The Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) welcomes applications for three Doctoral Researcher positions in the field of Border Studies of the new Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The positions are associated with the activities of the university’s Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters (BOMOCULT) Research Community. The successful candidate will investigate social, economic, regional, political or cultural processes related to borders or border areas, or processes of border-making and border-transcending, in a chosen geographic location.
The researcher positions will be filled starting from 1 March 2025 at the latest for a fixed term of three years. The Deadline for applications is 15 January 2025.
For more information, please, see the Call for applications at the UEF Open positions home page.
The Karelian Institute is a multidisciplinary institute and research community of about 50 scholars focusing on contemporary challenges related to borders, regions and cultures. The research perspectives emerge from and are supported by the Institute’s three intertwined priority areas: Borders and Russia, Ethnicity and culture, and Regional and rural studies. The Institute also hosts the Spatia Centre for Regional Research and VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies.
The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is the most multidisciplinary university in Finland. Our university employs approximately 3,200 employees, and our community includes approximately 17,000 degree students and 16,000 adult education students in two campuses located in Joensuu and Kuopio. The Karelian Institute is based at the Joensuu campus of UEF.