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Job offer – NCN research scholarship within the research project “Documents and Bureaucracy in the formerly German lands: State Making, Regulating and Controlling in Poland and Czechoslovakia (1940s–1970s)”
Principal investigator at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences announces a call for an NCN research scholarship within the research project “Documents and Bureaucracy in the formerly German lands: State Making, Regulating and Controlling in Poland and Czechoslovakia (1940s–1970s)”.
Principal Investigator: Dr hab. Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, prof. IS PAN
Eligibility
NCN scholarships may be awarded to a person who meets any of the following criteria:
- Is a student of a full-time first or second-cycle degree programme or uniform Master’s studies at a university in Poland;
- Is a doctoral candidate at a doctoral school (within the meaning of the Act on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018);
- Does not receive any other scholarship or remuneration financed from NCN funds.
Requirements
- Education or ongoing studies in the humanities, in particular history, anthropology, ethnology, cultural or religious studies, cultural studies, or related fields (student/doctoral candidate status or relevant academic degree);
- Experience in archival work;
- Very good active knowledge of English and at least very good passive knowledge of Polish and Czech, allowing for analyzing the archival materials in these languages;
- Familiarity with all requirements specified in the NCN eligible costs catalogue (Regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded by the National Science Centre) and in the Regulations for awarding scholarships in the NCN-funded research projects.
Additional assets
- Knowledge of other foreign languages (besides Polish, Czech, and English);
- Communication skills and ability to work with people;
- Good work organization;
- Experience in research work;
- Publications in internationally recognized academic journals;
- Ability to work in Microsoft / Google workspace.
Description of duties
The successful candidate will collaborate for 12 months on the project “Documents and Bureaucracy in the formerly German lands: State Making, Regulating and Controlling in Poland and Czechoslovakia (1940s–1970s)”, conducted at the Institute of Slavic Studies, PAS. Their main duties will include:
- Scope of work:
- Analysis of archival materials collected from Polish and Czech archives and libraries;
- Preparation of one scientific article in English, on a topic agreed upon with the PI and based on the collected materials, followed by submission to an international journal;
- Dissemination of research results.
- Administrative tasks:
- Administrative work related to the project (reporting and documentation).
NCN competition type
- Opus 21 – HS3 (edition 41);
- A project abstract is available at: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/opisy/517271-en.pdf.
Application deadline
- January 16, 2026 at 16:00.
Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
Application submission
- By e-mail to: sekretariat@ispan.edu.pl, with the note: “Call for NCN Scholarship – Opus ‘Bureaucracy…’”
Competition procedure
The competition consists of two stages:
- Evaluation of submitted documents for completeness and compliance with the eligibility criteria;
- An online interview (videoconference). The date will be sent to the e-mail address provided by the candidate.
The Recruitment Committee evaluates applications using a points-based system and prepares a ranking of candidates.
Decisions of the Committee are final and cannot be appealed.
Timeline
- Invitations to interviews: by January 20, 2026;
- Interviews: January 26, 2026;
- Competition results: January 28, 2026;
- Start of collaboration: February 1, 2026.
Terms of collaboration
Carrying out the indicated tasks within the project;
- Receiving a research scholarship of PLN 5,000 gross-gross per month for 12 months, based on a written scholarship agreement between the host institution and the selected candidate. The agreement must be signed before the start date and will specify the scope of work, scholarship amount, payment period, and conditions;
- Possibility of funding an additional archival query in Poland or the Czech Republic, as needed, and participation in one academic conference;
- Access to a project laptop and tablet for project-related work during scholarship.
The scholarship is awarded in accordance with the NCN Regulations on Scholarships (NCN Council Resolution No. 25/2019 of 14 March 2019).
Project duration
- Planned start: February 1, 2026;
- Duration: 12 months.
Required documents
- An academic curriculum vitae with academic accomplishments: theses, participation in research projects, conference participation, seminar papers, research internships, prizes/awards and distinctions related to research;
- Document confirming student/doctoral status at a Polish university/institute;
- A cover letter in which the candidate outlines their proposed participation in the project, taking into account a 12‑month period of work and engagement with existing sources;
- A copy of a certificate indicating knowledge of English; if the candidate does not possess the certificate, the interview will be conducted in English for the purposes of verification;
- A list of publications with an attached thesis or publication attached in the form of a published article;
- Contact information (including e-mail address).
Please also include the following consent clause:
“Pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016 (OJ EU L 119 of 04.05.2016), I consent to the processing of my personal data included in the personal questionnaire (CV) for the purposes of the current and future recruitment processes and the performance of project tasks.”
Job offer – an open competition for the position of post-doc in the project “Faces of smuggling in the Polish-Slovak borderland between 1918 and 1949”
A post-doc type post is a full-time post designated by the principal investigator for a person who has been awarded a PhD degree within 7 years before joining the project.
