M/W Doctoral student in Sociology – Work-Study balance for high school students

2 Sep 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

Laboratoire d’économie et de sociologie du travail

Research Field

Sociology
Juridical sciences
Criminology

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

France

Application Deadline

22 Sep 2023 – 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Jan 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The Laboratoire d’Économie et de Sociologie du Travail (LEST) is a joint research unit of the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. Specializing in the analysis of work, training and organizations, LEST brings together some one hundred researchers, teachers and doctoral students in the social sciences of work (sociology, economics, management, political science, law, language sciences, geography and planning). This research is part of a close partnership with the Centre Émile Durkheim (UMR CNRS-Sciences Po Bordeaux-Université de Bordeaux). The doctoral student will have access to all the resources LEST makes available to its doctoral students (workspace, access to computer resources, participation in the laboratory’s scientific activities, etc.).

Doctoral school: Aix-Marseille University’s ED 355, Espaces, Cultures, Sociétés.
Education and skills required: Master 2 in sociology or political science. Good knowledge of the literature on dropping out of school and educational trajectories, professional integration and life paths, public education and training policies. Mastery of questionnaire survey techniques, statistical data processing. Qualitative research using semi-structured individual or focus group interviews, including interview coding. Ability to work independently as part of an interdisciplinary research team.

Useful links: http://lest.fr/fr/recherche/projets-recherche/anr-tdl

Objective: As part of the ANR research project on high-school students’ work and educational trajectories, this thesis will contribute to the production of knowledge on a little-known social phenomenon: the paid work of high-school students in France and Quebec during the school year.

Key words: work-study balance, educational and biographical trajectories, sociology of work, sociology of education, France-Quebec comparison.

The ANR research program under which this doctoral contract falls brings together an interdisciplinary Franco-Quebec team of researchers with expertise in the sociology and economics of education and work, the sociology of youth, public policy analysis, school geography and the analysis of work-study balance. Its ambition is to shed light on a social phenomenon that is still poorly understood in France: paid work by high school students, to measure its scope and to analyze the consequences of work-study balance on inequalities in the educational and biographical trajectories of high school students. The aim of this research program is to explore the issue of high school work in France by quantifying the phenomenon, analyzing the ways in which it has developed and changed, and studying its impact on the educational and personal careers of “hard-working high school students”. The conciliation of work and study is primarily a question of the intersection between the worlds of work and education and requires an analysis of its effects on the biographical trajectories of students in the broader perspective of its integration with other spheres of life.
The target population for this research is upper secondary school students (lycées) enrolled in general, technological and vocational schools in two academic regions: SUD-PACA and Nouvelle Aquitaine. The classes surveyed will cover all three years of high school (seconde, première and terminale), and will also extend to populations of students who have dropped out of school. This research includes a comparative perspective with Quebec. There is currently no comparative work on the CTE of high school students between France and Quebec, which is also one of the original features of the TDL project.

The aim of this thesis project is to participate fully in the production of quantitative and qualitative data for this research program, as well as its analysis and valorization.

The person recruited for this project will be tasked with taking part in the questionnaire survey distributed to all establishments in the two academic regions surveyed. He/she will also take part in qualitative interview campaigns conducted at 10 sites in the two regions with educational and institutional players, students and their families. The candidate will be expected to master both quantitative and qualitative survey techniques, and to work as part of a multi-disciplinary research team.

Requirements

Research Field

Sociology

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

Juridical sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

Criminology

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Basic

Research Field

Sociology

Years of Research Experience

None

Research Field

Juridical sciences

Years of Research Experience

None

Research Field

Criminology

Years of Research Experience

None

Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR7317-NATBES-016/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Laboratoire d’économie et de sociologie du travail

Country

France

City

AIX EN PROVENCE

Where to apply

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR7317-NATBES-016/Candidater.aspx

Contact

City

AIX EN PROVENCE

Website

https://lest.fr/fr

STATUS: EXPIRED