Post-doctorant(e) : Problèmes publics des centres de données - Chaire SHS TerrAINs - CDD de 18 mois
Job description
A post-doctoral research position in the Social and Economic Sciences department, studying how data centres create and organise public problems around territories at different scales.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Palaiseau, France
- Languages
- French
- Pay
- EUR 36,000 / year
- Apply before
- November 22, 2026
What you'll do
- Carry out research within the TerrAINs Chair
- Take part in running the chair and contribute to projects led by other team members
- Take part in activities promoting the chair's work
- Supervise interns and student workshops
What we're looking for
- Social sciences and humanities profile, interdisciplinary
- Strong theoretical and empirical command of socio-environmental transformations, situated knowledge, public problems, collective inquiry and science-society relations
- Doctorate or equivalent required
Your team
Sciences Économiques et Sociales (SES) department, SHS TerraAINs Chair
Research department hosting the SHS TerrAINs Chair, which studies the territorial stakes of digital infrastructure development, especially data centres in France.
Benefits
- 49 days of annual leave (CA + RTT)
- Flexible working hours depending on service activity
- Remote work 1 to 3 days per week possible
- 75% reimbursement of public transport pass
- Access to sports facilities, concierge, underground parking and on-site catering
- Social contributions lower than in the private sector
How to get hired
- 1Send a detailed CV
- 2Send a 2-3 page letter outlining intended contributions to the chair and motivation
- 3Send two significant publications relevant to this intention
- 4Send a recommendation letter
Apply
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About Télécom Paris (Institut Mines-Télécom)
One of the top six French general engineering schools
Télécom Paris is an engineering school of the Institut Mines-Télécom and a founding member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
Mission
To train, imagine and undertake in order to design digital models, technologies and solutions serving a society and economy that respect people and their environment.
Key facts
- Located 20 km from Paris, accessible by RER B and C
- The TerrAINs Chair is funded by the Île-de-France Region for 2026-2029
- The Île-de-France region had more than 165 data centres in 2024
Partners & customers
What they value
- Recruitment based on skills, without distinction of origin, age, gender identity or sexual orientation