[ecrea] Post-doc position in Mobiles4Development (M4D) in South Africa

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Applications are invited for a *post-doc position *at Rhodes University 
in Grahamstown/*South Africa*.

This is a *12-months full time position* renewable depending on the 
availability of funds - R 180 000 per annum and additional funds are 
available to support research and conference presentations. South 
African and foreign citizens from a wide range of disciplinary 
backgrounds will be considered.

The position is hosted by the ICT Education Unit in the Education 
Department, but the successful candidate will be part  of a 
multi-disciplinary team.  In rural and peri-urban areas of the Eastern 
Cape Province of South Africa, mobile phones play an important role in 
mediating the relationship with the local territory. The project 
“*Mediating the territory: mobile phones and hyperlocal services in 
marginalised areas*” seeks to explore such a role through exploratory 
research, adaptation and implementation of mobile service platforms and 
evaluation of the impact.

Besides playing an active role in the project, the successful candidate 
is expected to publish the equivalent of two articles in subsidy-earning 
journals a year, to contribute to teaching and post-graduate supervision 
and to assist with administration and logistics.

Submissions are open until the position is filled. The starting date of 
the contract is 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. 
Please email the application to: *Prof Lorenzo Dalvit ((l.dalvit /at/ ru.ac.za)).*

Full information about required documents: 
*http://www.ru.ac.za/research/postdoctoralfellows/*

(Non-South African citizens have to obtain a visitor’s/research visa, 
with special reference to postdoctoral status and are required to have 
South African medical cover for the duration of their Postdoctoral 
Fellowship.)
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