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General information about Malmö University
Since its inception in 1998, Malmö University has grown into the country's eighth largest institution of higher education with 25 000 students. Its education and research programmes are distinguished by their multidisciplinary, problem-oriented approach and social relevance. The university offers students a range of educations in five faculties: Culture and Society, Education and Society, Health and Society, Odontology, and Technology and Society.

Faculty of Culture and Society
The Faculty of Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies and the Department of Urban Studies. The Faculty has two areas of postgraduate education: New media, public spheres and forms of expression (NMOG), offering postgraduate education in the subject areas of Media and Communication Studies and Interaction Design; and Migration, Urbanisation and Societal Change (MUSA), offering postgraduate education in the subject areas of Urban Studies and International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER). Global Politics will now be added as a third interdisciplinary postgraduate research area within the Department of Global Political Studies.

Department of Global Political Studies (GPS)
The Department of Global Political Studies is a multidisciplinary research and educational environment consisting of eight subjects: European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Gender Studies, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), International Relations, Caucasus Studies, Human Rights, and Political Science. The Department's educational programmes and research focus on global processes of change and their impact on societies and individuals. Our research environment also includes MIM (Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare) and the research platform RUCARR (Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research).

BaM project and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
For this position you will be working for "The Becoming a Minority (BaM) project" led by professor Maurice Crul based at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, which is is one of the top research universities in the Netherlands and in Europe. The BaM project aims to investigate how people without a migration background respond to growing ethnic diversity in six Western European cities including Malmö. The employee will work for the BaM project in Malmö and will employed by Malmö University.

Job description and responsibilities
This position entails working as a research assistant during the survey data collection in Malmö among residents with a Swedish background. The research assistant will be working together with a PhD candidate in BaM Project in charge of the data collection in Malmö for a duration of 3 months from 1 March to 31 May 2019 for 16 hours a week. Tasks include translation of English research material to Swedish, approaching potential (and if possible difficult to reach) participants in their homes or in public spaces, scheduling face to face interviews, assisting respondents to fill out the survey if needed and assisting the PhD candidate in the fieldwork visits.

Qualification requirements
Successful candidates for the position is expected to:

Be enrolled as a student in Malmö University

Have a strong academic curriculum within a related field of study in the social sciences (preferably relating to ethnic relations)

Have an excellent command of both Swedish and English, both written and spoken

Have previous experience with face to face interviews

Have excellent communication skills

Have experience in reaching out to more vulnerable target groups is an advantage

Assessment and selection criteria
Candidates for this position will be assessed on their level of skills and proficiency as described in the above qualification requirements and in relation to how the candidate fits the profile for the position regarding research and other relevant experience.

Form of employment and starting date
The research assistant position is limited to 3 months, starting on the 1st of March 2019. The position will be placed at the Faculty of Culture and Society, the Department of Global political studies. Malmö University applies individual salary negotiations and may apply a probationary period. The position is 40%.

Information
Pieter Bevelander, professor, pieter.bevelander@mau.se

Rebecka Forslund, HR specialist, rebecka.forslund@mau.se

Marina Lazëri, PhD Candidate VU Amsterdam, m.lazeri@vu.nl

Instructions for application
You apply through Malmö Universities' recruitment system by clicking the button "Ansök/apply". Your application must be completed with a motivation letter (max. 500 words) and a CV. Your application must have arrived no later than 2019-02-15.



Union representatives

SACO, rebecka.johansson@mau.se

ST/OFR, martin.reissner@mau.se



Welcome to apply!

Varaktighet, arbetstid
Deltid/ Ej specificerat

Publiceringsdatum
2019-02-01

Ersättning
Malmö University applies individual salary negotiations and may apply a probationary period

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Sista dag att ansöka är 2019-02-15
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Företag
Malmö universitet

Adress
Malmö universitet
205 06
20506 Malmö

Kontorsadress
205 06

Jobbnummer
4589094

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