Kozminski University
is currently in the process of recruiting for the position of:
RESEARCH-AND-TEACHING ASSISTANT on a Ph.D. track in International Management Department
to join the Faculty of International Management
Requirements:
• has their Master diploma finished recently, or will have it finished until the time of appointment,
• is highly motivated to pursue an academic career and write an outstanding Ph.D.,
• speaks fluent English (to the extent that s/he is able to teach and write academic papers in this language.
People with prior degrees in anthropology, sociology, management, psychology, international relations, as well as in other social sciences are particularly encouraged to apply. An ideal candidate should have a good command of qualitative methods (or quantitative methods, while having some basic understanding of the qualitative ones), be interested in sociology or anthropology of organization, or in management and organization studies. Fluency in Polish is considered to be an important asset, but is not a requirement.
The Ph.D. topic should be discussed with the research team. Chiming in with the current research interests of the team would definitely be advantageous. These include virtual communities studies (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WoW, etc.), open collaboration communities (such as Wikipedia, FLOSS, etc.), knowledge-intensive organizations, organizational identity (including the topics of the social construction of gender), or professionalization of occupations and institutionalization of social roles.
We offer a possibility to work in a team of your researchers, with significant international exposure (gained through long-term research stays at e.g. Cornell University, Harvard University, University of California Berkeley, Stanford University, et al.), in a fairly a-hierarchical environment. The team’s achievements so far, including publications on the JCR list, as well as winning most of the awards available for your researchers in Poland, allow for academic development meeting the international standards.
Questions related to the advertised position can be directed to Dariusz Jemielniak (darekj@alk.edu.pl).
The offered position requires beginning work in October 2012 or, in justified circumstances, from February 2013 onwards. The applications will be evaluated on 30 June 2012, 30 August 2012, 30 October 2012, and 30 December 2012, until suitable candidates are selected (2-3 positions will be offered). The applicant are requested to indicate if they are interested in being reviewed in all rounds of reviews, should they not be selected in the first one they apply to.
Candidates fulfilling the criteria should forward their resume, motivational letter, record of conducted research, list of publications and copy of a diploma till 30 May 2012 by emaildarekj@alk.edu.pl and simultaneously to the following address:
Biuro Spraw Pracowniczych (Human Resources Office)
Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego (Kozminski University)
ul. Jagiellońska 59
03-301 Warszawa, POLAND
Please remember to add the following clause to your resume:
"I hereby agree for my personal details to be processed in the process of recruitment in accordance with the act of 29 August 1997 regarding the Protection of Personal Details (Legal Journal no. 133, pos. 883)"
along with this statement:
"I hereby state that in accordance with art. 109 of the act of 27 July 2005 "The Law of Higher Education" (Legal Journal no. 164, pos. 1365 with latter changes) I possess the qualifications mentioned in the legal act and full capability to perform legal actions and I have full public rights. I also certify, that I have not been convicted for committing a deliberate crime or a disciplinary punishment mentioned in art. 140 section 1 point 4 of the above mentioned act."
We will only contact the selected candidates. Applications which are not collected within 3 months after the submission deadline will be destroyed.
