Postdoctoral Researcher in Food Studies

7 days ago


Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Københavns Universitet (KU) Full time

The Department of Anthropology and Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen invite applications for a postdoctoral research position in the field of food studies. The project entitled "The crisis of habits and new figurations of food" is funded by the Danish Independent Research Fund and led by Principal Investigator Cecilie Rubow from the Department of Anthropology and Co-PI Bente Halkier from the Department of Sociology.

About the Project

  • The project explores the provisioning of meals across generations and how different degrees of plasticity in food habits can inform a theoretical reconfiguration of habits.
  • With a starting point in practice theories, this project combines concepts of habits, ethics, and habitat to account for the plasticity in present configurations of food.

Job Content

  • The postdoc will work closely with other project members theoretically and methodologically.
  • Fieldwork in Denmark among empty nesters will investigate resistance to changing food habits in a generation that has grown up in a period of vast economic growth where levels of meat consumption per capita have more than doubled since 1960.
  • The core question is: How do empty nesters figure the relation between territories and food in their everyday practices?

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • A PhD degree in sociology or anthropology (or related field) is required.
  • Proficiency in qualitative data collection, especially ethnographic fieldwork, is necessary.
  • The ability to develop critical analyses and produce high-quality academic texts is essential.


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