2021DILEUA4 - 4 Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (ChemArch)

Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)

This is a 36-month fully funded PhD opportunity enabling you to study for a double doctorate at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona with the Universities of York (UK), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and the CNRS-Nice (France), as specified by the following 4 projects:

1) ESR8: Chemical analysis of stone cooking technologies: Colonese (UAB, Lead), Terrades (CSIC), Regert (CNRS, 2nd), Binder. Secondment opportunity: CSIC (andrecarlo.colonese@uab.cat)

2) ESR12: From ideology to economy: unveiling the taxonomic origin of animal bone artefacts with palaeoproteomic analysis: Saña (UAB, Lead), Clemente (CSIC), Collins (UCPH, 2nd), Secondment opportunity: CSIC

(maria.sana@uab.cat)

3) ESR14: Nature and function of plant based artefacts: Pique (UAB, Lead), Théry-Parisot (CNRS, 2nd), Secondment opportunity: Archaeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC) (raquel.pique@uab.cat)

4) ESR15: Developing the application of hydrogen isotope analysis (δD) to determine artefact function and provenance Rosell-Melé (UAB, Lead), Craig (UoY, 2nd), Secondment opportunity: CSIC (antoni.rosell@uab.cat)

As part of the role you will be expected to spend a minimum of 12 months at the partner University for the project, as well as a short period of time on secondment at a partner organisation where specified, to advance the research objectives. A description of the four projects can be located at the ChemArch website (https://sites.google.com/palaeome.org/chemarch/home)

Benefits

We offer a full time research position for up to 3 years in an innovative research project funded by European Commission through the Marie Sklowdoska-Curie Action, entitled “ChemArch: The organic chemistry and molecular biology of archaeological artefacts”.

The candidate will have access to a stimulatins research environment as part of a team of researchers.

Gross anual salary: 28.800€ (depending on family may be eligible to family allowance), work hours of 37,5 per week.

Eligibility criteria

Undergraduate degree in conservation science, archaeology, prehistory, chemistry or the biological or environmental sciences

Master’s level qualification as specified for the Home and partners institution

Eligibility criteria

Applicants need to satisfy the eligibility criteria for the network, and the home and partners institution.

Eligibility criteria for the network:

Mobility rule: on 1 September 2021 you must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the Spain for more than 12 months in the preceding 3 years. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not considered.

Further eligibility criteria: To be eligible for this role you must, on 1 September 2021 be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of your research career and have not been awarded a doctoral.

Eligibility criteria for the home and partners institution:

Details about eligibility criteria for the school of doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona can be found here.

Please note that in order to register for a doctorate at the second university you must fulfil their eligibility requirements for a Master’s level qualification. See details for partners’ institutions below:

• University of York
• CNRS
• University of Copenhagen

Selection process

Application process (cv, covering letter and proof of identity) and interview