Research Coordinator in the ERC Consolidator Project INNER_LEAGUE at the Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for a research coordinator position in the ERC Consolidator Project INNER_LEAGUE from 01.08.2025. The position is a fixed term position for 36 months at 50%.

Introduction – About INNER_LEAGUE

INNER_LEAGUE is a 5-year ERC Consolidator Project (2025-2030), headed by Haakon A. Ikonomou (PI). INNER_LEAGUE provides a comprehensive social-bureaucratic history of the League of Nations Secretariat. The project will investigate the inner life of the secretariat to (a) understand how it shaped the professional lives of the ca. 4000 people that worked there. And (b) how this global workplace shaped the lasting bureaucratic infrastructures of multilateralism it serviced.

To deliver on its undertaking, the project implements an approach combining social, institutional, and digital history across three work packages: (i) Communities, (ii) Hierarchies, and (iii) Infrastructures.

To operationalize its approach, INNER_LEAGUE has several concrete objectives:

(1) To systematically uncover and analyze the emergence, endurance, change and impact of professional, educational, epistemic, social, and emotional communities within the League Secretariat.

(2) To examine the often-contested formation of hierarchies within the League Secretariat via state-of-the-art digital approaches.

(3) To investigate how processes of community building and hierarchization impacted upon the professional lives of the staff of the League Secretariat.

(4) To study and explain how, and under what material circumstances, these hierarchized communities of officials and staff built, maintained, operated, and passed on new infrastructures of multilateralism.

The project is hosted at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. The Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities is dedicated to the study of human societies past and present, with degree programs ranging from History to Archaeology, Ethnology, Classical Languages and Migration Studies.

Duties and Responsibilities


We are looking for a research coordinator with experience in coordinating large and interdisciplinary centres or projects (either in a VIP or TAP position at the time), experience in communicating research, events and activities online and on social media, experience in organising and managing conferences, steering group meetings and the likes, and with experience in supporting or working with digital databases, prosopography and digital archives.

The specific tasks are threefold:

(1) Coordinative and research supportive work with digital prosopographical databases.

- Coordinating and communicating with partner institutions of INNER_LEAGUE (Like the United Nations Library and Archives Geneva) on collaboration agreements, meeting and events, and research support.

- Central storage, ethical considerations and research support on datasets and digital archival material.

(2) Public Dissemination

- Publishing and disseminating Research Blog

- Social Media updates re. publications, blogs, conferences, and news.

- Building, maintaining and updating the project website

(3) Research support

- In the creation of a new version of VisuaLeague (Digital Prosopographical Research Tool)

- In supporting the INNER_LEAGUE team (1 PhD, 2 postdocs, PI) in structuring and curating of biographical data of c. 5000 employees of the League of Nations Secretariat.

Qualification requirements and assessment criteria

We expect that you have a background in the Humanities, preferably an MA- (and PhD) in 20th century international history. Moreover, we are looking for the following competences:

• Can handle and execute several tasks and processes at once.
• Has excellent organizational skills and the ability to work and cooperate within an interdisciplinary team.
• Has experience in project or centre management with multiple stakeholders and a substantial budget (over 1 million DKK pr. year)
• Has experience in organizing, hosting and publicizing small and large international workshops, conferences and similar events.
• Has exceptional Danish and English written and oral communication skills.
• Has experience in facilitating, supporting or partaking in research processes with a digital component.

Application

A motivational letter (max. 3 pages), CV and documentation of education (degree diplomas) should be sent via UCPH’s job portal. Press “Apply for position [SØG STILLINGEN]” at the bottom of the page.

The Application deadline is set for 25 may 2025.

Job interviews will be conducted in week 22 and 23.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and employment conditions employment is as an administrator (fuldmægtig) (or specialised consultant - specialkonsulent) in accordance with the collective agreement for academics in the central government. Remuneration according to the AC collective agreement is based on seniority. It will be possible to negotiate additional allowances according to qualifications. The average working week is 37 hours (of which you will work 50%). We have flexitime.

Further information

If you want further information about the position, please feel free to contact Haakon A. Ikonomou (tenure track assistant professor, Saxo Institute) at +4530238132 / ikonomou@hum.ku.dk