Paris1 Pantheon-Sorbonne/ Paris IAS (Institute for Advanced Study) Research Chair on "Challenge on OneHealth in SSH"
Initiation and development of research on global health in the human and social sciences (Initiation et développement des recherches sur la santé globale en sciences humaines et sociales)

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In partnership with Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne university, the Paris Institute for Advanced Study is offering one 10-month fellowship or two 5-months fellowships for high-level international researcher in the social sciences and humanities during the academic years 2024–25 and 2025–26.

This Chair aims to support the activities of Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne within the framework of the European university UNA EUROPA, of which it has been a founder member in 2019. Una Europa now brings together eleven leading research-intensive universities from across Europe with a global reputation and reach.

The partners that constitute this great alliance have been educating and teaching for more than a thousand years and today represent more than 400,000 students. UNA EUROPA's vision is to build a broad, inclusive and sustainable European campus based on shared European values. Together, the partners are building this entity around five major themes: sustainable development, European studies and Europe in the world, cultural heritage, global health, data and artificial intelligence, in order to offer innovative training and disciplinary and multidisciplinary research to forge a community of life, exchange and mobility.

The Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne university – Paris IAS Chair gives a researcher the possibility to work on an innovative project advancing knowledge on the différent dimension concerned in SSH on the international subject of OneHealth. More specifically, the successful researcher will be required to:

• Build a common and collaborative and interdisciplinary reflexion on the concept One Health in SSH in the University of Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Study the impact of the concept on researches on the link between human health, animal and vegetal protection.

The laureate.s will benefit from the outstanding work conditions and the scientific environment of the Paris IAS, and will collaborate in priority with Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne University’s research teams and Interdisciplinary Institutes.

Deadline for applications: June 01,  2024, 6:00 pm (Paris, CET)

Applicants may request either:

• A 10-month fellowship from September 2nd 2024 to June 30th 2025;
• A 5-month fellowship from September 2nd 2024 to January 31st 2025;
• A 5-month fellowship from February 3rd to June 30th 2025.
• A 5-month fellowship from September 2nd 2025 to January 31st 2026
• A 10-month fellowship from February 3rd to January 31st 2026

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THEME

Challenge on OneHealth in SSH

Initiation and development of research on global health in the human and social sciences

This research chair is focused on the social sciences and humanities (SSH) with a strong interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral dimension. It aims to take up the challenge of bringing together researchers from different disciplines at the University of Paris 1 in association with partners from the Una Europa alliance with a view to developing research into global health, seen as linking the health of human beings, plants and animals. Many teacher-researchers and/or researchers undertake work, publications and seminars on the theme of human health, health safety, food safety or environmental safety, without necessarily taking into account the systemic sphere that integrates the life of animals and plants at different stages or levels.

In addition to building up a network of researchers, the work carried out under this Chair should lead to the development of thinking on these issues, both globally and by sector, through conferences, seminars, symposia, publications and other deliverables such as a website or blog, MOOCs, etc. 

The researcher will also work closely with members of the University of Paris1 who are involved in the various Self Steering Committees of the UNA EUROPA alliance (European studies, Sustainability,  One Health), as well as with the activities of the new L3E laboratory (Europe, Space, Environnement). Prospects could include all research teams at Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

The main objective of the P1PS/IAS Chair is to provide new knowledge in the areas of SSH, which could also be useful to society. It could promote for this purpose a participatory approach with social actors (citizens, public institutions, economic actors, NGOs) because of the relevance of their knowledge - whether traditional, hybrid or technical -. The Chair should therefore also be an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of Global Health in SHS on the implementation of public policies in France or in Europe.

The Chair offers international researchers in SSH a 10-month research grant at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, in order to develop innovative research linked to the Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne laboratories and more generally with the scientific and economic network of the Paris region, one of the densest in Europe. The stay at the Paris IAS guarantees the creation of scientific collaborations of excellence and academic visibility of the results obtained.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

During the stay, the holder of the Chair is expected to give or organize seminars or lectures as well as to organize an international interdisciplinary conference in Paris on themes related to the research project, in collaboration with the research teams at Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Université.

S/he will also have the possibility to convene smaller meetings and invite researchers for short stays at the Paris IAS to contribute to the research project, give lectures, etc. In addition, s/he will benefit from the help of the institute to set up innovative mechanisms to enable citizens to participate in research and to disseminate the results.

At the end of the fellowship, the holder of the Chair must write at least one research report which will be made public.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

All researchers affiliated with the member universities of the UNA EUROPA Alliance are eligible, including:

• Freie Universität Berlin
• Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
• University College Dublin/ An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath
• University of Edinburgh
• Helsingin yliopisto/ Helsingfors universitet
• Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
• Collegium Novum at Jagiellonian University
• Universiteit Leiden
• KU Leuven
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Universität Zürich

This call is not open to researchers from universities that are not part of the UNA EUROPA Alliance.

