas / themes in the field of education for the annual CESS at MSU, October 26-31, 2010 to invite potential presenters.

Panel # 1: The Impact of Educational Reforms on Quality, Sustainability and Empowerment

Panel # 2: Influence of International Tests on National Standards and Educational Policy

Panel # 3: Equity Issues in Education in Central Asia

Those who wish to join any of these panels, please contact me ASAP. Given the deadline for submission is March 5, please provide specific information on your topic, institutional affiliation (including personal info and address). There may be opportunity to support those scholars who may not have funding to travel to the conference.

Dr. Duishon Shamatov
Research Associate
207 Panfilov Street
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Phone: 996-312-691- 822, Ext. 415
Fax: 996-312-696- 029
Website: www.ucentralasia.org

Panel on "Travel Writing and the 'Contact Zone': Past and Present Perspectives"

From: Cholpon Turdalieva turdalieva@gmail.com

I propose to organize a panel "Travel Writing and the 'Contact Zone': Past and Present Perspectives" for Second CESS Regional Conference, Ankara, Turkey, July 29-30, 2010.

Travel writing is important intellectual and dynamic source that rapidly developed and is still developing at the time of global economic challenges and sociocultural changes. Since the II World War numerous books, dairies, texts, accounts, pictures, drawing, and newsletter articles produced by travelers has become a source for
critical colonial and postcolonial scholarship. The aim of the panel is to debate topics related to theoretical and methodological agenda that contains key points as authorship, literary critics, ethics of travel texts and traveler, textual reliability, as well as to discuss broad issues such as nation, tradition, place, gender and identity that are described or encouraged by travelers in the "contact zone".

If you would like to present or participate in this panel as a participant, chair or discussant, please contact me by March 1 at: turdalieva@gmail. com

Cholpon Turdalieva
Associate Professor
Anthropology Department
American University of Central Asia
205 Abdymomunov Str., 720040 Bishkek
tel.:+996 312 663309
E-mail.: turdalieva@gmal.com

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CfA: European College of Liberal Art 2010-11 (w/ scholarships), Berlin

European College of Liberal Art, Berlin is now inviting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. Applicants can choose between two one-year programmes (Academy Year and Project Year), and a four-year bachelor’s programme that culminates in a BA in Value Studies degree.

ECLA is a college without departments, where students work with faculty from different backgrounds on moral, political, epistemic, religious, and aesthetic questions, with the understanding that such questions are deeply connected. The B.A. programme is designed for students with a strong theoretical bent, who want to combine their pursuit of special interests with a demanding studium generale.

Available areas of concentration are Art and Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, and Literature and Rhetoric. The programme provides good preparation for continued study in fields such as philosophy, literature, political theory, and art history; and excellent support for students interested in careers in politics, organizational work, public policy, law, journalism, or the art world.

ECLA offers need-based financial aid packages. The awards vary widely and aim to
cover the full amount of demonstrated need toward the ECLA comprehensive fee. Each year ECLA offers a limited number of merit scholarships not dependent on financial need to BA students with exceptionally promising applications. This Endeavor Scholarship, named after the Endeavor Foundation in New York, covers the full
comprehensive fee for one academic year.

For more information visit ECLA’s official website: www.ecla.de or contact the admissions officer at admissions@ecla. de

Application deadline: April 30, 2010”

Sofiya Skachko
Recruitment Officer
European College of Liberal Arts gGmbH
Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin, Germany
Phone: ++49 (0)30- 43733-108
Fax: ++49 (0)30- 43733-100
Email: s.skachko@ecla. de
www.ecla.de
HRB Charlottenburg 84001
Geschäftsführer/ Managing Director: Peter Hajnal, Thomas Nørgaard

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MSc/PhD Studentships in mathematics, UNAM, Mexico

A number of fully funded PhD and Masters studentships are available within the Joint Postgraduate Program in Mathematical Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Campus Morelia, and the Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo.

The PhD studentships are tenable for up to 3 years and have a stipend of 10,342 Mexican Pesos per month (816 US Dollars, equivalent to six Mexican minimum wages). The Masters studentships are tenable for up to 2 years and have a stipend of 7,757 Mexican Pesos per month (612 US Dollars, equivalent to four and a half Mexican minimum wages). Health coverage will be provided by the Mexican social security system.

Applicants should have or expect to gain a university degree in Mathematics or related discipline with an average of 8 or higher on a 10 point scale. Non-Spanish speakers are expected to become proficient in Spanish within two years.

