Funded, three year Ph.D position at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, beginning July 2015. Research costs funded plus an annual stipend (CHF 47,000 in first year, rising to CHF50,000 in third year). The candidate will conduct research in a Wampar-speaking area of the Markham Valley, PNG, on a project led by Bettina Beer and Doris Bacalzo, for a total of 15 months (a 9 month and a subsequent 6 month period); the project is entitled: International capital and local inequality: A longitudinal ethnography of the Wampar (Papua New Guinea) under the impact of two large projects (a copper-gold mine and a timber biomass energy plant). The candidate should have a 1st Class Hons or MA (or equivalent) in anthropology or a suitable cognate discipline and be prepared to relocate to Lucerne; prior fieldwork experience in Melanesia is highly desirable; reading knowledge of German would be an advantage. Applications should be addressed to Bettina Beer and sent to [email protected]. Please include the names and email addresses of two referees. Closing date Dec 10, 2014
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