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https://youtu.be/i4SDcLir6OcThe Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen invites applications from a legal scholar with academic qualifications equivalent to associate professor to join the cross-disciplinary project GENMAR (In/visible women of the sea- Gendering fishery politics and advocacy) for a 20 % secondary post per year for a four-years period. Qualified candidates must hold a permanent position (minimum 50 %) at an organization other than UiB.
The position is fully funded by the European Research Council (ERC) through the project GENMAR (2026–2031). Together with the PI, the legal scholar is expected to develop and conduct an anthropological-legal interdisciplinary case study in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and in relevant policy institutions of the European Union.
The aim of the case study is to develop innovative research strategies for exploring socio-legal orders and policy development processes in fisheries through methodological and theoretical collaboration between anthropology and legal studies. However, the case study is integrated into the overall research framework and lines of inquiry of the GENMAR-project.
The GENMAR-project will advance empirical and theoretical knowledge about why and how women are continuously marginalized in the fishery sector.
Current research shows that fisherwomen’s roles and contributions are not only habitually underrecognized, but they are also often excluded from governance- and management processes and lack social and economic rights. However, we know little about how gender equality policies- and recommendations in fishery are negotiated through political- and advocacy systems. Further, in the face of increased attention to the issue, little is known of where and why it loses momentum in political systems. Moreover, women’s role and agency in fishery politics, advocacy and governance is an understudied field, offering limited knowledge of how and why their struggles are hindered.
GENMAR’s research objective is situated at the intersection of these three knowledge gaps. The project will develop a multi-sited, multi-scalar, comparative and theorized ethnography of gender inequality, gender advocacy and gender policies in fisheries in Spain, Brazil, Tanzania and Thailand, and a case study of fishery policy in the EU-commission and the UNs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Theoretically, the project draws on the existing literature about the gendering of fisheries, in dialogue with gender studies, social science concept analysis, legal anthropology and anthropological approaches to the state, organizations, law and policy. Methodologically, the project draws on ethnographic fieldwork, extended interviews, focus groups, document- and media studies, and law- and policy analysis.
The project’s PI is Associate Professor Iselin Åsedotter Strønen. For more information about the project, see In/visible women of the sea. Gendering fishery politics and advocacy (GENMAR) | UiB
Responsibilities
Short-listed candidates will be invited to attend an interview.
Application deadline: May 26, 2026. Applications sent by e-mail or without requested documents will not be considered.
Starting date: January 1, 2027, at the latest.
For questions about the position, please contact Iselin Åsedotter Strønen: Iselin.stronen@uib.no
Practical questions about the application process can be directed to HR adviser Gudrun Horvei: Gudrun.horvei@uib.no
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