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The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Program offers 10-month fellowships four Institutes in France. It welcomes applications from high level international scholars and scientists primarily in the fields of the social sciences and the humanities (SSH). 31 positions are available for the 2021-2022 Academic Year in Paris (17), Lyon (5), Marseille (6), Montpellier (3).

The call is open to all disciplines in the SSH and all research fields. Research projects from other sciences that propose a transversal dialogue with SSH are also eligible. The minimum requirement is a PhD + 2 years of research experience at the time of the application. Exception will be made for scholars with a Master + 6 years of full-time research experience after the degree (PhD training will not be considered in the calculation of experience). 

UA researchers with ties to iGLOBES are well positionned for these fellowships. For more information about the program and the application process. Please contact us if you have questions or need help.

Location: Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale in Paris, France & iGLOBES in Tucson AZ for fieldwork research at Biosphere 2. 

Contract Period: 36 months

Published on: June 25, 2020

Start date of the thesis: October 1, 2020

Salary: 2 135,00 € gross monthly

The thesis aims to develop a typology of the projects of life modeling and construction of artificial living systems, according to whether they build systems around human needs or design non-humanized environments. From the perspective of the Anthropology of Life and of the Science & Technology Studies, the candidate will examine the techniques used to objectify the characteristics of life, by reproducing its functioning. The types of social interactions that develop around –and within– these technical devices, the influence of socio-historical contexts, the role of mathematical formalization, the intervention of robotic and artificial intelligence systems, the types of chemical and biological processes mobilized to experiment with evolutionary phenomena will be the subject of an interdisciplinary investigation to identify conceptions of life as it is –but also as it may be, with recent advances in the field of astrobiology also being mobilized. For more information and to apply.

Water is a resource often compared to oil, and a shortage of water would lead to an imminent "water crisis", permanent, local and global. From this alarming assessment to water wars, as predicted by some, is only a step away. And yet, the role of water in conflicts is debated. Though it exacerbates them, it is rarely the main reason, and can even be a cooperation tool if peace is sought. More than a "water crisis" because of a natural shortage, water geopolitics is governed by failing water policies, and by the hardship of maintaining hydraulic security, with global warming compounding the issue. But there are solutions to a "new water culture", but they still need to be put in place.