Postdoctoral Associate Opportunities with SEAP
Two positions available
The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University invites applications for two separate two-year Postdoctoral Associate appointments, each awarded for the two-year period beginning between July 1 and September 1, 2025. Each position offers a stipend of $62,000-$65,000/year, depending on candidate experience.
Candidates should apply for only one of these two positions, and will not be considered for both. The deadline for both postdoctoral appointments is January 15, 2025. For the purposes of these postdoctoral appointments, SEAP considers the countries of Southeast Asia to include Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, East Timor, and Singapore. The most competitive candidates will have proficiency in one (or more) Southeast Asian language(s) and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary contexts. We strongly encourage scholars from Southeast Asia and underrepresented scholars who have been historically and structurally excluded from research and funding opportunities to apply.
Questions about either position can be directed to tf14@cornell.edu.
Southeast Asian Qualitative Social Sciences
We are seeking an independent and highly motivated social scientist with fieldwork and area expertise on one or more Southeast Asian countries. Scholars from a range of fields including geography, anthropology, sociology, data/information science, public and ecosystem health, planning, political science, and environmental social science are encouraged to apply. We especially welcome someone able to work across disciplinary boundaries and is interested in the intersections between research, public engagement, and policy making in the Southeast Asian context.
Southeast Asian Environmental Humanities
Potential topics may include and are not limited to humanistic or qualitative research approaches to climate breakdown, biodiversity, human-animal relations, plantations, environmental justice, commodity chains, extraction, and the cultural politics of food as they relate to Southeast Asia and/or Southeast Asian diasporas. We especially welcome applicants with PhDs in the humanities, interpretive social sciences such as anthropology, or interdisciplinary degrees such as religious studies, Southeast Asian studies, ethnic studies, feminist studies, or science and technology studies.