FW: [ISAP] Call for RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (predoc)

[David Hunter - Hunter Geophysics]

 

 

	David Hunter
	Director   |  Hunter Geophysics – Archaeological and shallow sub-surface geophysicists
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From: Immo Trinks [mailto:tri...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2011 9:31 AM
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Subject: [ISAP] Call for RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (predoc)

Call for RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (predoc)

The newly established

Initiative College for Archaeological Prospection (IC-ArchPro)

at the University of Vienna

is offering 10 positions (3 years, 50% full-time equivalent) for

 pre-doctoral Research Assistants.

The multidisciplinary IC-ArchPro is a 3-year structured doctoral programme at the University of Vienna, where up to 10 PhD students will be employed as Research Assistants and receive a specialized training in non-destructive archaeological prospection. It will give the opportunity to carry out investigations at the international forefront of scientific research.

The IC-ArchPro is directed by a group of internationally distinguished scientists from the Faculty of Geosciences, Geography and Astronomy and the Faculty of Historical-Cultural Sciences of the University of Vienna (http://ic-archpro.univie.ac.at/). It benefits from close ties to the newly established Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI) and its European research network (http://archpro.lbg.ac.at). Staff members of both, the LBI and its partner organisations – national and international experts in the fields of high-tech archaeological prospection, geoarchaeology and geomatics – will contribute to the teaching, training, supervision, and research of the PhD students.

The main objective for the candidates will be to develop fundamental competence in the application of archaeological prospection at the scale of a single site to entire landscapes for spatial archaeology. The candidates will receive training in the skills of planning, data acquisition, data processing, data analysis and interpretation of archaeological prospection data-sets in a GIS-based working environment. The candidates will obtain thorough knowledge of a wide spectrum of archaeological prospection methods, their potential, strengths, weaknesses, and related procedures in terms of the archaeological application and cultural heritage management.

 

As a candidate, you will have to:

·         Complete a dissertation project within the research topics of the IC-ArchPro (http://ic-archpro.univie.ac.at/research-topics/).  The main focus will be to combine data acquisition, processing and visualisation with spatial analysis and archaeological interpretation of the data

·         Take part in the training programme (http://ic-archpro.univie.ac.at/training/)

·         Spend some time abroad to do internships and practical fieldwork

·         Publish and disseminate research results

·         Assist in teaching at the University of Vienna

Candidates are requested to have:

·         Completed advanced degree (Magister/Diplom/Master) before end of August 2011 in:

Archaeology, Geophysics, Photogrammetry/Remote Sensing, Geography, Geology or Computer Science

·         Basic knowledge of GIS and archaeological prospection techniques.

·         Interest to work in an international team.

·         Excellent command of English.

For application, following documents should be submitted:

·         Curriculum Vitae and certificates of all university degrees received

·         Letter of motivation related to the IC-ArchPro research topics

·         References

The Research Assistants will be employed at the University of Vienna for a period of 3 years part-time (20 hours/week). The total annual gross salary will be Euro 16,966. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration. It will be necessary to reside in Vienna. Basic knowledge of German is beneficial.

Please send your application from 7^th to 28^th of February 2011

per email (max. 5 MB) to

office.i...@univie.ac.at