Coordinator in charge of Access ERC TRANSMITT M/F

Job Description

Missions

The postdoctoral fellowship aims to prepare an ERC Starting Grant application in migration geography focusing on migrant remittances. It will involve strengthening the candidate's research profile and scientific organizational skills, and writing and submitting the ERC Starting Grant application.

Activity

The research activities will include:
- Preparing the project and submitting the ERC Starting Grant application in October 2027.
- Conducting a bibliographic review of migration issues, with a particular focus on remittances in the context of Egypt, Sudan, and the Gulf countries.
- Conducting exploratory fieldwork in Egypt and in the Gulf countries (Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia), depending on security conditions.
- Writing scientific articles.
- Organizing scientific events.
- Participating in the center's scientific activities.

Your Profil

Skills

The candidate must hold a PhD in geography.
The ability to work collaboratively in a collective and interdisciplinary environment while conducting independent research will be a key criterion in the assessment of applications.
Skills in cartography and geomatics are desirable.
Excellent written and spoken proficiency in French and English is essential, and proficiency in Egyptian Arabic is required for fieldwork.

Your Work Environment

On-site recruitment. The postdoctoral researcher will be hosted by the UAR 3123, the Centre for Economic, Legal and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ), in Cairo, Egypt. The CEDEJ will provide the necessary working facilities, including office space, library access, and fieldwork missions.
The TRANSMITT project investigates the circulation of money between migrant and non-migrant communities in countries of the Global South. Drawing on a “follow the money” methodology, it develops a multi-sited approach to migrant remittances, focusing on the social and material infrastructures that make these transfers possible. It seeks to analyze the social relationships generated by these exchanges through three main perspectives. First, sending money involves various actors (migrants, families, intermediaries) and connects different places, shaping a transnational migration field. Second, the study of formal and informal channels provides an opportunity to examine how migrants and non-migrants relate to politics, particularly through issues of trust in the state and resistance to formalization and taxation. Finally, attention to the values associated with transfers sheds light on social aspirations that materialize through the local reinvestment of remittances. By bringing together labor migration and forced migration, and tracing these human and monetary flows between Egypt, Sudan, and the Gulf countries, TRANSMITT seeks to move beyond spatial and social boundaries in migration studies and contribute to a renewed analysis of remittances, understood not only as an economic phenomenon but also as a social and political infrastructure.

Constraints and risks

On-site recruitment with a contract that requires the researcher to be based in Cairo. Fieldwork missions are expected in the Egyptian provinces and in the Gulf countries (Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia), subject to security conditions.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

From 3041€ gross to 3467€ gross / month, with possibly an allowance for residence abroad

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

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