Deadline extension - PhD position History of 20th century science

 (apologies for cross-posting)

Call for Applications

1 PhD position in the history of science (3 years, fully funded),
Northwestern Italian Philosophy Convention FINO
(https://www.finophd.eu/)

The position is funded by Prof. Roberto Lalli, in relation to his
participation to the multinational collaboration of the ERC AdG Project
Neworld@a: Negotiating World Research Data – A Science Diplomacy Study
(https://neworldata.org/). The location will be the Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of
Turin. A mobility period of six months at the University of Manchester
is planned.

The theme of the PhD research project will be: "The history and politics
of techno-scientific standardization in the international arena”

The PhD student will analyze the negotiations—among scientists,
institutions, and countries—to set standards in physics and chemistry
in the 20th century and the impact of this international
standard-setting process on the processes of establishing word data
centers and the global system of scientific data exchange.

The ideal candidate should:
- have experience with the transnational approach to the historiography
of science and technology
- combine research on the history of physics and/or chemistry in the
20th century with research on the history of international relations
- demonstrate an excellent level of English (written and spoken)
- have discrete reading knowledge of French and German.

The committee will assess candidates' qualifications:
a. Graduation mark (or arithmetic mean of the marks obtained during the
Master’s Degree if the candidate has applied before the attainment of
the second-level degree), Index and abstract of the thesis (max 500
words), extract of the master’s thesis (max 3000 words including
bibliographic references)
b. publications and other scientific titles
c. research project (max 3000 words) drafted by the candidate,
consistent with the research topics of the PhD course
d. two reference letters

NEW deadline for the application is July 28, 12 am CET.
Call in English http://phd.unipv.it/call-39/
Call in Italian http://phd.unipv.it/bando-39/

For receiving more information about the project, please contact:
roberto.lalli@polito.it

All best,
Roberto

Roberto Lalli, PhD
Assistant Professor (RTDb)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico
di Torino
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

Visiting Scholar
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
https://mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de [1]

Vice-President, Inter-Union Commission on the History and Philosophy of
Physics (IUPAP - DHST/IUHPST)

Secretary, European Society for the History of Science