POST-DOC in Department of Management

Kozminski University is an individual, financially independent higher education institution with full academic rights, founded in 1993 and located in the heart of Europe. Its offer includes a variety of undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, MBA, and doctoral programs. The university has received Polish and internationally recognized accreditations, including the Triple Crown: EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA. It also holds leading positions in global and national educational rankings, which confirms the high quality of its teaching and research.

Since 2009, Kozminski University has consistently been included in the Financial Times (FT) rankings of the best business schools worldwide.

Kozminski University is currently recruiting for the position of:

Department of Management

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Competition for a post-doctoral position in the research project (no. 2024/55/I/HS6/03043) entitled “Labour Flows:
Infrastructures of Labour Power Flows through Warehouses in Europe”, carried out under the Lead Agency Procedure within the Weave Programme, which has received funding from the National Science Centre under the “OPUS 28 LAP/Weave” call.

Information about the project:

The project entitled “Labour Flows:
Infrastructures of Labour Power Flows through Warehouses in Europe”, carried out at Kozminski University and managed by Miłosz Miszczyński, PhD, Labour Flows will examine how contemporary forms of employment in European logistics are shaped by labour flows and the infrastructures that enable them. The project will move beyond the traditional view of work as a static relationship between employer and employee, focusing instead on the socio-material systems—such as regulations, intermediaries, social networks, and logistical infrastructures—that sustain labour precarity.

By analysing warehouse centres in Poland, Belgium, and Austria, Labour Flows will reveal how these infrastructures operate, when they fail, and how they can be transformed. The project aims to develop a new theoretical and methodological framework to better understand and reimagine the future of work in the logistics sector under global capitalism.

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Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and conducting of research (including in-depth interviews with workers and desk research),
• Disseminating research findings, writing scientific papers,
• Collaborating with the Principal investigator,
• Performing other tasks as assigned by the Principal Investigator

Requirements:

Verified on the basis of information provided in the CV, in the application form, and in the submitted documents. May also be verified during the interview.

• competence in English at least at the C1 level, *
  • * in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• competence in Polish the C1 level*
  • in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Language
• experience with academic research and qualitative methods,
• experience in participating in academic conferences and publishing process,
• education: hold a PhD in social sciences / business studies,
• having obtained the academic degree of PhD (PL: “doktor”) at a different higher education institution than Kozminski University, not earlier than 12 years before the year of becoming employed within the framework of the project. (*), or having completed a continuous and evidenced post-doctoral fellowship of at least 10 months at an institution other than the host institution for the project and in a country different from the one in which the PhD degree was conferred.
• PhD diploma recognised in the Polish system of education,
• having a valid work permit or the right to work in Poland provided under other regulations and the ability to start the employment at the beginning of January 2026 or as soon as possible after that date

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* This period may be extended by a time of long-term (in excess of 90 days) documented sick leaves or rehabilitation leaves granted on account of being unfit to work. In addition, the period may be extended by the number of months of a child care leave granted pursuant to the…