{"id":1039,"date":"2019-12-04T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2019-12-04T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:57:08","slug":"university-of-chicago-post-doc-researcher-in-urbanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"University of Chicago &#8211; Post-doc Researcher in Urbanism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\nUniversity of Chicago is seeking to fill a Post-Doctoral Researcher position in\nUrbanism, working under the supervision of Emily Talen, Professor and Director\nof the <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanism.uchicago.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Urbanism Lab<\/a>\nat the University of Chicago. The position will start July 1, 2020. The initial\nterm of the position will be one year, with the possibility of renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post-doc position supports a project called <em>Incremental Urbanism, <\/em>currently underway at the University of Chicago\u2019s Urbanism Lab. Specific research tasks include conducting archival and GIS-based analysis of land use change, and using historical maps, imagery and other data sources to capture land use and urban scale evolution. The project requires both a quantitative and qualitative analytical approach to understanding urban change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nsuccessful candidate will be expected to conduct scholarly research and\ncontribute to the writing of manuscripts for publications in peer-reviewed\njournals. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or have successfully defended their\ndissertation prior to the start date) in urban planning or a related field,\nwith a strong interest in urbanism and urban form. Excellent oral and written\ncommunication skills in English are essential. The analytical approach will be\nboth quantitative and qualitative, so successful applicants should have a\ncombination of interests and skills. Post-docs receive an annual salary (~ 50K)\nand University of Chicago benefits. The exact start date is negotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications\nshould be submitted electronically to <a href=\"mailto:urbanism@uchicago.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urbanism@uchicago.edu<\/a> by January 15, 2020. The application\nshould include a cover letter that describes relevant experience, a current CV,\na sample of work, and contact information for three references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Chicago is seeking to fill a Post-Doctoral Researcher position in Urbanism, working under the supervision of Emily Talen, Professor and Director of the Urbanism Lab at the University of Chicago. The position will start July 1, 2020. The initial term of the position will be one year, with the possibility of renewal. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}