The preferred starting date is 16th August 2010. Deadline for applications is 21st May 2010. The entrance exam is scheduled for 5th June 2010. Foreign students are required to arrange for a faculty member to supervise the exam at their home institution.

A complete application includes a covering letter addressed to the Comité Académico del Posgrado en Matemáticas specifying contact details, CV, copies of university degrees, a copy of an identity document (passport, driving licence, etc), and contact details of two academic referees. Applications should be send electronically to admission-pccm@ fismat.umich. mx.

For further details visit: posgrado.unam.umich.mx/ (in Spanish).

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr. Elmar Wagner, phone: +52 443 322 3500, ext. 4127, email: admission-pccm@ fismat.umich. mx.

"Morelia, a city of about 1 million, rests on a gentle sloping hill overlooking the Valley of Guayangero and is another of Mexico's colonial gems. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Artistic sight. At an elevation of 6,399 feet above sea level, Morelia's climate provides spring-like days throughout the year."
(www.mexonline.com/michoacan/morelia-info.htm)

http://www.math-jobs.com/j.php?i=106

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PostDoc position in the project ‘AIROBOTS’

The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university, located about 200 km from Amsterdam in Enschede, a city in Twente, the garden of the Netherlands with excellent recreation facilities. Organized over 5 faculties, the UT offers 20 educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration, communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology. Research takes place within the context of institutes and focuses, among other things, on nanotechnology, information and communication technology (CTIT), biomedical technology, policy studies, construction management & engineering, and mechanics. More than 7,000 students and 2,700 staff members live, work and recreate at the UT, the Netherlands’ only campus university with a park-like atmosphere and numerous sporting facilities.

In the Control Engineering (CE) Laboratory of the faculty of

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science we have a vacancy

PostDoc position in the project ‘AIROBOTS’ at the University of Twente

The AIROBOTS Project

The goal of the AIRobots project is to develop a new generation of aerial service robots capable to support human beings in all those activities which require the ability to interact actively and safely with environments not constrained on ground but, indeed, freely in air. The step forward with respect to the classical field of aerial robotics is to realize aerial vehicles able to accomplish a large variety of applications, such as inspection of buildings and large infrastructures, sample picking, aerial remote manipulation, etc.

The starting point is an aerial platform whose aeromechanical configuration allows the vehicle to interact with the environment in a non-destructive way and to hover close to operating points. Rotary-wing aerial vehicles with shrouded propellers represent the basic airframes, which will be then equipped with appropriate robotic end-effectors and sensors in order to transform the aerial platform into an aerial service robot, a system able to fly and to achieve robotic tasks.

Advanced automatic control algorithms will be conceived to govern the aerial platform, which will be remotely supervised by the operator with the use of haptic devices. Particular emphasis will be given to develop advanced human-in-the-loop and autonomous navigation control strategies relying upon a cooperative and adaptive interaction between the on-board automatic control and the remote operator. Force and visual feedback strategies will be investigated in order to transform the aerial platform in a “flying hand” suitable for aerial manipulation.

The PostDoc will be responsible for the mechatronic development of the robotic arm and end-effector to be implemented on the aerial vehicle.

More information about the project can be found in the webpage: http://www.airobots.eu/

About the involved research institutes

The research will be carried out in the Control Engineering (CE) Laboratory of the faculty of

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI), which is embedded among other in the

Institute of Mechanics Processes And Control Twente (IMPACT).

What we ask

A PhD degree with focus in avionics or mechatronics with demonstrated abilities in the fields of research described above: modeling and mechanical design. Good knowledge of the English language in written and spoken form. Ability to perform research individually and also work in a team.

What we offer

We offer a temporary contract for a period of 18 months in an interesting scientific environment. The minimum salary is € 2.861 gross per month and will depend on the relevant experience in this field of expertise and background.

In addition to this, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%), an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, various sporting and cultural facilities at reduced rate, and a lot more facilities.

Applications

Please send your applications to: CEsecretary@ewi.utwente.nl and mention the number 10/040 (CE2010-12) of this vacancy before the 1st of June 2010.

