Job Vacancies

Organizational Unit: UNU Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility (UNU-GCM) 

A vacancy has opened for a Postdoctoral Researcher to examine the impact of populations and migration on the Maroni (Marowijne) River on the Suriname-French Guiana border. The post is funded by CNRS in France. The deadline for submission is 31 March, 2017. 

Assistant Professor of Sociology on Questions of Migration or Islam (0.8 FTE) 

Faculty of Social Sciences 

Maximum salary: € 4,691 gross/month 

Vacancy number: 24.07.17 

Application deadline: 3 April 2017 

The Institute for European Studies (IES), a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), is calling for two full-time doctoral researchers in Environment and Sustainable Development (one – 4 years) and Migration and Diversity (one – 4 years) and a pre-Doc researcher (one – 1 year). Prospective PhD candidates are hereby invited to submit project proposals by 30 April 2017. 

Vacancy at International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Development and Migration. There is also a position available in Governance and Public Policy. 

Vacancy for a 18 month part time post (with the hope of offering extension of hours and/or time period) for someone with expertise on irregular migration in Europe in particular, to contribute to two current initiatives and to the further development of Compas’ research and/or learning exchange programme. 

Research Officer on the project ‘The Global Governed?’: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance 

Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Migration and Mobility Studies Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School, New York 

Project: MEDAM – Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration 

Researcher ( for a 50% position up to 12 months as from 1 September 2017)