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We are pleased to announce the opportunity for two Early Stage Researchers (PhD) to join the MARKETS project at the UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies and work on projects related to informality.
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The Global Informality Project publishes a leading online resource for 'ways of getting things done.' The growing online encyclopaedia and the published volumes of invisible, yet powerful informal practices are made possible by a remarkable collaboration of scholars from five continents.
- Two Early Stage Researcher (PhD) positions are open at UCL SSEES for the MARKETS project.
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- Read about the practice of Uhljeb in this open-source article written by Ružica Šimić Banović.
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