Post Doctoral Fellowship available at IIT Bombay-Consolidated salary Rs.1,00,000 p.m.

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Job Title : Post-doctoral Fellow

Job Reference Number : 50376747
Application End Date : 13.01.2023
Type of Employment: Proj. Staff Contract
No. of Position(s): 2

Pay Details: Consolidated salary Rs.1,00,000 p.m.

IIT Bombay Project Recruitment:
Project title: New Political Economy Initiative
About the project: The New Political Economy Initiative is a project of IIT Bombay’s Centre for Liberal Education. The Initiative aims to rethink the study of the economy by catalysing a set of research collectives initially around four key economic concerns: jobs, inequality, public goods, and the environment. The Initiative will draw together economists, political scientists, sociologists, historians,
geographers, legal scholars, urbanists, technical experts, journalists and research practitioners to build a structural and institutional vision of South Asia’s economies, past, present, and future.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:
Candidates must have earned their PhD in the past three years a thesis in the above disciplines; those who have submitted are also eligible.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
IIT Bombay’s own PhD students are not eligible.

Job Profile:
We invite applications for Postdoctoral Fellows from the above disciplines interested in studying the economy in these four domains. These domains point to, but are not limited to, the following questions:
Jobs: While industrial policy is back both globally and in India, several questions remain. What, for instance, have been the sociological and political preconditions for successful industrial policy in general and in Indian and South Asia in particular?
Inequality: What is the connection between the unequal structure of Indian society and the structure and dynamics of its economy? In what way have embedded inequalities of gender and caste defined patterns of atrophied capital accumulation?
Public Goods: What accounts for the chronic under investment in public goods in India from infrastructure to public health and education? What is the link between the development of the Indian public sphere and the poor provision of public goods?
Environment: What is the connection between the current configuration of global supply chains and global emissions? To what extent is neoliberal globalisation driving climate change?

General information:
Positions are for one year renewable up to three years.
Postdoctoral Fellows will be given office space and a research budget including travel.
Basic medical coverage is included.
Fellows are expected to be in residence for the majority of their time. Some administrative duties are expected.
The appointment is for time bound project and the candidate is required to work mainly for the successful completion of the project. The selection committee may offer lower or higher designation and lower or higher salary depending upon the experience and performance of the candidate in the interview.
Candidates called for interview will be required to attend at his/ her own expenses.
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