The successful PhD candidate will conduct research within the Ambizione project “GBTIQ+ Parents and Single Fathers in Switzerland: Parenting Outside Hegemonic Family Norms" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Using ethnographic methods, theories, and findings, the project will research men living in Switzerland whose parenting is contested because they fall outside of the heterosexual, cis-gender, two-parent family norm. As a result, they are regularly discriminated against, stigmatized, and face a range of interrelated social, legal, political, and economic challenges that impact on their parenting. According to the project proposal, the PhD candidate will focus on single fathers, but other forms of parenting outside the hegemonic norms, such as transnational fathers, imprisoned fathers, young fathers, or disabled fathers, may also be examined.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and realise a PhD project through conducting an ethnographic study
- Present findings at national and international conferences
- Publish in international peer-reviewed journals
- Collaborate with organizations and stakeholders in the field of parenting
- Contribute to science communication for a non-academic audience
- Contribute to the overall aims of the research project by participating in regular meetings and organizing workshops
- Participate in the research (and minor teaching) activities of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Requirements:
- Good Master's degree in Social Anthropology, Gender Studies, Sociology, Human Geography, Social Work, Disability Studies, or related fields
- Excellent knowledge of (Swiss) German or French (knowledge of both languages is a plus) and English
- Experience in and motivation for qualitative research (ethnographic methods, interviews, group discussions, etc.)
- Willingness to live in Switzerland; willingness to travel throughout the country to conduct research
- Team orientation; strong motivation to work in a precise, engaged, and self-organized manner; committed to work in an interdisciplinary field
- Knowledge of participatory methods is an asset