SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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Invitation for applications to the position of Director for SASNET 2007 – 2009

The position as Director of SASNET – Swedish South Asian Studies Network at Lund University is hereby announced for the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009. The position is 50 % of full time. The Director is expected to spend most of his working time at the root node in Lund.

Description of the position

The Director will organise the meetings of SASNET’s board and manage the work at the root node. The Director should plan and carry out various activities in close collaboration with the board, the co-ordinators of SASNET supported programmes, as well as South Asian, Swedish and international network partners. Given the idea of an open and dynamic network of activities her/his main role should be that of an active ‘mediator’, connecting people and resources, starting new activities and supporting the programme co-ordinators in their work.

Qualifications

The Director should be a highly qualified South Asia researcher, university teacher, supervisor, administrator and programme builder, with well established research contacts in, and familiarity with the South Asian region. She/he should have position in a Swedish academic institution, and we especially invite young applicants. Experience of work in a research council is desirable.

Information about SASNET

SASNET is a national network for research, education, and information about South Asia, based at Lund University. The aim is to encourage and promote an open and dynamic networking process, in which Swedish researchers co-operate with researchers in South Asia and globally.

The network is open to all sciences. Priority is given to co-operation between disciplines and across faculties, as well as institutions in the Nordic countries and in South Asia. The basic idea is that South Asian studies will be most fruitfully pursued in co-operation between researchers, working in different institutions with a solid base in their mother disciplines.

The network was established in 2001 after an initiative of the Foreign Ministry. It is financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, and by Lund University.

For further information see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnetf.html

Practical information

The work should be carried out in close cooperation with the Deputy Director/Webmaster of the network.

The salary will be determined by the Board in relation to the qualifications of the candidate. It is assumed that the candidate already has a position from which she/he will take 50 % leave during the three year period.

For further information about the position, please contact the current Director, Professor Staffan Lindberg, phones: 046 222 88 62, 211 34 08, or 0709 62 54 68. E-mail: Staffan.Lindberg@soc.lu.se; or Ms. Boel Billgren, Dep. Director of the Internaional Office, Lund University, phone: 046 222 293 83. E-mail: Boel.Billgren@intsek.lu.se

Application

The application should be sent to SASNET, Lund University, Scheelevägen 15 D, 223 70 Lund. Last date for application is 15 June 2006.

The application should consist of a CV, a summary of the candidate's relevant qualifications for the position including documented experience of networking activities, and a declaration of the candidate's ambitions as a director of SASNET. The applicant should also state her/his salary demand.