Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1-year Contract, Renewable up to 3 years) (Job ID: 5771) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research in global South with a focus on gender/Africa Studies using the decolonial lens.
• 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.
• Initiate projects and seek funding for them.
• Register and reside as postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, Centre for Graduate Support, and the Directorate of Research.

Eligibility requirements:

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State.
• Graduated with a PhD degree within the last 5 years.
• Must hold a PhD in decolonization/decoloniality and epistemologies of the global South or related field.
• Successful applicant may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS.

Value of the fellowship:

• R 270 000 annual fellowship
• R 30 000 additional research expenses fund