PhD Candidate in Algebraic Topology

 

Are you an aspiring researcher with a background in algebraic topology? Then join the Department of Mathematics as a PhD Candidate. You will carry out research in mathematics at the highest scientific level within a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with a balanced and international team that helps you discover your potential.

The Department of Mathematics at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands) is seeking an outstanding and highly motivated PhD candidate to work on a PhD project in homotopy theory. You will work on a PhD project under the supervision of Dr. Steffen Sagave. The position is funded for 4 years and has a light teaching load (10%). You will be encouraged to participate in relevant conferences, workshops and seminars, and to communicate your findings through publications in peer-reviewed journals. Upon successful completion, you will be awarded a PhD degree from Radboud University. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

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• You hold a Master's degree in Mathematics (or an equivalent degree), completed before the start date.
• You have a strong background in algebraic topology or related areas.
• You have excellent writing and communication skills.

We are

Algebraic topology is one of the research areas of the Department of Mathematics at Radboud University. The field is represented by Dr Magdalena Kedziorek and Dr Steffen Sagave. The department has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere with researchers in related areas including algebraic and arithmetic geometry, differential geometry, operator algebras, and representation theory. There is a good balance of junior and senior staff, and of Dutch and international researchers. We regularly organise research seminars as well as various informal events throughout the year. Moreover, algebraic topologists at Radboud University are part of a larger network of Dutch algebraic topologists who regularly interact and meet for seminars and other events. There are more than 20 PhD candidates in the Mathematics Department.

Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

• Employment for 1.0 FTE.
• The gross starting salary amounts to €2,443 per month based on a 38-hour working week, and will increase to €3,122 in the fourth year (salary scale P).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract).
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment  and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Would you like more information?

For questions about the position, please contact Steffen Sagave, Assistant Professor at +31 24 365 2296 or steffen.sagave@ru.nl

Practical information and applications

You can apply until 20 March 2022, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Steffen Sagave. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation including a short summary of your Master's thesis.
• Your CV including contact details of at least one academic reference, preferably the Master project supervisor.
• Transcript of records for Bachelor's and Master's studies.
• A copy of the Master's thesis (if already completed).

The first round of Interviews will take place in the week of 28 March 2022.

You would begin employment no later than 1 September 2022.

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Postdoctoral Researcher for Natural Legal Language Processing

 

How does counting and computation transform the assumptions, operations and outcomes of the law? That is what you aim to find out as a postdoc. You will delve deeper into the use of natural language processing for legal search and quantified legal prediction. This way, you can combine cutting-edge research into computer science with societally relevant problems.

The institute for Computing and Information Sciences is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in the domain of NLP or information retrieval, who will contribute to the study of natural legal language processing (NLLP) and is capable of developing an internal critique of relevant CS methodologies. You will be part of the CS team working on an ERC Advanced Grant project on the subject of 'computational law', in which a legal team and a CS team collaborate to help lawyers better understand both the possibilities and limitations of NLLP. We expect excellence within the domain of CS as well as a willingness to investigate the assumptions of NLP and their implications for the outcome of NLLP systems. You will be appointed at the Radboud institute for Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS), where your colleagues will be leading experts on information retrieval and NLP (e.g. Martha Larson and Arjen de Vries). You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with NLP experts at Radboud University's Centre for Language and Speech Technology. In addition, iCIS has close ties with Radboud University's interdisciplinary research hub on digitalization and society (the iHub). You will partake in the cross-disciplinary research of the ERC Advanced Grant project on 'Counting as a Human Being in the Era of Computation Law (COHUBICOL)'.

You will inquire into the architecture and foundational issues of NLLP, developing answers to questions such as:

1. As machine learning is claimed to approximate a mathematical target function, how can lawyers learn to test and contest the relevance of the approximation for the legal issues at stake?
2. How do different types of NLLP restrict or enable testing for various types of bias in their output?

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• You hold a PhD in CS, with a specialisation in NLP within the context of theoretical CS, machine learning or information retrieval.
• You have completed a minor in philosophy, science, or technology and society studies (preferred, not required).
• You have demonstrated excellence in academic writing and are fluent in English.
• You have affinity with novel types of conceptualization.
• You have a passion for conceptual clarity, critical reflection and creative intervention.
• You are able to think and work independently, also when under pressure, show respect for your colleagues, make sure you meet deadlines, and have a strong ambition to produce high-quality work.
• You have a willingness to engage with legal scholars, clarifying the assumptions, research design and operations of relevant computational systems.

