Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the listed posts below. Interested applicants should submit application, Curriculum Vitae, Certificates and Transcripts
giving full details of applicant’s education, qualifications, work experience, present salary and
naming three referees, plus their postal and email addresses.

Letters should be addressed to;

The Director
Makerere Institute of Social Research
P.O. Box 16022
Wandegeya, Kampala.

Applications should be sent to applications.misr[at]gmail.com with a copy to mm1124[at]columbia.edu

(a) Senior Research Fellow

Qualification:

• (i) PhD
• (ii) A minimum of six (6) new publications in Refereed journals
• (iii) A minimum of five (5) years of proven Research
• (iv) Not less than ten (10) researched papers;
• (v) Contribution to the intellectual life in the area of specialization

Area of Specialization:

• Political theory: global premodern and contemporary modern;
• History: (a) historical methods and historiography, archival research(b) Africa Before Western Hegemony and Indian Ocean; (c) Gender in History
• Political Economy: Ecology and the Environment
• The study of culture: theory and ethnography; gender and ethnicity

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Publish at least two Articles a year;
• Teach two MISR graduate courses annually, and the 3rd Year PhD Colloquium; Give at least one Research Seminar a year;
• Participate in planning a MISR workshop and book publication annually;
• Participate in planning and carrying out MISR core Research Projects;
• Participate in writing at least one policy brief annually in the area of specialization;
• Prepare and submit an Annual activity Report;
• Actively participate in service to the Institute and University;
• Participate in workshops run by the Institute;
• Supervision of Students to completion;
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Director.

Tenure of appointment:

Five (5) years renewable contract subject to satisfactory performance following an appraisal.

(b) Research Fellow

Qualification:

• (i) PhD
• (ii) A minimum of three (3) publications in Refereed journals
• (iii) A minimum of three (3) years of proven Research
• (iv) At least two (2) Researched Papers

Area of Specialization:

• Political theory: global premodern and contemporary modern;
• History: (a) historical methods and historiography, archival research – (b) Africa Before Western Hegemony and Indian Ocean
• Political Economy: Ecology and the Environment
• The study of culture: theory and ethnography

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Publish at least one Article a year;
• Teach at least two MISR graduate courses annually, and the 3rd Year PhD Colloquium;
• Give at least one Research Seminar a year;
• Participate in planning and carrying out MISR core Research Projects;
• Prepare and submit an Annual activity Report;
• Actively participate in service to the Institute and University;
• Participate in workshops run by the Institute;
• Supervision of Students to completion;
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Director.

Tenure of appointment:

Five (5) years renewable contract subject to satisfactory performance following an appraisal.