Postdoctoral Researchers and Fellows
Fellowships and research posts in funded projects and research groups.
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Be Considered for the Right Faculty Post
White Matter introduces scholars at every career stage, from postdoctoral researcher to professor, to universities and research institutes in every region. Share your CV once, and we will contact you when a post suits your record.
How We Work With Scholars
When a university retains White Matter for a post, we consider the full field, including the scholars who have shared their CV.
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Share
You send your CV
With a short note on the roles and regions you would consider, and when you could move.
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Read
We read your record
Your CV is read alongside your publication record in ATLAS. Mobility is read from career facts; nothing is inferred from your name or origin.
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Match
We consider you for mandates
When an institution retains White Matter for a post that suits your record, you are considered with the rest of the field.
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Decide
You choose whether to proceed
We contact you first. Your name goes to an institution with your agreement.
Posts at Every Career Stage
Every introduction we make includes sourced figures, a projected range, and stated risks. Scholars are introduced on the evidence of their record. Earlier in a career, the record is shorter, and the trajectory counts.
Assistant Professors and Lecturers
First independent posts, where the record so far and its trajectory are read together.
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Professors and Chairs
Senior posts, including endowed chairs, where a record shapes an institution's field.
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Academic Leadership
Heads of department, deans, institute directors, provosts, and presidents.
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Share your CV once
We keep it on file and consider it for every mandate that suits your record. You can update it at any time.
Where We Work
Universities and research institutes in every region. You can be considered for posts anywhere, or tell us where you would go.
The Americas
Faculty search and advisory for universities and research institutes across North and Latin America.
Europe
Faculty search and advisory for Europe's research universities, from long-established institutions to new foundations.
Middle East and North Africa
Faculty search and advisory for universities and research institutes across the Gulf, the Levant, and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Faculty search and advisory for universities and research institutes across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asia-Pacific
Faculty search and advisory for universities and research institutes across Asia and Oceania.
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Questions From Scholars
What happens after I submit my CV?
You receive a reference number. We read your CV alongside your publication record. When a university retains White Matter for a post that suits your record, we contact you to discuss it.
Will my institution know I have shared my CV?
No. Your details are held in confidence. Your name goes to an institution with your agreement, after we have spoken with you about the post.
How is my information used?
To consider you for current and future appointments, and to contact you about them. It is not sold or shared for marketing. Mobility is read from career facts, such as affiliations and co-authorships; nothing is inferred from your name or origin.
Do I need to be based in a particular region?
No. We source the full field of research-active scholars, worldwide, for every mandate, wherever the institution is. Tell us the regions you would consider, or choose “Open to any”.
Can I update or remove my CV?
Yes. Write to enquiries@whitemattersearch.com with your reference number, and we will update or delete your details.
Why do you ask for an ORCID iD?
It lets us match your CV to your publications with confidence. We name no one to a client until identity is confirmed from the works record, and an ORCID iD makes that quicker.
How White Matter Reads a Record
Faculty capital
What a Faculty Departure Costs
Universities price appointments but seldom price departures. Across 29 Gulf universities, a fifth of researchers appear on about four in five of the most cited papers. In some fields, one departure puts about a third of that record at risk.
Search practice
How to Read a Provost Candidate's Record
Provost and dean searches rest on reputation, references and interview. The research record of the units a candidate has led is public and rarely read. Set against peer units over the same years, it gives a committee evidence an interview cannot.
Search practice
Cohort Hiring as One Portfolio
Gulf universities already hire in clusters: about half of arrivals publish with another recent arrival, and about half share a subfield with one. When each post is filled on its own, a cohort can duplicate strengths and leave gaps; planning the posts together avoids both.
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How ATLAS reads the scholarly record
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