We are

The Institute for Computing and Information Sciences is a renowned computer science research institute, hosting around 130 staff, grouped according to three research themes (Digital Security, Software Science, and Data Science) that build upon Radboud University's long-standing tradition of combining cutting-edge research on the mathematical foundations of computer science with societally relevant problems that are susceptible to scientific solutions. The overall objective of iCIS is to perform excellent scientific research and to have a positive impact in science and also in society - both in terms of improved economic performance and social well-being. iCIS not only aims to study technical aspects of software systems, but also their embedding in the environments in which they have to operate. iCIS wants to have firm roots within the broad 'general university' environment offered by Radboud University. This also explains the focus on formal modelling and analysis and distinguishes iCIS from computer science departments at technical universities, which typically have a more applied focus. iCIS aims to contribute to the progress of computer science and science as a whole by means of ICT applications in other disciplines, such as neuroscience, biology, law, and medicine, i.e. scientific areas in which the Radboud University is particularly strong.

Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

• Employment for 1.0 FTE, part-time employment is possible.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €2,836 and a maximum of €4,474 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 10).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• This is a temporary position for 1 year with the possibility of extension by another year.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment  and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Would you like more information?

For questions about the position, please contact Mireille Hildebrandt, Professor at mireille.hildebrandt@ru.nl.

Practical information and applications

You can apply until 14 March 2022, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Mireille Hildebrandt. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• An expression of interest (1500 words), explaining why you are interested in COHUBICOL, how you would contribute, and what makes you a suitable candidate (expressions of interest that do not relate to COHUBICOL content and objectives as stated on the website www.cohubicol.com will not be considered).
• Your CV including the contact details of two referees.

The first round of interviews will take place in the week of 21 March.

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Postdoctoral Researcher for Data Integration of GHG Fluxes from Organic Soils

 

Does climate change matter to you? And are you convinced that the right data can help people and societies to set action? Then join our growing team in crunching down big carbon flux data to unravel climate mitigation options in peatlands and wetlands.

Peatlands call for sound climate action while drained peat soils remain a large source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission to the atmosphere. To study the effectiveness of measures to mitigate GHG emissions, the National Research Programme on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Peatlands Meadows (NOBV) was initiated following the National Climate Agreement of the Dutch government. In this programme we use transparent auto-chambers and eddy covariance combined with a network of soil and meteorological sensors to perform long-term unattended measurements of soil-atmosphere GHG fluxes and relevant environmental variables across a variety of research sites. Supplemented with microbiological, physical and biogeochemical soil analyses, we aim to improve mechanistic insight and develop GHG prediction models. In addition to land-based emission, we study emissions from surface waters in peatlands to determine their magnitude and better understand how they are influenced by land use and management.

Your research will be related to following tasks (relative weight to be determined based on your interest and qualifications): data integration of large sets of time series data; improving data processing in R, Python and/or Matlab programming for analysing continuous data such as GHG data from auto-chambers or eddy covariance or other micro-meteorological time series; computing and constraining carbon budgets on various time scales from contrasting environments; integrating flux data and environmental data to quantify carbon turnover in soils subjected to climate change; collaborative data analysis of key factors controlling effective peatland climate mitigation.

Your activities may be extended by upgrading your scientific work through policy advice. Grant acquisition and participation in research consortia will be facilitated during your appointment.

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• You have experience in environmental sciences, data sciences, micrometeorology and related fields through a PhD or multi-year research assistance.
• You have experience/affinity with monitoring greenhouse gas emissions/uptake in the field and biogeochemistry.
• You have experience with programming (e.g. R, Python, Matlab) and handling, analysing and interpreting complex datasets.
• You have a proven record of international peer-reviewed publications related to data processing.
• You have sound writing and oral communication skills in English and a strong ambition to publish future work; proficiency in either Dutch or German is welcome but not required.

We are

The Department of  Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, part of the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES) of Radboud University, conducts research into water quality, soil chemistry, biodiversity and climate effects on land, water and sea. We are an active group with a young and dynamic team and many socially relevant tasks in addition to research and education. We pay ample attention to collaboration and personal development.

Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

• Employment for 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €2,846 and a maximum of €4,490 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 10).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 1.5 years.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment  and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Would you like more information?

For questions about the position, please contact Dr Christian Fritz, Researcher at christian.fritz@ru.nl. Alternatively, you can contact Dr Ralf Aben, Researcher at ralf.aben@ru.nl.

Practical information and applications

You can apply until 31 March 2022, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Dr Christian Fritz. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation.
• Your CV.

There will be interim selection procedures so it is possible that you will be assessed and invited to an interview or rejected before the closing date. You would preferably begin employment on 1 May 2022.

