Student Assistant (Institute for European Global Studies)

Hands-on involvement in the project's research (compiling bibliographies, tracking down published and archival sources, helping build the project's source database).

Helping organize the project's academic activities – workshops and conferences, invitations to visiting speakers, travel and scheduling – together with the project's head.

Supporting the institute with organizational and administrative tasks in the secretariat and providing organizational support for events and activities hosted by the institute.

The Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Studies, founded in 1993, is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Basel that examines the relationships between Switzerland and Europe from a global perspective. As an interdisciplinary institution, the Institute brings together expertise from political science, economics, history, philosophy, and law, and offers an innovative and internationally oriented academic program in European Global Studies.

The SNF Ambizione project “Droughtscapes of Empire: Food Production and the Techno-Politics of Dryland Adaptation, 1890s-1940s” focuses on French North Africa, Australia, South Africa, and the United States. It looks at how settler societies and capitalist food regimes confronted the challenge of feeding imperial and global markets from semiarid environments. This history speaks directly to the present, contributing to current debates on global food security and climate change adaptation, green capitalism and its faith in technological fixes.

• You are enrolled at the University of Basel, in a master's programme or in the later stages of a bachelor's degree.

• You are interested in the work and specializations of the Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Studies, especially history and interdisciplinary research on Europe in a global context.

• You are organized, proactive, and reliable, and you enjoy working as part of a team. Experience with administrative and organizational tasks, especially around events, is an advantage.

• You are comfortable working with spreadsheets and with reference management software such as Zotero, or willing to learn. Basic skills in image editing and layout (e.g., Photoshop, InDesign) are a plus, but not a requirement.

• You have very good written and spoken English and good German. A good reading knowledge of French is an advantage, given the project's French-language sources.