The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy (CFA) at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the social and intellectual organization of science reform communities. The expected starting date is October 1, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The expected duration for the position is 2 years.

The project

The postdoctoral position is part of the Volkswagen Foundation-funded research project “Reforming Science: Investigating the Reflexivity and Reflectivity of (Non)Academic Actors Advocating for Scientific Reforms”, carried out in collaboration between the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy at Aarhus University and the Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

The project examines contemporary science reform movements and communities associated with, for example, Open Science, metascience, reproducib...