Curriculum, Religion and Politics in post-colonial Africa Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2023 at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative research in the following areas: Teacher Education, Psychology of Education Curriculum across borders, Politics and Religion 
• Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET– accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books.
• The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
• Do limited teaching in the Programmes for Education Foundations where appropriate.
• Provide limited supervision and/or co-supervision at Honours, Master’s and/or Doctoral level where appropriate.
• Ability to generate third stream income.
• Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the department of Education Foundations
• The successful candidate will be required to conduct innovative research and obtain evidence- based empirical data on current developments in Curriculum Studies, and Psychology of Education within the South African context.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State.
• Graduated with a PhD degree in Social Science, Educational Psychology, Curriculum Studies, Religious Education or Curriculum and Instruction within the last 5 years.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to Bloemfontein for the duration of the fellowship.