Research Chair on "Challenge on OneHealth/Sustainability/European Studies in the human and social sciences"

Deadline for applications: October 31st, 2024, 6:00 pm (Paris, CET)

Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University in partnership with the Paris Institute for Advanced Study is offering two 5-month fellowship (or or one renewable) for high-level international researcher in the humanities and social sciences during the academic year 2025 (from February 3rd 2025 to June 30th 2025 - from September 1st to January 30th 2026).

This Chair aims to support the activities of Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University within the framework of the European university UNA EUROPA, of which it has been a founder member in 2019, and that brings together 11 leading research-intensive universities from across Europe with a global reputation and reach.
The partners have been educating and teaching for more than a thousand years and today represent more than 400,000 students. Together, they are working around five themes: sustainable development, European studies and Europe in the world, cultural heritage, global health, data and artificial intelligence, in order to offer innovative training and disciplinary and multidisciplinary research to forge a community of life, exchange and mobility.

The Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Chair gives a researcher the possibility to work on an innovative project advancing knowledge on the different dimensions concerned in HSS on the international subjects of OneHealth/Sustainability/European Studies.
More specifically, the successful researcher will be required to:

• Build common and collaborative and interdisciplinary reflexion on theses concepts in HSS in the Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, of his/her choice:
  - Study the impact of the concept of One Heath on researches on the link between human health, animal and vegetal protection.
  - Study how the concept of "Sustainability" is received in Europe and/or the rest of the world.
  - Study how the concept of Democracy is approached throughout "European Studies"

• Participate in the collective life of Paris1 (taking part in teaching, responding to calls for projects, organising events/seminars/symposia/conferences in Paris 1, etc.)

The laureates will benefit from the outstanding work conditions and the scientific environment of the Paris IAS, and will collaborate in priority with Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne University’s research teams and Interdisciplinary Institutes.

Deadline for applications: October 31st, 2024, 6:00 pm (Paris, CET)

Applicants may request either:

• A 5-month fellowship from February 3rd to June 30th 2025
• A 5-month fellowship from September 1st 2025 to January 31th 2026
• A 10-month fellowship from February 3rd to June 30th 2025 AND September 1st 2025 to January 31th 2026

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THEME

Challenge in HSS
Initiation and development of research on global health/Sustainability/European studies in the humanities and social sciences

This research chair is focused on the humanities and social sciences (HSS) with a strong interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral dimension. It aims to take up the challenge of bringing together researchers from different disciplines at the Paris 1 University with a view to developing research on the identified themes. Many teacher-researchers and/or researchers undertake work, publications and seminars on the theme of health, health safety, environmental safety, environmental issues and European questions, without necessarily taking into account their interdisciplinary dimension.

In addition to building up a network of researchers, the work carried out under this Chair should lead to the development of thinking on these issues, both globally and by sector, through conferences, seminars, symposia, publications and other deliverables such as a website or blog, MOOCs, etc. 

The researcher will also work closely with members of Paris1 University who are involved in the various Self Steering Committees of the UNA EUROPA alliance (European studies, Sustainability,  One Health), as well as with the activities of the new L3E laboratory (Europe, Space, Environnement). Prospects could include all research teams at Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

The main objective of the P1PS/IAS Chair is to provide new knowledge in the areas of HSS, which could also be useful to society. It could promote for this purpose a participatory approach with social actors (citizens, public institutions, economic actors, NGOs) because of the relevance of their knowledge - whether traditional, hybrid or technical -. The Chair should therefore also be an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of Global Health in HSS on the implementation of public policies in France or in Europe.

The Chair offers international researchers in HSS a 5- or 10-month research grant at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (https://www.paris-iea.fr/fr), in order to develop innovative research linked to the Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne laboratories and more generally with the scientific and economic fabric of the Paris region, one of the densest in Europe. The stay at the Paris IAS guarantees the creation of scientific collaborations of excellence and academic visibility of the results obtained.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

During the stay, the holder of the Chair is expected to give or organize seminars or lectures as well as to organize an international interdisciplinary conference in Paris on themes related to the research project, in collaboration with the research teams at Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

S/he will also have the possibility to convene smaller meetings and invite researchers for short stays at the Paris IAS to contribute to the research project, give lectures, etc. In addition, s/he will benefit from the help of the institute to set up innovative mechanisms to enable citizens to participate in research and to disseminate the results.

