Location

Campus Duisburg

Application area

Mercator School of Management, Area Ruhr, GRK-2833 East Asian Futures

Doctoral Research (f,m,x, No. 697-24)
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The interdisciplinary research training group GRK 2833 solicits doctoral dissertations for research on East Asian projections and conceptions of the future: how they emerged, on what premises they were based, and how they have been and continue to be applied to the paradigmatic fields of (1) language, religion, and ideology, (2) self and society, (3) resources and technology, and (4) sovereignty and governance. The temporal focus is on the modern and contemporary periods. The relevant fields of research are • Area studies: Sinology/Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies • and/or further disciplines with a strong focus on East Asia, such as Social Sciences (Political Science, Economics, Sociology), History, Religious Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies. The doctoral studies will be conducted at the Faculty of East Asian Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), respectively its constituting faculties, with periods of field work and archival / library research in East Asia. The participating researchers cooperate and coordinate their activities in the Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr. GRK 2833 is supported by a grant of the German Research Foundation DFG funded by the German federal government and the federal states. For further information on the research programme and the curriculum for doctoral researchers, please refer to the GRK 2833 website.

Start of employment

2025-10-01

Duration of employment

48 Month

Working time

29 H. 52 M. (75%)

Your main tasks

• Conducting doctoral research, including fieldwork in East Asia.
• Submitting a doctoral thesis after max. four years.
• Active participation in the structured, English-language doctoral curriculum of the research training group GRK 2833.
• Active participation in the outreach activities of the research training group.

Your profile

• You hold an above-average Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in a discipline relevant to the chosen project.
• You command the ability to formulate an original research question independently and to plan a research design to answer the question.
• You are highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• You have excellent written and oral skills in English and a high command of at least one East Asian language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, classical and/or modern).
• You are willing to conduct academic research also in a non-European context.
• You have a strong interest and an initial idea for a doctoral project in the research programme East Asian Futures, relating to one or several of the four subthemes.

We offer you

• Challenging and varied tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility.
• Team-oriented cooperation in a committed, international and appreciative team.
• Employment at one of Germany’s largest universities in the University Alliance Ruhr network.
• Support in reconciling family and work/academics (including childcare placement, holiday offers, mobile children’s room).
• You will benefit from being a member of the AREA Ruhr with its wide research network and of the respective graduate centres Research School at RUB and Graduate Centre Plus at UDE under the umbrella of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), which provide research and learning environments with structured guidance on academic skills training, support for attending conferences, and manifold opportunities for networking and career development.

Application deadline

2025-01-31

Code number

697-24

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Information about the job

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Travel expenses for interviews cannot be refunded.

Contact details for your application:

Simone KORTUNG, Phone: +49 234 32 12279
Nora BRASSE, Phone: +49 234 32 12116