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ALVIMED project
Analysis of nutritional consumption of the families during the Covid-19 lockdown in Spain and Morocco and its impact on the nutritional state.
More information: info@geps.es
Database availability
GEPS offers to the interested audience the anonymised microdata of the 'Survey on Baby Boom and Baby Bust 2012'. The survey is available for researchers and policy makers in the Harvard Dataverse repository:
(https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/XVEYVG)
Article: Reher, D., Requena, M., Sánchez-Domínguez, M., Sanz Gimeno, A. & Nieves Pombo (2021): "A survey of baby booms and busts in 20th century Spain", Demographic Research, Published online December 7, 2021. https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol45/41/default.htm
Calls for applications
Convocatorias y vacantes de plazas de investigación
Two post-docs positions at the UNED, Madrid
January 2023-September 2025
Details: https://blogs.uned.es/sociologia2/2022/11/08/two-post-docs-positions-at-the-uned-madrid/
Research Associate (1-2 years) in the PERSIST Project, at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
We seek applications for a research associate position within the research project “Persistence in University Exams: Evidence from High-Stakes Test on Digital Platforms” (PERSIST). The project is headed by Jonas Radl (Department of Social Sciences) and Jan Stuhler (Department of Economics); it is funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI, Reference: PID2020-117525RB-I00).
Deadline for applications: June 26th, 2022.
Two Postdoctoral Researchers (1 year) in the ongoing ERC project EFFORT (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).
The EFFORT project seeks applications from excellent candidates with a strong interest in social science. We offer up to two 1-year postdoctoral positions within the research project “Effort and Social Inequality: Advancing Measurement and Understanding Parental Origin Effects” (EFFORT). The project is headed by Jonas Radl; it is funded by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant no. 758600).
Full details on the advertised positions are available here.
Deadline for application is June 10, 2022.
Older calls
Post-doctoral positions in the Department of Social Science, at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Application Deadline: February 22, 2022
Position Start Date: September 2022
More information: https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Empleo/es/Detalle/Ficha_C/1371324232581/1371272207002/Post-doctoral_positions_in_the_Department_of_Social_Science
EFFORT Project (June 22nd, 2021)
We are looking for a research technician to support laboratory experiments from September onwards.
More information: https://www.effort-project.eu/2021/06/22/call-for-applications-research-associate-in-madrid/
PhD Researcher Vacancy (fully-funded, for 4 years) in the PERSIST Project, at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
The PERSIST project seeks applications from candidates with a strong interest in social science research. We offer a 4-year predoctoral fellowship to develop a doctoral dissertation at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid as part of the research project “Persistence in University Exams: Evidence from High-Stakes Test on Digital Platforms” (PERSIST). The project is headed by Jonas Radl (Department of Social Sciences) and Jan Stuhler (Department of Economics); it is funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI, Reference: PID2020-117525RB-I00). The successful applicant shall join the PhD Program in Social Sciences of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The closing date for receipt of applications is 11 November 2021 (2 p.m. CET).
More information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ-R3DRnGwvyGGjhA3Y22bRj9k4heOaOT0Ih918Y8j0mc1pR1Fu8HB5yrqXqjIdCOlTALl_zbdiCQpu/pub
RAMÓN Y CAJAL Y/O JUAN DE LA CIERVA EN EL ÁREA DE SOCIOLOGÍA POLÍTICA (29 de octubre de 2021)
The UNED Department of SOCIOLOGY II announces its interest in supporting the application for 1 grant for Ramon y Cajal and/or Juan de la Cierva contracts in the next call of the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) within the area of Political Sociology. Applications from researchers working on social and political participation, activism, socio-political inequalities, political socialisation, politicisation processes will be particularly welcome.
Those interested should send their CV and a summary of their line of research to jbenedicto@poli.uned.es (subject: Ayudas RyC or Ayudas JC ) before December 1st.
Note: The characteristics and requirements of these grants can be consulted on the website of the Agencia Estatal de Investigación: http://aei.gob.es/
Latest GEPS incorporations
Manuel Tomás Valdés Fernández (UNED)
Nerea Bello Iglesias (UNED)
María Rubio Cabañez (UC3M)