Research assistant in ERC project Living with Radiation HRP-IAEA; E13 , limited period

The chair for Science, Technology, and Gender Studies (STGS) at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg was established in January 2021. Our research and activities are strongly supported by third party funding (ERC consolidator, Volkswagen Stiftung, DAAD etc.). This advertisement is for the ERC project "Living with Radiation HRP-IAEA. The European Research Council-funded project Living with Radiation:

The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the History of Radiation Protection, based at the chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is recruiting a research assistant. HRP-IAEA studies the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the history of radiation protection. Led by Professor Maria Rentetzi, the project has initiated an array of innovative studies on nuclear diplomacy and nuclear history.

For more information, please see here: https://hrp-iaea.org . Research focus:

In the late 1950s the UN started to develop an international regulatory system for managing ionized radiation risks based heavily on the geopolitical division of the world. By establishing regulatory institutions such as WHO and IAEA, the UN elevated the problem of radiation risks to an international arena. Yet, IAEA's decision to draft its own radiation-safety recommendations in 1958 created tensions with the other already existing regulatory institutions.

The research assistant is expected to focus specifically on the relation between the IAEA and the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in respect to radiation health and safety.