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Postdoctoral Position in Comparative Politics

 

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for a postdoctoral position (Oberassistenz, 80%) in the research group of the Chair of Comparative Politics held by Prof. Daniele Caramani.

Your responsibilities

The successful candidate will engage in research and teaching in the area of comparative politics. She or he is expected to pursue own research interests, acquire funded projects and produce outstanding scholarship with publications in top journals and presses. Teaching includes seminars or courses in English and/or German (app. 3 hours weekly in 2 semesters of 14 weeks) and advising students.

Your profile

Candidates must possess encompassing theoretical knowledge of comparative politics, solid training in quantitative methods and statistical packages (Stata and R), international experience, the ability to work in team and conduct independent research and a motivation to pursue an international academic career with a cutting-edge research agenda.

What we offer

The Department offers excellent research conditions and a stimulating academic environment. Through its collaborations, research centres and exchange programmes, it is widely internationally connected. The Department is committed to promote young scholars in their career advancement and provides strong methodological support. The position will be filled for 3 years with the possibility of a renewal for further 3 years contingent on research productivity, teaching quality and participation to departmental activities.
The salary is according to cantonal guidelines and approximately 77'000 CHF per year (gross salary).

Place of work

Affolternstrasse 56, Zürich, Switzerland

Start of employment

August 1st, 2022
Closing date for applications: April 1, 2022

Please send us the following documents electronically as one pdf-file with subject “Postdoctoral Position Prof. Caramani” to sekretariat@ipz.uzh.

Cover letter, CV with list of papers published, under review or in preparation, transcripts, statement of research purpose, names of three people who would be willing to serve as a reference and one writing sample in one PDF-attachment, including the following PDF form: PDF form

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Postdoc Position (Economics of Parenting)

 

The University of Zurich invites applications for a postdoc position in the field of Economics of Education with a special focus on Parenting starting in September 2022 or earlier.

The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development is a scientific center at the University of Zurich focused on youth development. The Center is a joint venture between the University of Zurich and the Jacobs Foundation. We are dedicated to interdisciplinary, developmental research that will ultimately improve the lives of young people. Our researchers come from the fields of economics, psychology, and sociology. We also collaborate with scientists from additional disciplines in our efforts to best understand the first decades of life.

Your responsibilities

The successful applicant will be affiliated with the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development and the Department of Economics. The successful applicant will (1) conduct their own independent research and (2) work together with Ulf Zölitz on projects related to parenting. Other possible projects relate to peer and teacher effects. The position does not include any teaching obligations.

Your profile

Applicants must have a PhD in Economics, Psychology or a related field and should be close to completion of their PhD when starting the job. The successful candidate will be initially appointed for two years with an extension option for up to four additional years.

What we offer

The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development and the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich offer an exciting research environment, a competitive salary, and generous research support.

Place of work

Zurich

Start of employment

September 2022 or earlier

Applications will be reviewed starting January 31, 2022. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted via zoom.

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Postdoctoral Position: Multifunctional Oxo Clusters – Mechanisms and Properties

 

Prof. Dr. Greta Patzke's research group (please find further information here) is looking for a creative chemist with expertise in the synthesis and structural characterization of functional transition metal oxo clusters (TMOCs) and/or polyoxometalates (POMs).

Your responsibilities

The position will explore unknown frontiers of TMOC formation processes as a key to predictive inorganic materials design. The newly synthesized TMOCs will be further screened for their bio-active and catalytic properties, and they will be converted into novel, green composite materials.

• Materials discovery. The assembly mechanisms of organically ligated TMOCs as building blocks for new materials are widely unknown. The project will start with the (combinatorial) screening of ligands and tuned counter ions to generate functional TMOCs, while systematically investigating their key formation parameters.
• Cluster assembly mechanisms. As a central part of the project, the precise formation mechanisms of interesting TMOCs will be monitored. To this end, access to manifold analytical and spectroscopic methods (AFM, Raman, fluorescence spectroscopy, EPR, XPS...) will be provided. The project will benefit from the availability of a new in house X-ray absorption spectroscopy setup, complemented with in situ/operando XAS experiments at international synchrotron facilities for mechanistic investigations.
• Applications. Anticancer and antibacterial properties of the newly designed TMOCs/POMs and their biocompatible composites will be further investigated within UZH collaborations. Water splitting performances can be routinely assessed within the multi-disciplinary University of Zurich Research Priority Program on Solar Light to Chemical Energy Conversion (please find further information here).

