Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in the history of property inequalities - Ref: 25-01

Organisation/Company

LISER

Department

Urban Mobility and Development

Research Field

History
Other

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions

Postdoc Positions

Country

Luxembourg

Application Deadline

7 Feb 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Luxembourg)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

40

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) 

is recruiting a

Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in the history of property inequalities

• Ref: 25-01
• 2-year fixed-term working contract at LISER (with the possibility of a 2 years extension)
• Full-time, 40 hours/week 
• Department: Urban Development and Mobility (UDM)
• Work location: Belval (Luxembourg)
• Deadline: February 7th, 2025 at midnight CET

Project description 

HIST_PROP is a four-year project funded by the Luxembourg Chamber of Employees to support the extraction and analysis of land and property ownership data in Luxembourg for the 1824 to 1938 period. These historical archives, digitised and made available by the Luxembourg Land Registry, have already been analysed for the city of Dudelange and for Luxembourg City. 

The aim of this project is to scale up these analyses for the whole country, in order to see if the patterns identified in Dudelange and Luxembourg (extreme landownership concentration, intergenerational transmission of land and property, production of an artificial land scarcity) also apply to the rest of the country. The project also aims to cross property ownership information with other sources, such as genealogical records, to identify the transmission of inequalities over time in a subset of cities.

Your role

In this context, the successful candidate will have the following missions:

• To support the extraction of the Land Registry archives ;
• To undertake analyses on historical land and property ownership inequalities ;
• To cross property ownership information with other sources, such as genealogical records, to assess the intergenerational transmission of inequalities ;
• To conduct independent research at LISER, with the possibility of applying for external project funding, as well as to contribute to the intellectual life of the institute.

Your profile

• PhD in history or social sciences (economics, geography, sociology, etc.) ;
• Experience of working with historical and archival sources ;
• Experience of working with land and property ownership data ;
• Understanding of inequality dynamics linked to land and housing ;
• Fluency in English and ability to understand written French ;
• Track record of academic publications.

LISER particularly encourages female researchers to apply

What we offer

• A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment ;
• Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking ;
• Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Labour Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.) ;
• Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences) ;
• 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.

How to apply

Please submit your complete application in English via https://jobs.liser.lu/jobs by including the following documents :

• Curriculum vitae ;
• Motivation letter ;
• Recent piece of research ;
• Copy of your PhD diploma ;
• Two reference letters (to be uploaded with the application documents or sent separately to recruitment@liser.lu ).

Deadline to submit applications: February 7th 2025 at midnight CET

Would you have any work-related question, please contact Dr. Antoine PACCOUD at antoine.paccoud@liser.lu . 

For administrative matters, please contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA at recruitment@liser.lu .

Why LISER? 

LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level. 

The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER , the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS ) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH ) and of Science and Technology (LIST ). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform. 

LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Website

https://jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur-Alzette-Research-Associate-%28Post-doc%2C-fm…

Research Field

History

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Good

Website for additional job details

https://jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur-Alzette-Research-Associate-%28Post-doc%2C-fm…

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

LISER

Country

Luxembourg

Geofield

City

Esch-sur-alzette

Website

http://www.liser.lu/

Street

11, porte des Sciences

Postal Code

L-4366

E-Mail

recruitment@liser.lu

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