PhD position “Stone age heritage as shared landscapes” in the HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network “Archaeological Coastal Heritage: Past, present and future of a hidden prehistoric legacy”

Project details

Project description

DC8 investigates how existing and future archaeological activities in shared landscapes can be made locally relevant, sustainable, and attuned to contemporary dynamics at multiple scales. DC8 examines three case study areas across Europe (Norway, W-France, Latvia) that host coastal Stone Age hunter-fisher-gatherer heritage (excavated/not excavated), mapping different actors (such as local community heritage enthusiasts, municipal administrations, builders, planners, cultural heritage management actors, scientists, and environmental protection and conservation groups), interests, challenges and opportunities that may affect future management and use of these sites.

Using anthropological and social science methods, DC8 provides an in-depth understanding of the socio-material dynamics that shape these shared landscapes, ranging from structural and economic conditions to social and cultural factors and environmental concerns. The comparative knowledge will be used to identify how prehistoric hunter-fisher-gatherer traces can best be integrated into future planning and use of these landscapes in a sensitive and inclusive manner, e.g., as places of learning in sustainable infrastructure development or tourism. DC8 fosters consciousness and reflexivity among site stakeholders (including researchers and other actors), both within and beyond the network, to strengthen public dialogue and inclusiveness.

This project provides training for a career in sustainable natural and cultural resource management. Expected results consist of academic and popular science outputs, the former a dissertation and two co-authored journal articles. Data will be stored at UGOT. 

Academic secondments

DC8 has a cross-regional comparative perspective through secondments to SE-Norway, W-France and Latvia. Academic secondments occur at the University of Oslo (2 months), CNRS/University of Rennes, France (2 months), and University of Latvia, Latvia (1 month), with the purpose of developing a comparative understanding of stone age heritage in different case-study sites. 

Non-academic secondments

Viken County Council (Norway), to learn regional management of archaeological sites and administration of cultural landscapes with diverse stakeholders (1 month). 

Supervisors

• Main supervisor: Professor Maris Gillette, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
• Co-supervisors: Associate Professor Axel Mjærum, University of Oslo and Dr. Valdis Bērziņš, University of Latvia

Eligibility criteria

The recruitment process for all Doctoral candidates in the HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN ArCHe follows a common recruitment strategy, which is based on the European Commission’s Code of Conduct of Recruitment

MSCA-eligibility criteria

• MSCA Mobility Rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their date of recruitment
• All researchers recruited in a DN must be doctoral candidates (i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment)

Necessary local eligibility criteria (specific for the host institution/beneficiary)

According to Chapter 7, paragraph 39 of the Higher Education Ordinance, applicants must have obtained a degree in the second-cycle (master’s level), completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 are at the advanced level, or in some other way acquired essentially equivalent knowledge either within or outside of Sweden.

In addition, applicants to the PhD in social anthropology must have completed least 90 university credits in social anthropology or an equivalent subject. 

Enrolment in local PhD-programme

The successful applicant will be enrolled in the PhD programme in Social Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. 

Appropriate academic knowledge and skills for position DC8

Appropriate academic knowledge and skills for DC8 include experience in qualitative social science research methods and skills related to participant-action research.

Knowledge of French or Norwegian/Swedish is a merit. 

How to apply

You apply for the position via the website of Gothenburg University.

Go to application

Application deadline: May 24th, 2024

Contact for the ArCHe PhD position DC8

Maris Gillette

maris.gillette@gu.se
Phone: +46 73 541 90 61