The applications should include:

· A motivation letter
· A resume/bio
· Pointer to the most important publications and/or PhD thesis
· Recommendation letter(s)

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PostDoc position in the project ‘ENERGY EFFICIENT ACTUATIONS’

The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university, located about 200 km from Amsterdam in Enschede, a city in Twente, the garden of the Netherlands with excellent recreation facilities. Organized over 5 faculties, the UT offers 20 educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration, communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology. Research takes place within the context of institutes and focuses, among other things, on nanotechnology, information and communication technology (CTIT), biomedical technology, policy studies, construction management & engineering, and mechanics. More than 7,000 students and 2,700 staff members live, work and recreate at the UT, the Netherlands’ only campus university with a park-like atmosphere and numerous sporting facilities.

In the Control Engineering (CE) Laboratory of the faculty of

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science we have a vacancy

PostDoc position in the project ‘ENERGY EFFICIENT ACTUATIONS’ at the University of Twente

The ENERGY EFFICIENT ACTUATIONS Project

This project aims at developing actuation technologies for a new generation of robots that can co-exist and co-operate with people and get much closer to the human manipulation and locomotion performance than today’s robots do. At the same time these robots are expected to be safe, in the sense that interacting with them should not constitute a higher injury risk to humans than the interaction with another cautious human. This requires that robots with similar size and mass as the humans also have comparable power, strength, velocity and interaction compliance.

This project has main goal on the design of a new generation of robot actuator systems, capable of embodying the physical principles, which shape the robot behavior. The focus of the work will be on achieving different abilities, in particular:

· Energy efficiency
· Robustness to external perturbations and unpredictable model errors (changes) of the environment, of the robot kinematics and dynamics, or of the dynamics of a human interacting with;
· Safety to humans in operations where the robot is required positional accuracy and swiftness of motion, while cooperating, physically interacting or even possibly colliding with the humans and their environment, such as e.g. in collaborative robotics.
The PostDoc will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of variable impedance actuator(s) so to fulfill the above requirements.

About the involved research institutes

The research will be carried out in the Control Engineering (CE) Laboratory of the faculty of

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI), which is embedded among other in the Institute of Mechanics Processes And Control Twente (IMPACT).

What we ask

A PhD degree with focus in robotics or mechatronics with demonstrated abilities in the fields of research described above: modeling and mechanical design. Good knowledge of the English language in written and spoken form. Ability to perform research individually and also work in a team.

What we offer

We offer a temporary contract for a period of 12 months in an interesting scientific environment. The minimum salary is € 2.861 gross per month and will depend on the relevant experience in this field of expertise and background.

In addition to this, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%), an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, various sporting and cultural facilities at reduced rate, and a lot more facilities.

Applications

Please send your applications to: CEsecretary@ewi.utwente.nl and mention the number 10/039 (CE2010-13) of this vacancy before the 1st of June 2010.

The applications should include:

• A motivation letter

• A resume/bio

• Pointer to the most important publications and/or PhD thesis

• Recommendation letter(s)

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(Post doc) Researcher biomedical technology assessment and entrepreneurship

The School of Management and Governance (SMG) is a growing school that strives to hold a leading position in the field of business and social sciences and to do joint education and research with the technical schools of the University of Twente. The school focuses on management, governance, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. In all these fields, the school provides bachelor, master and professional development programmes. In addition, scientific and applied research is carried out in various branches, such as health care, higher education, banking, and services business. Research is accommodated within the university research institutes: The Institute for Governance Studies (IGS), and the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). The school has approximately 350 staff and 2,200 students.

The vacancy described below is part of an intensive collaboration between the departments of Health Technology and Services Research (HTSR) and the Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and International Management (NIKOS), both part of the school of Management and Governance.

HTSR is concerned with the clinical and economic outcomes of (future) medical technology and the efficient organization of health care, and contributes to several education programs including health sciences, technical medicine and biomedical engineering. NIKOS consolidates the university’s expertise and experience regarding Innovative Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategic Management and International Management for purposes of research, teaching, consultancy and business development support.

We are searching for a talented…

(Post doc) Researcher

biomedical technology assessment and entrepreneurship

(Full-time)

…who would like to contribute to our success in the interdisciplinary field of medical technology assessment and entrepreneurship research.

Research

The general objective of the research is to increase the likelihood of market success of biomedical start-ups by developing and validating scientific methods for early medical technology assessment (MTA) that fit the company’s business development and its knowledge conversion capabilities. It is expected that this 2-year research project provides important insights in the integration of entrepreneurship theory and medical technology assessment and results in publications in ISI entrepreneurship, management and MTA journals. To achieve this, we provide you with access to start-up/spin-off firms and a unique and rich database of life sciences and genomics firms.

