Post-doctoral Research Fellowships

Toulouse, France

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fellows are provided with office space, computer facilities, and a two-year contract renewable for a third year.

We welcome applications from researchers in a wide range of disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, including anthropology, economics, evolutionary biology, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. Motivated applications from outside these disciplines will also be considered.

We seek candidates with a strong research background in their discipline but open to engaging in interdisciplinarity. Successful applicants must demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to at least one of the other disciplines of IAST. All research interests relevant to studying human behavior and organization are welcome. However, interests that complement and enhance those already developed at IAST — particularly those in line with one of the Research Teams — will be given special consideration. These interests include (to cite a few):

• In anthropology: cooperation and conflict, life history theory, human development and plasticity, health and infectious disease, aging, demography, diet and nutrition, global health, evolutionary medicine, and genetics.

• In evolutionary biology: evolutionary theory, social evolution, major evolutionary transitions, and behavioral ecology.

• In history: quantitative economic history (cliometrics), empirical political economy in history, qualitative economics, and social history.

• In political science: public opinion and public policies, political economy, political institutions, development, experimental political science, and studies of networks and their impact on individual and collective action.

• In psychology: artificial intelligence ethics, cumulative culture, human-machine cooperation, machine behavior, moral character, moral dilemmas, social credit, social learning, and social preferences.

• In sociology: analytical sociology, social networks, social mobility, inequality and social stratification, polarization and social influence, and environmental sociology.

How to apply

To apply for a Research Fellowship, please send your application (before November 15, 2024) by clicking on the link below:

https://www.iast.fr/postdoctoral-fellowship-2025-2026

Each application should include (only in English):
- CV.
- Cover Letter (not to exceed two single-spaced pages). This should include a statement addressing current research and future plans.
- At least two writing samples (e.g., published peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, book chapters).
- Contact information (i.e., name, title, email) of at least three references willing to provide a letter on your behalf. Note that your references will automatically receive an email notification from IAST once you submit your application. Just in case, please ask your references to check their spam folders. The deadline for submitting recommendation letters is November 30, 2024.

https://www.iast.fr/research-fellowships

27/09/2024

15/11/2024

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