Fwd: [EASST-Eurograd] Salaried PhD position in STS at Linköping U, Sweden | iEvidence; Tinkering with evidence as doing disease

[Daniel López]

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Asunto: [EASST-Eurograd] Salaried PhD position in STS at Linköping U, Sweden | iEvidence; Tinkering with evidence as doing disease
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We are announcing a fully salaried PhD position at a thriving STS unit in Sweden: Technology and Social Change, Linköping University.

iEvidence; Tinkering with evidence as doing disease

In many ways, the production of evidence and disease definitions is no longer restricted to clinical researchers and pharmaceutical companies. Patients for instance turn their bodies into ‘personal laboratories’ with health-hacking devices and on web forums patients share data they deem relevant for (living with) their disease. Through research funding and participation, patient associations increasingly focus on taking part in the shaping of scientific studies. This development is often presented as a radical shift in which health, illness, and patient-subjectivity get substantially redefined and healthcare becomes “patient-driven”. However, the large majority of these new tendencies seem to be precisely in line with dominant bioclinical parameters. This project studies the self-production of subjectivities through technological devices. It thereby draws upon social theory that gives objects a central place in the production of subjectivities. It also connects to questions on the relation between amateur scientists, established knowledge practices, and the possibility to do knowledge differently. The project will work with multi-sited and virtual ethnography. Participant observation, interviews, and de-scripting artifacts (possibly including software code) are core methodological approaches.

The PhD candidate should preferably have a background in Science & Technology Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, or a related discipline. The candidate we are looking for has an interest in starting an academic career (demonstrated through e.g. international experience, research assistance jobs, research seminar participation, perhaps a publication, etc.) and has affinity (and preferably experience) with doing ethnographic fieldwork.  A Letter of recommendation may strengthen the application.

For questions about the position, please contact dr. Teun Zuiderent-Jerak (teun.zuide...@liu.se) or head of department Claes-Fredrik Helgesson (claes-fredr...@liu.se)

More info and application details at:
http://www.liu.se/en/job/show.html?5449

Application deadline: March 24

apologies for cross-posting

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