University Assistant postdoctoral - FWF project RE-SECURE

About this position:

We are currently seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (Post-Doc) to join the FWF ASTRA project RE-SECURE – Remaking Security: Technopolitics in the Global East, led by Dr. Dagmar Vorlíček, at the Department of Sociology.

The project:

RE-SECURE explores how expertise developed under past political regimes can be renegotiated and adapted for new security purposes. Focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Your future tasks:

The postdoctoral researcher will lead a case study on cybersecurity in Estonia, examining how Cold War cybernetic expertise has been reworked in the context of post-socialist security transformation of Estonia.

Your responsibilities include:

• Conducting independent postdoctoral research within the RE-SECURE framework
• Developing and conducting a case study on cybernetics/cybersecurity in Estonia
• Designing and carrying out qualitative empirical research
• Contributing to comparative and conceptual work
• Publishing and presenting research results

Your profile:

• Completed PhD in sociology, political science, STS, international relations, history, anthropology, or a related discipline
• Research focus on politics, technology, and history
• Excellent qualitative methodological skills
• Fluency in English