Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

Greetings. The School of Physical Education, University of Otago,
New Zealand has created a fellowship for postdoctoral researchers.
Details of the post are attached with a summary below. Please feel
free to contact the Dean, or other members of the Otago Socio-Cultural
Group.

Regards,  Steve Jackson

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                              UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
                         Te Whare Wananga o Otago

                          Dunedin, New Zealand

                        Postdoctoral Research Fellow
           (Socio-cultural Study of Physical Education/Sport)
                              (Fixed-term)

                        SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The School of Physical Education, University of Otago has created a fellowship for
postdoctoral researchers with superior academic backgrounds in the socio-cultural
aspects of sport/physical education, including dance studies, exercise psychology,
pedagogy, outdoor education, sport coaching, sport history, sport management,
sport policy, sport psychology or sport sociology.

Postdoctoral Fellows must have received their PhD within five years of selection.
Except for fieldwork and other research activities that require absence from
campus, the Fellow is expected to work from the University of Otago during the
tenure of their fellowship.

Applicants should visit the School of Physical Education website and contact
relevant members of staff in advance of submitting their application, to discuss
possible projects and how their proposed research might complement existing research
programmes. Candidates requiring more information should contact the Dean of the
School of Physical Education, Professor Douglas Booth (email doug.booth@otago.ac.nz).
The fellowship is limited to research of mutual interest to both the fellow, their
mentor/s and the School of Physical Education.

The successful applicant will conduct research, publish papers, contribute to the
research environment, and give occasional lectures in their area of expertise.

Each application should include a statement of general research interests, a description
of the specific research to be conducted during the term of the fellowship, curriculum vitae,
and three letters of reference.

Fellowship appointments may start on 1 October 2009 or as soon thereafter as possible.

Salary: $NZ65,452 plus a research and travel allowance of $5,000 will be provided.