The Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) is looking to recruit a number of postdoctoral researchers to work on projects within the centre’s research agenda. The postdocs will contribute to joint centre projects on urban societies and their networks. The projects should pertain to the archaeology and history of the Indian Ocean World, the Near East, the Mediterranean or Northern Europe from the 3rd century BCE until medieval times. The positions are for one year with the possibility to extend for a further year. They will commence on 1 February 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

We are looking for candidates who are specialised and interested in the following themes:

• The disuse, appropriation and recycling of monumental structures of the Roman period in the Near East, the Central Mediterranean and the northern provinces, and the reuse of building materials, including lime kilns, lead and metal fitting, architectural glass and building stone.
• Environmental change and landscape management from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
• The relationship between urban centres, landscape use and settlement history in Mesopotamia, the Near East and Central Italy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
• Innovations and diffusions in craft technology and the circulation and reuse of copper alloys, glass and ceramics in Post-Roman Northern Europe.
• The geoarchaeology of urban stratigraphies.

Each postdoc will work on a specific project and produce single- and co-authored publications while also contributing to the wider scope of their respective research groups.

Applicants must have a PhD degree in archaeology or equivalent qualifications at an international level.