Your profile

We look forward to a motivated and creative team member holding a PhD degree in inorganic chemistry and a strong background in structural chemistry/crystallography. Experience in X-ray absorption spectroscopy is welcome.

What we offer

We offer access to completely new laboratories and international networking for career development.

Place of work

University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich

Start of employment

starting date: February 2022 or upon agreement.
The application must contain a CV/publication list, transcripts, two letters of recommendation and a short motivation letter.

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Ph.D. position in Economic Geography

 

The successful applicant will contribute to the research project «Making herbicide markets: Interactions between production restructuring, agriculture and environment in Latin America and Asia» funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and directed by Christian Berndt (Zurich) and Marion Werner (Buffalo). The project engages with the rapidly restructuring global agrochemical industry. The overall objective is to analyze chemical herbicides as specific drivers of economic and ecological change by interrogating the transformative role of new emerging-market generic production networks in relation to farming practices and environmental effects in Latin America. The specific aims are (1) to understand how herbicide markets are being made in light of chemical dependence on key pesticide compounds, waning effectiveness, and environmental feedback loops; (2) to place these environmental challenges in the context of global production networks for key synthetic herbicides, with emphasis on upstream production in Asia and relations between Latin America and Asia; and (3) to study selected global South herbicide “assemblages” in-depth, focusing on how “last mile” distribution and agricultural use reflects and reshapes environmental challenges and economic strategies in Latin America.

What we offer

You will be part of the Economic Geography research group at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich and join a dynamic, interdisciplinary international research network. We offer a stimulating and exciting work environment that provides plenty of opportunities to develop an academic career. Members of our research group profit from international contacts and opportunities to attend conferences and workshops.
The position is for three years with possibilities for extension. The salary is commensurate with the regulations of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Funding for project-related fieldwork is available.

Your profile

Your main tasks include designing and realizing your own Ph.D. dissertation within the project, contributing to our teaching program and participating in our regular research-related activities. Applicants should have ambitions to be recognized internationally (publications, conferences). They are expected to hold an excellent master's degree in human geography or any other relevant social science discipline, be proficient in English and able to conduct qualitative empirical research (i.e., interviews) in China and/or India. Chinese language skills (Mandarin) are an advantage for the application.

Starting date is 01 September 2022.

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For further questions with respect to the position, please contact Christian Berndt

Postdoctoral research fellow in computational neuroscience

 

This postdoctoral fellowship is an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral research fellow with a background in computational neuroscience or a related quantitative field to work on a translational neuroscience project that employs advanced modelling of brain dynamics whilst directly interfacing with clinicians and working on real-world clinical data.

The project
The fellow will infer synaptic determinants of abnormal brain dynamics from a database of EEG recordings performed in paediatric patients presenting with status epilepticus and related disorders. This work will be a first opportunity to relate fundamental science insights about the pathophysiology of status epilepticus to clinical observations and thus has the potential to help refine future treatment protocols.

The setting
This work is part of an international collaboration between clinicians and clinical academics working in epilepsy at Kinderspital Zürich (Kispi), King's College London (KCL) and the University of Oxford. The fellow would be based at the EEG-department at Kinderspital Zürich with additional access to interdisciplinary meetings of the translational neuromodelling unit (TMU) at the University of Zürich / ETH Zürich.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute novel quantitative analyses of EEG recordings during paediatric status epilepticus
• Test hypotheses regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying status epilepticus using biophysical modelling
• Present work in peer-reviewed journals and (inter)national conferences
• Contribute to the supervision of junior team members

Requirements

• Research doctoral degree in a quantitative field (e.g. neuroscience, biomedical science, mathematics, physics, statistics)
• Strong background in independent data analysis demonstrated in relevant peer-reviewed research publications.
• Coding skills in at least one high-level language (e.g. Matlab, Python, R)
• Background in the neuroscience of neurological disorders (desirable)
• Knowledge of model fitting and Bayesian inference (desirable)

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Prof Dr. med. Georgia Ramantani
Head of EEG/Epileptology
+41 44 266 78 52

Assistant Professor in History and Theory of European Integration

 

What will you be working on?
The position combines teaching (60%) and research (40%) in the field of International Relations, with an emphasis on European Politics in a Global Perspective under the Chair Group History and Theory of European Integration.

The Chair Group History and Theory of European Integration (HTEI) focuses its research on relevant perspectives regarding past, current and future challenges facing the European Union and European integration, looking at policy- and decision-making, democracy and legitimacy, citizenship and Europeanization, stagnation and crisis, etc. We are particularly interested in candidates studying the EU in relation to other regions in the world, most notably Eastern Europe and Asia. Next to mainstream approaches to the study of the EU and European politics, we also attempt at challenging disciplinary boundaries of European studies by adopting critical perspectives in order to understand fundamental manifestations of mutability in present-day Europe.

