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

Fri Jul 22 06:23:15 GMT 2016



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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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