The work will be carried out within the departments of Health Technology and Services Research (HTSR) andKnowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship (NIKOS) and builds on the extensive, combined experience of the groups in medical technology assessment and entrepreneurship research. You will be part of a team of enthusiastic colleagues. The research groups are closely linked with the renowned biotech-, nanotech- and health institutes of the University of Twente.

Profile

We are looking for a talented post doc researcher (PhD) with a relevant background in economics (e.g. health economics or innovation economics), management, econometrics or technology assessment, who is interested to work in the new and rapidly developing field of biomedical entrepreneurship and technology assessment. Experience with quantitative analysis or decision- analytic modelling is a prerequisite.

Employment conditions

We offer a challenging position in an inspiring environment. We offer a fulltime employment (38 hours a week) as a Researcher, for the duration of two years. The salary scale, depending on your experience, extends to a maximum of € 3755 gross per month (on full-time basis), based upon the job profile of Researcher (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). In addition, the University of Twente offers attractive fringe benefits.

Information and application

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Maarten IJzerman (chair HTSR, +31 53 489 3684,m.j.ijzerman@utwente.nl), dr. Marianne van der Steen (NIKOS, +31 53 489 3271, m.vandersteen@utwente.nl) or dr.Lotte Steuten (HTSR, +31 53 489 5384, l.m.g.steuten@utwente.nl). Please send your application including a full resume (including a list of your education, publications, research, industry and teaching experience), possibly with references, before 8 April 2010 to mbsollicitaties@mb.utwente.nl stating application number 10/038. For further details relating to this position, see http://www.mb.utwente.nl/, http://www.mb.utwente.nl/htsr/ or http://www.utwente.nl/nikos.

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PhD Construction Management in stabilization and reconstruction operations

The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university. It was founded in 1961 and offers education and research in areas ranging from public policy studies and applied physics to biomedical technology. The University has approximately 2700 employees and 8000 MSc and BSc students and is the Netherlands’ only campus university.

The Civil Engineering group of the Faculty of Military Sciences is part the Netherlands Defence Academy (NDLA). In co-operation with the Construction Management & Engineering group of the University of Twente and under supervision of Prof.dr.ir. A.E.C. van der Stoel, cutting-edge research is conducted in the area of construction process management and technology.

The Netherlands Defense Academy and the University of Twente are looking for a:

PhD for a PhD research project

Expeditionary Construction Management: A research on construction management processes in stabilization and reconstruction operations

Scope of the Ph.D. project

In several (post-) conflict situations, military involvement in (re)construction of local roads, schools and hospitals is necessary to create stability. The scarcity of military engineers and the necessity to be involved in such non-military activities – as a part of a wider comprehensive conflict approach – forces the military organization to outsource these activities. Outsourcing construction projects to – in particular – local contractors increases local capacity-building and local ownership. Despite these advantages, the military organization also faces many difficulties regarding tendering, controlling, monitoring and evaluating construction projects which are performed by local parties. In order to overcome these difficulties, the objective of this research project is to develop a new construction management process model which suits the specific needs of construction management in stabilization and reconstruction operations. The PhD will spend about 20% of his time on teaching courses to NDLA-students.

Profile

The candidate is expected to have a Master degree in construction management, civil engineering, business administration, economics or a comparable subject. Excellent analytical skills are a must. Furthermore, the candidate should be able to work in a multidisciplinary and dynamic work environment and be able to read and understand Dutch and to write and speak English.

Offer

We offer the possibility to work on an interesting Ph.D. project for 4 years.The salary scale, starts at of € 2042,- gross per month for the first year, and will lead up to € 2612,- in the fourth year based upon the job profile for PhD researcher (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). In addition, the University of Twente offers attractive fringe benefits.

Location

The PhD will be located at Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defense Academy (NDLA) in Breda. Because of the military context of this project, screening will be part of the procedure.

Information:

For more information, please contact dr. H. Voordijk (j.t.voordijk@utwente.nl) or dr. ir. E. Dado (E.Dado@nlda.nl).

Application.

You can apply for this position by e-mailing your resume including score list and a motivation letter topersoneelszaken@ctw.utwente.nl, please mention vacancy number 10/036.

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PhD position: Monitoring cellular activity using SECM

University of Twente. A place where talent emerges and develops. Students and staff are our valued core. Approximately 3000 scientists and professionals work together on groundbreaking research, relevant innovation and inspiring education for more than 8,500 students.

