Recrutement d’un·e Post-Doctorant·e MSCA 2025 sur l’Adoption

HOSTING INFORMATION
Offer Deadline : Fri, 16 May 2025 – 16:00
EU Research Framework Programme : Horizon Europe – MSCA
Country : France
City : 49035 ANGERS Cedex
Organisation/Institute : Université d’Angers
Department : Direction de la Recherche – Cellule Europe
Laboratory : TEMOS (Temps, Monde, Sociétés)

CONTACT INFORMATION
TEMOS
Université d’Angers

Email
yves.denechere@univ-angers.fr
cap-europe@univ-angers.fr

Brief description of the University of Angers:
The University of Angers welcomes 27 000 students, 1,037 professors, around 1,400 professionals and nearly 700 staff members, 400 different degrees, association with national public centers (CNRS, INRAE, INSERM),450 institutions collaborated all over the world with the UA in the framework of research or education agreements. The University of Angers is committed to the HRS4R label since 2020 and is already involved in various European projects, notably MSCA actions.

Presentation of the TEMOS research unit :
TEMOS (Temps, Mondes et Sociétés) is a joint research unit of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS UMR 9016). It includes around 60 faculty members and 62 PhD candidates in Angers, Lorient and Le Mans Universities. In the field of contemporary history, TEMOS includes specialists in transnational and social history. The applicant will be fully integrated in TEMOS’ facilities, which provide support, training and research seminar. Further support will be available from MSH Ange-Guepin, with the research facilities Huma-Num Loire and PROGEDO-Loire (services, resources and training on the digitization, processing, storage, publication and exploitation of research data and scientific productions).

Previous and Current involvement in EU-funded research and training programmes/actions/projects
TEMOS has been and is currently involved in several Research and Training programmes, including EU, international, national or regional funding. See below 3 MSCA projects hosted at UA :
-MSCA-GF SHIPPAN 101064925 A transnational history of health control and hygiene onboard of liners (1894-1946)
-MSCA-IF CIE-NET4DISCHILD 101028918 Taking Care of Disabled Children: the Centre International de l’Enfance and Transnational Network, France-North Atlantic-Africa (1959-1989)
-MSCA-IF 748770 GenHuMChild Gender and transnational Humanitarian Commitment for Children (Europe – 1980-2007)

Professor Yves DENECHERE will be the supervisor of the project (and has been supervisor of the 3 MSCA projects above). He is professor in history, director of the research unit TEMOS and the Universitarian center of Child and youth studies and expert in intercountry adoption.

Potential title of the project : Illegal practices in intercountry adoption in Europe. Comparative studies (1950-2000).
In recent years, several European countries have produced studies and reports on illegal practices in intercountry adoption: Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and France. In these countries, strong social demand from adoptees is weighing on the political leaders of the countries hosting intercountry adoption. Even more recently, similar studies are beginning to appear, for example in South Korea and Chile. What is lacking, however, is a comparative or connected approach to the illicit practices that have been identified here and there, despite the fact that intercountry adoption is by definition a global phenomenon that goes beyond national frameworks and bilateral relations between states.
The aim of the project is to take a first step towards a global history of illegality in intercountry adoption in the second half of the twentieth century by comparing the data available on the question in France (study by Y. Denéchère and F. Macedo in 2023 https://univ-angers.hal.science/hal-03972497v1) with those of another European country.
To carry out this analysis, we are looking for a candidate with a PhD in history with a good knowledge of child studies in a european country other than France.

Eligibility :
Applicants must comply with the mobility rule (having stay in France less than 12 months in the past 3 years before the 10th of September 2025). Applicants also must have maximum 8 years of active research experience after graduating their (first) PhD.

If you are interested in this offer and have the required background, please download and fill the application form available at https://www.univ-angers.fr/en/research/funding-and-projects/cap-europe/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship.html
and send it with your CV to yves.denechere@univ-angers.fr and cap-europe@univ-angers.fr

We encourage you to apply ASAP, if we receive applications that has an fitting profile, we will close the offer in Euraxess.