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Job: "Public communication of science" – 4 post-doctoral positions

The Autonomous Province of Trento offers 4 post-doctoral positions for young researchers to carry out research projects in the field of "Public communication of science". Research activities will be pursued at the institutions of the Trentino System of Higher Education and Research: University of Trento, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Edmund Mach Foundation and Science Museum-MUSE.

The objective of "The Communicators STAR science" call is to:

  1. train PhDs in the field of “public communication of science” in the today knowledge society. Thanks to a theoretical and practical approach, researchers will become high level professionals empowered to communicate value and results of current research creating various kinds of interaction between institutions of science and of society, as well as to interpret and foster the evolving phenomena of social innovation;
  2. strengthen the Trentino System of Higher Education and Research (STAR) increasing the communication skills of the research performing bodies in the province by developing and carrying out initiatives aimed to foster scientific culture as well as to spread the research and the scientific knowledge potential of the territory.

Applicants for the STAR Communicators of Science position shall:

  • have been awarded their PhD up to 3 years prior to the closing date of the call
  • be younger than 35 years of age, at the closing date of the call
  • have a good knowledge of English
  • have a good knowledge of the Italian language (for foreign applicants)

The call is open to researchers of any nationality, provided they have a good knowledge of Italian as they will carry out their research and activities in an Italian environment.

The proposal shall be written in Italian.

The proposal can be up to a maximum of EUR 300,000.00 for a period of 36 months (pro rata for projects of shorter duration).

Submit by 31 January 2017, 12.00 AM (noon) - Trento local time.

More information in Italian here

For general information: Servizio Istruzione e Formazione del Secondo Grado, Università e Ricerca bandi.assistenza@provincia.tn.it