The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Twente educates, and conducts research with approximately 2000 students including 300 PhD-students. The faculty is also responsible for a large volume of service education for programmes of other faculties. The faculty has approximately 300 permanent staff.

PhD position: Monitoring cellular activity using SECM

PhD vacancy (4 years): SECM characterization of functional microtissues in a microfabricated environment.

Job description

Multicellular spheroids play an important role in the fields of tissue engineering and tumor biology as models for tissues since these 3D cell aggregates better mimic in vivo conditions, by reproducing nutrient and signal gradients, cell-cell contacts as well as extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions. We have developed in collaboration with the group of Tissue Regeneration (BMTI, U. Twente) a novel technique for preparing large amounts of small-sized (< 200 μm) and reproducible spheroids from various cell lines. Our current goal is to characterize these tissues in a non invasive way and in real time. For that purpose, we plan to apply SECM (Scanning ElectroChemical Microscopy) for monitoring cellular activity in small spheroids down to the single cell level as an alternative technique to usual fluorescent measurements that imply the destruction of the tissues. SECM has already been reported for a wide range of applications to monitor and quantify various cellular functions, at the level of a single cell or a population.

The PhD candidate will focus on the SECM-based characterization of spheroids. His/her work will start by mapping the respiratory activity of cells (O2 consumption) of cells in a 3D cell aggregate and to correlate this with the cell fate and the formation of functional microtissues; cell death, proliferation or differentiation present different respiration patterns/level. Following this, the candidate will focus on angiogenesis or the formation/sprouting of capillaries, and this can be seen via the detection of the released NO. Last, the candidate will use SECM as a technique to map the reorganization of cells in functional microtissues.

Requirements

The candidate should have a background in engineering (or physical sciences) and be willing to exploit it for cell biology purposes and the study of living cells. Experience in microfabrication, electrical measurements and cell biology will be appreciated. A good knowledge of scientific English is required for everyday communication in the group and writing of well-structured reports in that language.

BIOS group

The BIOS, Lab-on-a-Chip group is part of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, located at the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and is considered as a pioneering group in the field of microfluidics. The group offers a multidisciplinary research environment as well as an active social life. More information can be found on our group and our research activities and interests can be found on http://bios.ewi.utwente.nl/.

Conditions of employment

In accordance with the university regulations for academic personnel, the gross salary of a PhD student is € 2042,– in the first year to € 2612,– in the last year.

Applications

For more information and application, please contact Séverine Le Gac (+31-53-489-2722; s.legac@ewi.utwente.nl). Applications should consist of an application/motivation letter as well as detailed CV (resume). Please send you application before May 15 2010. Vacancy number 10/018.

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PhD position: Magnetic manipulation of molecules in living cells

Research
The aim in this project is to develop an innovative biophysical approach based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) that will allow us to exert forces on, and actively manipulate, individual receptor proteins on the surface of living cells using smart external magnetic fields. It is anticipated that active manipulation of these receptor proteins will provide a very powerful tool that will give new insights into biophysical processes in cells. Exploring the physics of this new technology is the primary objective. To demonstrate the power of this biophysical method, it will be applied to address key issues in cell signaling. By controlling the aggregation of membrane-associated receptor molecules, the state of immune system T cells can be actively switched from an ‘inactive’ to an ‘active state’, thereby mimicking a process that is crucial in cell signaling.

The work will be carried out in the Biophysical Engineering Group, which has a long-standing experience in developing physical tools to study biology on the molecular and cellular scale. The group has a well equipped laboratory with a wide variety of both home-build and commercial setups such as AFM, optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers, FLIM, TIRF and CLSM. The current project builds on the vast experience of the group in the application of magnetic tweezers to cell biophysics (see e.g. a.h.b.deVries et al., 2007, Nano Letters 7:1424-1427). You can expect to be part of a team of enthusiastic and inspiring colleagues. The research group is part of the MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine and the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, and participates in the new Twente Graduate School. For the application of the method on living cells we will collaborate with prof. C.G. Figdor from the NCMLS at the Radboud University of Nijmegen.

