ThaiNGO

Project Background: 

Within the scope of a research project on environmental change and human mobility in Thailand (Trans|Re), an assistant for empirical data collection in the outskirts of Bangkok (BMR) and in rural provinces, as well as for data analysis is required. The research project is affiliated to the Department of Geography at Bonn University, Germany. For more information on this research project, please check our homepage: www.transre.org or our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TransReProject

Job offers: 

Position 1:  Research assistant, Thai-English translator within the Trans|Re Subproject “Resilience to environmental risks under the influence of translocal linkages – a case study on internal migration in Thailand”

Working location(s): Bangkok Metropolitan Region, incl. field trips to provinces in North and Northeast Thailand (Burirum, Chiang Rai, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani)
Duration: 20 April 2016 (through August 2016)

Objectives:

This research (sub-)project seeks to better understand the impacts of people’s mobility on the resilience to environment-related risks in North and Northeast Thailand. We analyze what makes people move out from their places of origin and how they maintain connections to their families at home. Modes of dealing with climate impacts might be influenced by connections between people working outside of their villages of origin and their families back home. Maintaining social ties at a distance is an active process which is why we examine everyday lives of people who have moved to Bangkok for to work and live there.

A neighborhood in the vicinity of Bangkok will serve as a starting point. Migration trajectories will then be traced back to migrants’ places of origin within Thailand in order to understand the impacts of such movements. The aim is to understand patterns of internal migration, in particular circumstances of rural migrants’ lives in semi-/urban areas in Bangkok and its outskirts. As this research draws on qualitative, non-standardized interviews with migrants and their families in Thai language, we are looking for an assistant with proficiency in Thai and English language for conducting and transcribing interviews. 

Tasks:

» Translation and interpreting (English-Thai, Thai-English) during interviews for research purposes, as well as for preparing and analyzing such interviews
» Transcription of interviews
» Support to the research associate who will be responsible for the study, during the collection and analysis of empirical data

Requirements:

» High proficiency in Thai and English language: both written and oral
» Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative data collection, such as conducting interviews
» MS Office
» Experience in interview transcription
» Willingness to work both in Bangkok/surrounding provinces and in villages in rural parts of NE Thailand, as research will be carried out in different places.

How to apply:  An application letter as well as the most recent CV in English language stating your qualifications and experience should be submitted to: lporst@uni-bonn.de or porstluise@gmail.com 

Closing date:  08/04/2016

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Position 2:  Research assistant, Thai-English translator within the Trans|Re Subproject “Social Networks and Translocal Resilience"

Working location(s): Chiang Rai, Phitsanulok, Udonthani, and Burriram
Duration: 15 May 2016 (through August 2016)

Objectives:

This research project seeks to better understand the role of social networks for the resilience of rural communities and households to environmental risk in North and Northeastern Thailand. Particular attention will be placed on structural properties of networks and the nature of flows through translocal social networks that connect people across various places.

Objective is a formal social network analysis (SNA) of social support, agricultural innovation and natural resource governance in rural communities in the provinces of Chang Rai, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani and Buriram. Empirical research comprises a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods for network data collection and analysis, in particular semi-structured interviews and participatory network mapping. During field research from Mai to August 2016, the assistant will work and live together with the researcher in rural villages in North and Northeastern Thailand.

Tasks:

» Translation and interpreting (English-Thai, Thai-English) during interviews with farmers/households and relevant stakeholders
» Preparing, scheduling and following-up interviews
» Organizational support to the researcher
» Data entry & management

Requirements:

» Proficiency in Thai and English language (written and oral)
» Previous experience with issues of rural development, climate change, migration.
» Willingness to work and live in villages in rural parts of North and Northeast Thailand
» Proficiency in MS Office
» Experience with software for statistical data analysis (e.g. STATA/SPSS) and social networks analysis (e.g. UCINET-Software / Gephi) or would be a plus.

Accommodation/Transport: Transport, food and accommodation during field stay are covered by the project

How to apply:  Please submit a short motivation letter stating your interests in the research project and qualifications as well as your most recent CV in English language via E-mail to: tirock@uni-bonn.de 

Closing date:  20/04/2015

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All applications will be treated confidentially and not returned. All applicants will be considered on the basis of merit without regard to race, national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or physical or mental disability.