Postdoc call for candidates to join the CareNet research group in the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

[Israel Rodriguez]

Dear colleagues,


We’d like to share this call for candidates to the Beatriu de Pinós Programme Grants (BP 2018). The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award up to 60 grants for the incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system, within the Beatriu de Pinós programme (BP 2018)

For a full description (including rules and the application form) follow this link

The deadline for submissions is 28th of February 2018.

Our research group, CareNet, is seeking candidates who are interested in joining our research work at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) in the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The goal of CareNet is to understand the impact of technologies, particularly ICT, on the social and cultural reconfiguration of care and preparedness in the network society. This interest is built upon our interdisciplinary background in Science and Technology Studies (STS), Disability Studies, Digital Sociology and Social Psychology.

Our main current research lines are:

• Technological and social innovations for later life and independent living.
• The reconfiguration of care in the context of crisis: concerned and self-help groups, technoscientific activism, mutual support and communities of care.   
• Urban infrastructures of care: Socio-spatial relations of labour, care and the body.
• Disability, gender and sexuality.
• Social Studies of Emergencies, Crisis and Disasters.
• Sensing technologies, public awareness and participation.

For more details about the research group and these lines, have a look at this web.

If you are interested in submitting a research proposal to this grant and join our group, please send a motivation letter, a CV including list of publications, and a statement on current and future research interests by email to Israel Rodríguez (irodri...@uoc.edu) and Daniel López Gómez (dlop...@uoc.edu) by 19th of February 2018.

Please circulate this call to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!

All the best,


Israel Rodríguez Giralt IN3 - Internet Interdisciplinary Institute CareNet Research Group  Senior Researcher  (+34) 934 505 495 irodri...@uoc.edu academia.edu / CUIDAR / CANDID @birrabel / @ProyectoCuidar / linkedin

Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 5 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona) in3.uoc.edu facebook / @IN3_UOC / linkedin

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