Research costs funded plus an annual stipend (CHF 47,000 in first year, rising to CHF50,000 in third year).

The candidate will conduct research in a Wampar-speaking area of the Markham Valley, PNG, on a project led by Bettina Beer and Doris Bacalzo, for a total of 15 months (a 9 month and a subsequent 6 month period); the project is entitled:

International capital and local inequality: A longitudinal ethnography of the Wampar (Papua New Guinea) under the impact of two large projects (a copper-gold mine and a timber biomass energy plant).

The candidate should have a 1st Class Hons or MA (or equivalent) in anthropology or a suitable cognate discipline and be prepared to relocate to Lucerne; prior fieldwork experience in Melanesia is highly desirable; reading knowledge of German would be an advantage.

Applications should be addressed to Bettina Beer and sent to Bettina.Beerremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch. Please include the names and email addresses of two referees.

Closing date Dec 10, 2014.