Job description
You will design and fabricate a magnetic tweezers setup to generate appropriate external magnetic fields and integrate this with a state-of-the-art fluorescence microscope. You will perform Brownian dynamics simulations and develop an experimental model system based on artificial membranes in order to characterize the physical aspects of protein manipulation using MNPs. You will assess various techniques (optical and non-optical) to visualize the magnetically induced changes in protein/MNP distributions. Finally you will apply the method to study receptor aggregation dynamics in T-cells.

Location
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

Requirements
We are looking for an experimentalist with a background in experimental (bio-) physics, who is interested to work in the new and rapidly developing field of nanobiophysics.

Conditions of Employment
When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist.
You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,610 euro gross per month.
You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM.
A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personeelsinformatie (in Dutch) or under Personnel (in English).
General information about working at FOM can be found in the English part of this website under Personnel. The ‘FOM-sollicitatiecode’ (in Dutch) applies to this position.

Contact
For more information please contact Hans Kanger tel.: +31 (0)53 489 37 26, or Prof. Vinod Subramaniam.

Website
http://www.universiteittwente.nl

Applications
Dr.ir. J. S. Kanger
Biophysical Engineering Group
University of Twente
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

or by email to:
BPE@tnw.utwente.nl
Incomplete or mass-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications should include a resume, list of grades, and a one-page motivation.

Closing time
31 March 2010

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PhD Smart XUV Optics, University of Twente

The Faculty of Science and Technology (700 faculty members, 1100 students) offers a range of bachelor and master courses (NanoTechnology, Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Technical Medicine). The faculty’s research is organized in three of the university’s interdisciplinary research institutes: MESA+, MIRA, and IMPACT. These institutes increase the vitality of research by enabling collaboration between programs and disciplines, by providing shared facilities, and by attracting funding for joint projects. They also provide a conduit to industrial and other external partners.

Ph.D. (f/m) Smart XUV Optics

The Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics group is looking for a highly motivated student to carry out an exciting new research program. In this research program, which is part of the Smart Optical Systems program of the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, we will develop an entirely new class of self-correcting EUV optics. A normal EUV mirror is constructed by depositing alternating layers to create a refractive index contrast that can efficiently reflect light. At extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, these mirrors are susceptible to environmental changes that significantly affect the mirror’s performance. To correct this situation, we intend to replace one of the materials in the mirror with an active material that will allow us to vary the layer spacing dynamically in response to environmental fluctuations. The candidate will be involved in every step of the research, including the development of novel piezoelectric and pyroelectric materials, wavefront-sensing technology for the EUV, and smart algorithms for sensing and maintaining performance at a systemic level.

The prospective candidate will be embedded in an enthusiastic academic environment with world-class fabrication and testing capabilities. The candidate will work closely with leading industrial and research groups. The student will be based at the University of Twente (NL). However, the student is also expected to spend substantial amounts of time at the FOM institute for plasma physics Rijnhuizen (NL), Carl Zeiss (D), and DESY/FLASH (D).

Your task

You will design and manufacture reflecting optics, build optical instruments to characterize and control wavefront aberration, and develop hardware and software to control and monitor the mirror. You will collaborate closely with the researcher developing the novel materials required to build the smart optic. Knowledge of deposition processes, in particular pulsed laser deposition, would be a significant advantage.

What we expect

The ideal candidate has a MSc. in physics, has experience with optics and/or deposition techniques, in particular pulsed laser deposition. An affinity with computer modeling would also be advantageous. The candidate should be goal-oriented and ready to take responsibility for his/her part of the project. He/She is expected to be able to formulate relevant scientific questions and to undertake appropriate (research) actions towards the realization of functional sub-assemblies and integration into a complete device. The chosen candidate will be an enthusiastic person with good communicative skills, especially in written and spoken English. He or she must be open-minded and flexible in order to thrive in a cultural rich environment and capable of working independently as well as in a team.

What we offer

We offer you a PhD position for 4 years. Your starting salary will be € 2042, – gross per month in the first year and up to € 2612, – gross per month in the last year. In addition, the collaborative nature of this project will provide the candidate with ample opportunity to interact with many leading scientists working in a wide variety of fields.

Information and application

For more information please contact dr. Chris Lee (+31-53-4893968, c.j.lee@utwente.nl). Applications should include an application/motivation letter, a detailed CV (resume), a publication list, contact details of at least 2 referees, and an academic transcript of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. education. A TOEFL or IELTS score is generally requested to verify sufficient mastering of the English language. Vacancy number 09/170.

http://ut-iso.org/lowongan-s3/185/phd-smart-xuv-optics

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