ABOUT INED
INEDs mission is to conduct research on various demographic issues (fertility and family, health and mortality, migration, etc.) and to keep the general public and the research world informed about trends and developments.
Around 250 people work for the Institute (permanent staff, contract staff, doctoral students, etc.); it also hosts a number of associate researchers. INED forms the hub of a network of national and international research partnerships.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Publications Department works with the Institutes management and editorial committees to define INEDs editorial and commercial policy on publishing books and journals. It comprises a team of 11 people (one department head, four editors, including an English-speaking translator/editor, two graphic designers/typesetters, two documentalists who manage the open archive, a department assistant, and a sales and subscriptions manager).
The Department publishes and markets books, the quarterly bilingual journal Population, a monthly newsletter entitled Population Societies, also published in both French and English, and an online publication called Sound Archives. European Memories of the Gulag. The publications are distributed in bookstores by FMSH Diffusion and made available to institutions, libraries, and individuals via various digital platforms: OpenEdition Books, Cairn, Persée, JStor, and Project Muse. In accordance with the Institutes open science policy, INED Publications offers many of its publications with free, immediate access.
ROLE
Supervised by the department head, the editor will help implement the editorial programme by producing printed and/or digital publications and making them available to the public. They will be working closely on a daily basis with the editors-in-chief of the journals and with other members of the department, particularly French-speaking graphic designers and editors.
PRINCIPAL TASKS
Editing of English versions of journals:
Responsibility for editorial production to press proof/digital proof stage:
Editing the English translation of books (maximum 1 book per year):
Involvement in promotion of publications:
Other:
Keeping aware of developments in the scientific publishing sector, open science, and legal context
Being involved in professional networks, science fairs, symposia, and industry meetings
KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of the scientific environment, ability to understand scientific reasoning and statistics (and associated terminology)
Knowledge of the language of social science research
Knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework of publishing
Typographic, bibliographic and documentation standards
Standards and techniques for content structuring
Editorial workflow in the context of scientific publishing
Editing and publication in an open science context
OPERATIONAL SKILLS:
Bilingual EnglishFrench Excellent writing and editing skills in English
Excellent command of the French language (vocabulary, syntax, spelling)
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