In teaching, you are expected to provide BA- and MA-level courses, as well as support PhD supervision. Depending on your disciplinary background, you must be able to contribute to basic introductory courses in areas such as IR Theory, Policy and Governance, History of International Relations, International Politics, and/or qualitative and quantitative social science research methodologies; as well as specialized courses for the MA tracks “European Politics in a Global Perspective” (https://www.rug.nl/(...)-global-perspective/). Participation in managerial committees related to the organization of the degree programmes will be expected.

In research you are expected to contribute to the development of the theme European Politics in a Global Perspective. We would be particularly interested in candidates studying the European Union in relation to other regions in the world, as well as candidates with expertise in theorizing European integration, being versed in both mainstream and critical approaches to the study of Europe and the EU.

You will develop your own research projects (both individually and in small teams) and will contribute to wider research initiatives within the University and beyond. We expect that you develop a research funding plan to attract external funding in the short/medium term.

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

● you have a completed PhD in International Relations, European Studies, Political Science or a cognate area
● you have proven research results, supported by a list of at least two peer-reviewed articles published in indexed journals
● you have further research potential and plans supported by a program of research for the next three years indicating its contributions towards developing the theme of European politics and theory
● you have excellent social and communicative skills and ability to work in groups
● you have teaching experience and have or are expected to acquire relevant teaching qualifications, such as the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ or in Dutch, BKO) within one year
● you have the ability to communicate and teach in English (CEFR C1 level for reading, listening, writing, speaking), knowledge of Dutch is not an entry requirement, but a CEFR B2 level for reading and listening, and CEFR B1 level for writing and speaking are part of the conditions for tenure.

Organisation

The Faculty of Arts is built on a long-standing tradition of four centuries. Our mission is to be a top-ranking faculty with both excellent education and world-quality research, with a strong international orientation, firmly rooted in the north of the Netherlands. We create knowledge & new insights and share its benefits with society. We work at a modern, broad and international institution, educating over 5,000 Dutch and international students to become forward-looking, articulate and independent academics and professionals. We form a hardworking and diverse team of 700 staff members.

The Department of International Relations and International Organization (IRIO) is committed to top-tier research combined with high quality education and research. Students and staff are drawn to studying international relations and the role of international organization in an integrated manner from historical, political, economic and legal angles. The Bachelor and Master degree programs are taught in English. There are currently about 1,000 students registered for the various IRIO programs. Additionally, the Department contributes to the EMJMD 2-year Master degree program in Humanitarian Action, coordinated by the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA), and the Research Master in International Relations with a specialization in Modern History. Research in the department is organized through the Centre for IR Research (CIRR) around five chairs, respectively in: History & Theory of IR; IR and Security Studies; International Political Economy (IPE); History & Theory of European Integration; and Globalization Studies and Humanitarian Action.

Conditions of employment

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:

• a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, with a minimum of € 3.821,- (salary scale 11) to a maximum of € 5.943,- (salary scale 12) gross per month for a full-time position
• excluding 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension scheme for employees
• favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. We offer 232 holiday hours per calendar year for full-time employment.
The faculty will facilitate you with obtaining the requested qualifications for teaching and the Dutch language within two years.

The appointment will initially be on a temporary basis for 18 months with an outlook to a permanent position when you meet the criteria.

The appointee will ideally commence on 1 August 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

We comply with the conditions of employment of the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU). For more detailed information about working conditions and working for the University of Groningen, please check: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/

Application

You may apply for this position until 6 March 2022 11:59pm / before 7 March 2022 12:00pm Dutch local time by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).

You can fill in the form and upload 4 PDF files (all in English):
1. a letter of motivation, where the candidate clearly states his/her teaching and research potential and the expected contributions to the Department and University at large
2. a curriculum vitae detailing teaching and research experience and mentioning two academic referees with their contact details (references at this stage are not required)
3. a list of publications
4. a plan for research for the next three years (max. 2000 words).

Only complete applications submitted by the deadline will be taken into consideration.

The selection interviews will take place in the week of April 4, 2022.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our University. We are committed to building a diverse faculty so you are encouraged to apply. Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP), https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/sollicitatiecode/ and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code

Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

Information

For information you can contact:

• Prof. dr. J. van der Harst, j.van.der.harst@rug.nl

Please do not use the e-mail address(es) above for applications.

Additional information

• Chair group History and Theory of European Integration
• Department of International Relations and International Organization

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