At the end of the fellowship, the holder of the Chair must write at least one research report which will be made public.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

Researchers from all countries members of UNA EUROPA Alliance are eligible:

• Germany
• Italy
• Ireland
• Finland
• Poland
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Spain
• Switzerland

Applicants who have spent more than a total of 12 months in France during the 3 years prior to the application are not eligible.

This call for applications is open to:

• Senior university professors or researchers holding a position in a university or research institution  and having a minimum of 10 years of full time research experience after their PhD (at the time of the application). To be considered a senior, the applicant must have received her/his PhD before January 1st 2014.
• Junior scholars having the status of postdoctoral researcher or holding a position in a university or research institution, and having a minimum of 2 and maximum of 9 years of research experience after the PhD. To be eligible and considered a junior, the applicant must have received her/his PhD between January 1st 2014 and January 1st 2022.

English is required as well as knowledge of French.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The main criteria of selection are:

• the scientific excellence of the project and its innovative character;
• the transdisciplinary and intersectoral potential of the research;
• the career path of the applicant;
• the applicant’s capacity to collaborate with Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and UNA EUROPA community.

We advise the applicants to state explicitly why their project is innovative, and what its potential impacts in other disciplines and sectors are.

The application, in English, must be submitted via an online application system. Paper or e-mail applications are not accepted.

The application consists of the following items:

• The completed application form;
• A curriculum vitae (10 pages maximum) including a list of publications and a list of the 5 publications considered as most important by the applicant;
• A detailed proposal on research, point of interest, teaching … (25 000 characters maximum, spaces included. This count does not include the bibliography). The proposal should include :
  • Theme
  • State of the art in the field, innovative character of the proposal
  • Theoretical  framework and methodology
  • Expected outcomes and impact
  • Work planning, timescales
  • Existing or planned scientific cooperation and contacts in P1P-Sorbonne University and in France
  • Bibliography (books and articles cited);
• Two summaries of the research project (1500 characters maximum for each, spaces included): one for an audience of specialists of the field of research, and one for non-specialists;
• A letter of cooperation with one or more research teams of P1P-Sorbonne University, signed by a member of the team. The letter must state the nature of the planned collaboration;
• A list of four topics (two of them at least related to the theme of the research proposal) on which the applicant could give a lecture during the fellowship;
• In the case of Junior Fellows (2 to 9 years after the PhD at the time of the application), two letters of recommendation;

CALENDAR

Application deadline: October 31st, 2024, 6:00 pm (Paris, CET)

Preselection: November 2024

Final selection and notification of results: End of November 2024

Starting dates of the chair: February 2025 for a 5- or 10-month chair

CONDITIONS OF STAY

The holder of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University - Paris IAS Chair benefits from all the advantages the Paris IAS provides its fellows, among which housing in Paris, a monthly remuneration (or complement of remuneration) and the payment of the round-trip ticket to Paris.

Housing: The Paris IAS provides apartments in the Pavillon Victor Lyon at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. This building, entirely refurbished, offers 2- to 5-room apartments, a conference room and other services. Depending on the availability of the apartments at the pavillon, other housing options might be offered to the successful applicants.

Status and remuneration: The holder of the Chair who maintains a status in her/his home institution benefits from a stipend. When it is not the case, the Paris IAS proposes a short term research contract with salary. In all cases, the remuneration depends on the researcher’s personal and professional situation and on whether s/he continues to receive pay from her/his home institution. The benchmark pay scale corresponds to prevailing standards in French academia.

Travel: Travel costs from the fellow’s home to Paris and back are covered by the IAS (economy class).

Support for research: During their stay, the chairholders will have an office with a computer, Internet access, and printer in the premises of the Paris IAS, in the 17th Century historical monument Hôtel de Lauzun. The IAS also provides meeting and conference rooms.

The researcher may receive financial support for her/his work and scientific activities. This includes the organization of events (colloquia, seminars, lectures, etc.), doctoral training, intersectoral workshop and short term invitations of researchers to the IAS. Help for the translation and publication of their research texts can also be proposed.

The Paris IAS and its partner institutions have signed agreements enabling the researcher to enjoy special access and borrowing privileges in the main Paris university-based research libraries. In addition, s/he can have most books and documents delivered directly from the libraries to the institute.

For additional information:

About the Paris IAS: https://www.paris-iea.fr
About Paris1-Panthéon Sorbonne University: https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/
Contact address for this call: candidature@paris-iea.fr