The Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) is looking to recruit a full-time (37 hours/week) research assistant for the period 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2024, with the possibility of a 1-year extension.
The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the UrbNet centre director, Professor Rubina Raja, on a number of tasks, including:
- supporting large research/publication projects (including copyediting and indexing)
- carrying out data collection, data management and analysis (under supervision)
- performing research tasks within the area of classical archaeology, e.g. literature searches and image processing
- supporting processes in connection with funding applications/reporting to funding agencies.
Applicants are expected to have the following qualifications:
- a Master’s degree in classical archaeology or a related discipline (this is a minimum requirement);
- a strong interest in the academic subjects represented at UrbNet;
- fluency in English (spoken and written);
- preferably knowledge of other modern languages such as French, German and Italian.
The Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) was founded in 2015 as a groundbreaking archaeological research initiative exploring the evolution of urbanism and urban networks from the Hellenistic Period to the Middle Ages. The centre is based at Aarhus University, School of Culture and Society, and is funded as a Centre of Excellence by the Danish National Research Foundation.
UrbNet aims to compare the archaeology of urbanism from medieval Northern Europe to the ancient Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean World, and determine how – and to what extent – urban networks catalysed societal and environmental expansions and crises in the past.