Job Description
Doctoral Researcher in the Anthropology of Humanitarianism
The Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of Doctoral Researcher in the Anthropology of Humanitarianism for a fixed term period of four years, starting on 20 November 2026.
The position is part of the project New Humanitarian Infrastructures at the End of Aid , funded by the Research Council of Finland and led by Dr. Stefan Millar. The project examines transformations in humanitarian systems amid the global withdrawal of international aid, focusing on humanitarian contexts in Kenya and transnational diaspora networks in Canada.
About the Project
New Humanitarian Infrastructures at the End of Aid studies how humanitarian infrastructures are emerging, being remade or falling into ruination following the end of global commitment to international aid, exemplified by the withdrawal of USAID in 2025. The project aims to c...
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