In the context of the Swiss national science foundation (SNSF) «Sinergia Project»
Local power structures and transnational connections. New perspectives on elites in Switzerland. 1890-2020
The Universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Zurich invite applications for the following five positions:
1) Post-doctoral position (full time) as project coordinator and senior researcher
(University of Lausanne, UNIL)
2) PhD position 1 (full time): involved in subproject (S1) “Chambers of
commerce: local actors with transnational connections”
(University of Zurich, UZH)
3) PhD position 2 (full time): involved in sub-project (S2) “Locally embedded and
globalized corporate elite in three major economic sectors”
(University of Fribourg, UNIFR)
4) PhD position 3 (full time): involved in sub-project (S3) “Art societies and
cultural institutions: from patronage to market”
(University of Lausanne, UNIL)
5) PhD position 4 (full time): involved in sub-project (S4) “Universities and
academic elites between local rootedness and transnational connections”
(University of Lausanne, UNIL)
This interdisciplinary «Sinergia Project» is coordinated by four co-applicants:
Prof. André Mach and Dr. Stéphanie Ginalski (UNIL); Prof. Eric Davoine (UNIFR), and Prof. Matthieu Leimgruber (UZH).
The full reserarch project is available on the Swiss elites observatory (OBELIS) website
Beginning and duration of the project: 01.09.2019, 48 months
For any further information, please contact andre.mach@unil.ch
