The Social Sciences Division of the Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA Social Sciences) invites applications to fill several tenure-track and tenured research positions beginning in May 2009. For the present call we seek to attract applicants of any nationality in the areas of sociology, political science and economics. For senior applicants an outstanding record of high quality research is required. For junior applicants, a completed Ph.D. and the promise of high quality research as demonstrated by already written work are expected.

In POLITICAL SCIENCE and ECONOMICS we are looking for candidates who do theoretically motivated, empirically grounded and policy relevant research. In SOCIOLOGY, we are specifically looking for candidates who do empirical work in the areas of social organization, social stratification, demography, economic sociology, migration, social networks, and other specialties that are both theoretically grounded and empirically motivated.

Applications must be received prior to November 30, 2008.

Access to IMDEA Social Sciences application form.