Pdd Student

**Introduction**:
UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution with almost 5,000 staff and 17,000 students spread across the Dorigny campus and the CHUV, Epalinges and Sion sites. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, personal recognition and responsibility.

**Presentation**:
The Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD) seeks to recruit a

**PhD Student / Graduate Assistant in Social Geography and Development Studies.**

This position is under the responsibility of Prof. René Véron and linked to IGD’s Political Ecologies research cluster.

IGD is an interdisciplinary community of academics that work in the fields of Geography and Sustainability. With 25 professors and senior lecturers and more than 80 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, IGD offers an international, interdisciplinary environment that is stimulating and conducive to high-level research. It regularly hosts renowned conferences and researchers from all over the world.

**Job information**:
Starting date**:March 1, 2024 (or to be agreed upon)**
Contract length: 1 year, renewable 2 x 2 years, maximum 5 years
Activity rate: 80%
Workplace: University of Lausanne, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Géopolis, UNIL-Mouline, Lausanne, Switzerland

**Your responsibilities**:
**Your qualifications**:
French and English language proficiency is essential. English is the working language of Prof. Véron’s research group and French is the main teaching language at UNIL.

**What the position offers you**:
IGD offers a stimulating work environment and atmosphere, with dedicated support for developing an academic career. Members of our research groups become part of international networks and benefit from opportunities to attend conferences and workshops around the world.

We offer a good remuneration package and additional funds for fieldwork and conferences. Training opportunities are available at UNIL and in Swiss institutions that promote doctoral research, including the doctoral schools of the Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Romande and the International Graduate School North-South.

**Contact for further information**:
**Deadline: January 10, 2024**

Please submit the following documents in PDF format via the career website of the University of Lausanne:

- letter of motivation;
- full CV;
- a short (2-3 pages) proposal for doctoral research (knowing that the PhD topic will be specified later);
- the master’s thesis (and a research paper, if available);
- scans of university degrees and course transcripts/marks;
- the contact detail of two referees.

**Additional information**:

- UNIL is committed to equal opportunities and diversity._
- UNIL supports early career researchers._