Postdoc position “Leading the first data revolution in European agriculture” (University of Vienna)
RHN 101/2022 | Opportunity
https://www.ruralhistory.eu/newsletter/2022/rhn-2022-101
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RHN 101/2022 | Opportunity
Project DATAREV, “Leading the first data revolution in European agriculture: farm accountancy data and their impact 1870-1945”, Project leader: Assistant Prof. Federico D'Onofrio, Department of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna
Closing date for applications: 11 December 2022
Dear colleagues,
the DATAREV project team is hiring a new Postdoc to work on accounting as innovation in European agriculture. This position could be of interest for you, or you may know someone interested.
It is a one-year position (possibly renewable for one more year) at the Department of Economic and Social History of the University of Vienna.
The DATAREV project is funded by the European Research Council and investigates accounting and book-keeping practices in agriculture. It's an ambitious project drawing on a variety of approaches: economic history, business history, social history and the history of science and technology.
Successful applicants will work on the topic of accounting as innovation broadly defined, and will be responsible for DATAREV subproject 3 (as defined here: https://datarev.univie.ac.at/about-the-project/sub-projects/).
We welcome applications from young scholars (up to four years after their thesis defense) with a background in economic history, business history, social history and the history of science and technology (including the history of economics).
The deadline for applications is Sunday, 11th December 2022. The application package should contain: a letter of motivation, a cv including a list of publications, the name and email addresses of at least two referees and a research proposal connected with DATAREV subproject 3.
No previous knowledge of German is required.
The starting date is flexible.
You can apply here.
For any question, contact me at federico.donofrio@univie.ac.at