The Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral research position in the social sciences, beginning on 1^st September 2026, for one year (renewable for one year).

Job Summary:
This post-doctoral fellowship is for a duration of one-year (renewable for one year).
The position is open to post-doc researchers in social sciences and humanities from India who obtained their PhD from 2022 onwards.
The CSH is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. Women are especially encouraged to apply.

Prerequisite:
– Hold a PhD from a leading academic institution. The candidate should have obtained her/his PhD degree on September 1st, 2026 at the latest.
– This postdoctoral position is part of the CSH’s research area entitled “Documenting Democracy.”
– The candidate must have completed all or part of his/her thesis in one of the following fields: social movements of contestation, collective mobilization, activism. Her/his work may focus on caste, class, environment, women, religious minorities, LGBTQ+ minorities, etc.
– The candidate must have defended his/her thesis in one of the following disciplines: sociology, anthropology, history, geography, law or political science.
– The publication of at least one article on the subject is required.
– The research project must be distinct from the thesis and fall within the same field of study.

Duties/Responsibilities/Qualifications:
– Ability to initiate research programs, to collaborate with CSH scholars and to take responsibility for the organization of seminars.
– Willingness to seek external research funding and participate in collective research projects.
– Ability to integrate a French, Indian and international environment.
– Fluency in English and excellent written and oral skills. Knowledge of South Asian languages is a must.
– The selected candidate commits to submit at least one article in an academic journal before the end of the first year of his/her contract.

Status and Remuneration:
The status is that of a full-time researcher on par with all current full-time researchers at CSH.
The monthly net salary is fixed at 100 000 INR, along with access to CSH research funds.

Application and Selection:
The candidates should send a CV (including a detailed list of publications), a brief (maximum 15,000 characters including spaces) research project and one (minimum) or two (maximum) recommendation letter(s) electronically to jobs@csh-delhi.com. Kindly mention « Post-Doctoral Research position at CSH » in the subject line.

Applications must be received by 20 March 2026 (midnight IST).

Pre-selected candidates will be contacted for an interview via video-conference (if abroad) or on the premises (if in Delhi) which will take place on the last week of May 2026. The result of the selection procedure will be transmitted to the candidates by the 1st June 2026. The position is expected to start from 1st September 2026.

Please note that CSH reserves the right not to fill the position if no candidate is deemed suitable.