Funded Research Positions focusing on Intuitive Interspecies Communication (IIC)
Postdoctoral Positions (4 years, full-time, funded) – Deadline Nov. 2, 2024
Led by Dr. Vanessa Wijngaarden at the University of Liège (ULiege), Belgium. This collective research project explores intuitive interspecies communication and the collaboration with animal communicators and Indigenous knowledge holders in the development of novel multispecies methods.
Over the course of four years, the postdoc will provide the natural scientific entry point into ANICOM, executing fieldwork at eight case study locations to co-develop new research methodologies. They will work in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to overcome the gap between the natural and social sciences, professional and Indigenous animal communicators and a variety of non-human animals. Specifically, they will research the answers animal communicators obtain by employing their knowledge of established (natural) scientific frameworks and theories, e.g. through work with audiovisual tools, data sheets and ethograms, as well as cooperation with ethologist, veterinarians and other external experts. See here for complete details. Starting date, February 1, 2025.
Ph.D. positions (3 positions, 4 years, full time, funded) - Deadline Extended: Oct. 28, 2024
Led by Dr. Vanessa Wijngaarden at the University of Liège (ULiege), Belgium. This collective research project explores intuitive interspecies communication and the collaboration with animal communicators and Indigenous knowledge holders in the development of novel multispecies methods. See complete details here. The role will include:
Conducting ethnographic field research (11 months)
Writing and completing a Ph.D. dissertation within four years
Participating in the scientific activities of ANICOM and the Faculty of Social Sciences at ULiege, Belgium
Presenting research results in international conferences.
Starting date February 1, 2025. Please find a link to the call here, and feel free to distribute wherever you see fit.
M.J. Barrett, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Avantika Mathur, IIC Knowledge Mobilization Specialist
School of Environment & Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Contact: multispecies.symposium@usask.ca
Background Paper: Speaking with other animals through intuitive interspecies communication: towards cognitive and interspecies justice