Applicants who have spent more than a total of 12 months in France during the 3 years prior to the application are not eligible.

This call for applications is open to:

• Senior university professors or researchers holding a position in a university or research institution or emeritus and having a minimum of 10 years of full time research experience after their PhD (at the time of the application). To be considered a senior, the applicant must have received her/his PhD before January 1st 2014.
• Junior scholars having the status of postdoctoral researcher or holding a position in a university or research institution, and having a minimum of 2 and maximum of 9 years of research experience after the PhD. To be eligible and considered a junior, the applicant must have received her/his PhD between January 1st 2014 and January 1st 2022.

Advanced knowledge of English and French is required, as scientific and social activities at the Institute  and at the university are held in English and French.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The main criteria of selection are:

• The scientific excellence of the project and its innovative character;
• The transdisciplinary and intersectoral potential of the research;
• The career path of the applicant;
• The quality of the scientific contacts of the applicant in France, and the applicant’s capacity to collaborate with colleagues from Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and UNA EUROPA.

We advise the applicants to state explicitly why their project is innovative, and what its potential impacts in other disciplines and sectors are.

THE APPLICATION

The application, in English, must be submitted via an online form (https://forms.gle/1fWMpr3xG4GGvm5R6). Paper or e-mail applications are not accepted.

The application consists of the following items:

• The completed application form;
• A curriculum vitae (10 pages maximum) including a list of publications and a list of the 5 publications considered as most important by the applicant;
• A detailed research proposal (25 000 characters maximum, spaces included. This count does not include the bibliography). The proposal should include :
  • Theme
  • State of the art in the field, innovative character of the proposal
  • Theoretical  framework and methodology
  • Expected outcomes and impact
  • Work planning, timescales
  • Existing or planned scientific cooperation and contacts in P1P-Sorbonne University and in France
  • Bibliography (books and articles cited);
• Two summaries of the research project (1500 characters maximum for each, spaces included): one for an audience of specialists of the field of research, and one for non-specialists;
• A letter of cooperation with one or more research teams of P1P-Sorbonne University, signed by a member of the team. The letter must state the nature of the planned collaboration;
• A list of four topics (two of them at least related to the theme of the research proposal) on which the applicant could give a lecture during the fellowship;
• in the case of Junior Fellows (2 to 9 years after the PhD at the time of the application), two letters of recommendation.

CALENDAR

Application deadline: June 01,  2024, 6:00 pm (Paris, CET)

Decisions will be made and notified on a rolling basis depending on the requested residence period.

Starting dates of the chair (depending on the requested residence period):

• September 2024
• February 2025
• September 2025
• February 2026

CONDITIONS OF STAY

The holder of the Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University - Paris IAS Chair on "Challenge on OneHealth in SHS": Initiation and development of research on global health in the human and social sciences, benefits from all the advantages the Paris IAS provides its fellows, among which housing in Paris, a monthly remuneration (or complement of remuneration) and the payment of the round-trip ticket to Paris.

Housing: The Paris IAS provides apartments in the Pavillon Victor Lyon at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. This building, entirely refurbished, offers 2- to 5-room apartments, a conference room and other services. Depending on the availability of the apartments at the pavillon, other housing options might be offered to the successful applicants.

Status and remuneration: The holder of the Chair who maintains a status in her/his home institution benefits from a stipend. When it is not the case, the Paris IAS proposes a short term research contract with salary. In all cases, the remuneration depends on the researcher’s personal and professional situation and on whether s/he continues to receive pay from her/his home institution. The benchmark pay scale corresponds to prevailing standards in French academia.

Travel: Travel costs from the fellow’s home to Paris and back are covered by the IAS (economy class).

Support for research: During their stay, the chairholders will have an office with a computer, Internet access, and printer in the premises of the Paris IAS, in the 17th Century historical monument Hôtel de Lauzun. The IAS also provides meeting and conference rooms.

The researcher may receive financial support for her/his work and scientific activities. This includes the organization of events (colloquia, seminars, lectures, etc.), doctoral training, intersectoral workshop and short term invitations of researchers to the IAS. Help for the translation and publication of their research texts can also be proposed.

The Paris IAS and its partner institutions have signed agreements enabling the researcher to enjoy special access and borrowing privileges in the main Paris university-based research libraries.

For additional information:

About the Paris IAS: https://www.paris-iea.fr

About Paris1-Panthéon Sorbonne University: https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/

APPLICATION

To apply, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/1fWMpr3xG4GGvm5R6