A person in a post-doc type position may receive remuneration from the pool of full-time salaries under a full-time employment contract, provided that they meet all of the following criteria:
- Their PhD degree has been awarded by other institution than the one planned to employ them at this post;
- At the time of receiving remuneration, they will not be receiving any other remuneration paid from the funds granted to research projects under NCN calls under the heading of direct costs;
- In the period of receiving the remuneration, they will be receiving no remuneration from another employer pursuant to an employment contract, including an employer with registered office outside of Poland.
According to the NCN Regulations: Types of costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre. Please read the entire document and pay attention to all requirements!
Required
- PhD in sociology, anthropology or ethnography and with a graduate degree in one of the above fields;
- Considerable experience in archival research and critical analysis of diverse sources (preferably of occupational district of Krakow);
- Linguistic competence: German and English;
- Computer skills enabling him/her to work in computer programmes analyzing social networks (SNA) and data processing programmes for geospatial data (GIS);
- Scientific achievements in the form of domestic and foreign scientific articles.
Advantages
- Documented interest in borderlands;
- Experience in working in other research projects.
Description of tasks
The person employed as post-doc at the Institute of Slavic Studies will work in the project „Faces of smuggling in the Polish-Slovak borderland between 1918 and 1949”.
The key tasks will include:
- Archival research conducted in diverse resources in Polish and foreign central and institutional archives, Polish and foreign local and regional archives and other types of archives;
- The research in selected press titles, an analysis of the existing literature on the subject and a search of internet resources;
- Individual and team-based critical analysis of collected sources and their processing and storage in accordance with the project data management plan;
- Participation in field research;
- Participation in project team meetings;
- Publication of at least two articles (including at least one in English) in highly ranked scientific journals meeting open access criteria;
- Dissemination of research results through active participation (paper presentation) in a domestic or foreign conference;
- Co-administration of the project (formal aspects of the grant for which the Institute of Slavic Studies is in charge).
Type of grant programme
- SONATA 19 – HS, National Science Centre
Application deadline
- 14 March, 2025
How to apply
- Please send an email to sekretariat@ispan.edu.pl, in the subject please type Konkurs na stanowisko post-doc w projekcie Sonata-19.
After verifying and assessing the submitted documents, selected candidates will be invited for an online interview.
Interviews
- 17–21 March, 2025
Announcement of recruitment results
- 28 March, 2025
Employment begins
- 1 April, 2025
Financial conditions
- Monthly salary of 140,000 PLN gross gross per annum, full-time employment;
- During the period of employment, the post-doc researcher must not receive another remuneration from direct costs in research projects financed by the National Science Centre;
- During the period of employment, the post-doc researcher must not receive another salary from another employer in Poland and abroad based on employment or service contract (umowa o pracę).
Employment duration
- Employment begins on 1 April, 2025;
- Employment duration – till 27 November, 2027.
Required documents
- Resume / CV;
- A copy of the PhD diploma;
- List of scholarly achievements, including publications, conference and seminar papers, participation in research projects, academic internships, prizes and awards);
- Contact information.
On the application, please include a clause:
“Pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR, and the general regulation on the protection of personal data of 27 April 2016 (Journal of Laws UE L 119 of 04/05/2016), I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in the personal questionnaire, called CV, for the purposes of current and future recruitment.”
Information clause on personal data processing in the recruitment process, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
- The Controller of your personal data is the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Jaracza 1; e-mail: sekretariat@ispan.edu.pl, telephone: +48 504071786. The Institute is entered in the Register of Scientific Institutes (RIN), under the number RIN-I-30/98, NIP: 525-00-12-159, REGON: 000326210.
- The Controller has appointed a Personal Data Officer, Mr Krzysztof Radtke, who can be contacted by e-mail at iod@ispan.edu.pl.
- Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of conducting the recruitment process for a post with the Controller and for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller as described below.
- The Controller will process the following categories of your personal data: identification data, contact details, address details, education data, data on the course of previous employment, data on hobbies and interests.
- Other data is processed on the basis of your voluntary consent, which you have expressed by sending us your recruitment application, and its submission does not affect the possibility of participation in the recruitment process.
- Your personal data is processed for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller – on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) – consisting in searching for and hiring employees and conducting recruitment procedures aimed at employing an employee whose qualifications best meet the Controller’s needs.
- Your personal data is processed to the extent necessary to conclude and perform the employment contract, pursuant to GDPR Article 6 paragraph 1 point (c).
- The Controller does not plan to transfer your personal data to recipients outside the EEA, i.e. to third countries.
- Your personal data will be processed until the recruitment process is completed.
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