Student assistant (fixed-term contract) – Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet)

Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, is looking to recruit a student assistant (7 hours/week) for the period
1 September 2024 – 31 July 2025.

Place of employment: Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.
The position
The successful candidate is expected to perform various administrative tasks, including:

• Travel reimbursement
• Website updates
• Registration of publications and research activities in PURE
• Literature searches
• Practical assistance in connection with events
• Preparation of materials for annual report
• Ad hoc tasks

Qualifications
Applicants are expected to have the following qualifications:

• Ability to think and work independently;
• Structured and efficient approach to tasks/problem-solving;
• Reliability when it comes to working hours and days;
• Practical sense;
• Good interpersonal and collaborative skills;
• Enrolled in a relevant degree for the job, e.g. Archaeology, History or a related programme.

Applicants who can document experience from similar roles will have an advantage.

The position entails an average of 7 working hours/week; however the distribution of working hours may vary. Further information
For further information about the position, please contact Professor Rubina Raja ([email protected]).

Application deadline: 30 June 2024

About the project
Read more here: https://urbnet.au.dk/news/nyhed/artikel/a-digital-archive-platform-for-research-on-the-danish-inter-world-war-archaeological-engagement-in-the-middle-east.

About UrbNet
The Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) was founded in 2015 as a groundbreaking archaeological research initiative exploring the evolution of urbanism and urban networks from the Hellenistic Period to the Middle Ages. The centre is based at Aarhus University, School of Culture and Society, and is funded as a Centre of Excellence by the Danish National Research Foundation.

UrbNet aims to compare the archaeology of urbanism from medieval Northern Europe to the ancient Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean World and determine how – and to what extent – urban networks catalysed societal and environmental expansions and crises in the past. The centre is firmly rooted in the humanities but enjoys close, collaborative ties with the natural sciences.

UrbNet aims to advance the understanding of the historical process of urban evolution, and it does so by developing the ability of archaeology to characterise the scale and pace of events and processes. Recently developed scientific techniques afford the potential for archaeology to refine the precision of dates, contexts and provenance ascribed to excavated materials. UrbNet’s key ambition has been to integrate these new forms of data as a new “high-definition” approach to the study of global and interregional dynamics.

UrbNet’s work comprises projects that intersect questions and problems concerning urban development and networks in the regions from Northern Europe via the Levant to the East Coast of Africa. It involves elaborate work on empirical material from a number of existing excavation projects, and the centre aims to make substantial contributions to theoretical and methodological developments in the field.
Salary and terms of employment
In accordance with the current collective agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and HK Stat. Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is one of five main academic areas at Aarhus University.

The faculty contributes to Aarhus University's research, talent development, knowledge exchange and degree programmes.
With its 550 academic staff members, 240 PhD students, 9,500 BA and MA students, and 1,500 students following continuing/further education programmes, the faculty constitutes a strong and diverse research and teaching environment.

The Faculty of Arts consists of the School of Communication and Culture, the School of Culture and Society and the Danish School of Education. Each of these units has strong academic environments and forms the basis for interdisciplinary research and education.

The faculty's academic environments and degree programmes engage in international collaboration and share the common goal of contributing to the development of knowledge, welfare and culture in interaction withsociety.

Read more at arts.au.dk/en

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Department: Urban Network Evolutions C. f./Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet)

Deadline: 30 June 2024

Location: Højbjerg Moesgård Allé 20