[Tps] 2 Assistant Professors at University of Amsterdam

[Maarten Hajer]

Dear friends and colleagues,
Please be advised of the following job opportunities in our Department. 
With best wishes,
Maarten Hajer


Universiteit van Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in its field in the Netherlands. The Faculty provides education for some 7500 students in a range of Bachelor and Master programmes, organised in six educational institutes. The teaching activities of the academic staff are in addition to their contribution to broad research programmes based in one of the Faculty's seven research institutes. The Faculty employs over 1100 staff in support of teaching and research activities of its scholars. The Faculty encourages the international exchange of knowledge and, hence, staff and student mobility. It is housed in several buildings in the historic centre of Amsterdam, on the Roeterseiland complex and on the Prins Hendrikkade.

The Department of Political Science is the largest political science department in the Netherlands. As a unit of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the UvA the Department is responsible for academic staff who engage in teaching and research activities in Political Science. The Department's research activities are organised in the context of research institutes, in this case the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR).  Teaching programmes are organised through the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Education (Dutch acronym 'AIM') and the new Graduate School of the Social Sciences. Research and educational institutes are autonomous and have their own admission and performance standards. 

The Political Science degree programmes offer specialisation in four sub-fields: Administration and Policy Studies, European Union in a Global Order, International Relations, and Political Behaviour & Political Theory. The assistant professors should reinforce the broad profile of Political Science in Amsterdam.

Two Assistant Professors of Political Science
1.0 fte each
vacancy number 08-2011
For both internal and external candidates
The Department is looking to hire two assistant professors (University Lecturers), one in International Relations/International Political Economy and one in Administration and Policy Studies, but both focused on teaching and research in relation to global politics.  The research interests of the assistant professor of International Relations / International Political Economy (UL IR/IPE) may cover any subfield of international politics but will ideally include a focus on political economy issues in the international domain. The research of the assistant professor of Administration and Policy Studies (UL A&P) should be geared towards policy processes (which may include issues of organization and public administration) at the international or global levels in relation to social and political issues of contemporary significance. The assistant professors should in any event reinforce the broad profile of the Political Science research community based at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR) at the University of Amsterdam.

Tasks

(UL IR/IPE): Teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in International Relations/international political economy
(UL A&P/IR): Teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Administration & Policy Studies programme with a clear contribution to the International Relations degree programmes
(Both UL positions): Involvement in the supervision of doctoral students
(Both UL positions): the active pursuit of research council or contract funding for research project development 
(Both UL positions): a contribution to the research programme of the ASSR and the development of the field in its national and international contexts through research and related scholarly publications, including participation in national and international research networks and educational initiatives 
(Both UL positions): the newly appointed assistant professors will devote 60% of their activities to teaching/administration and 40% to research 

Requirements

A completed doctoral thesis in the field of political or policy sciences/public administration (UL A&P/IR) or political science or IR (UL IR/IPE)
An ongoing programme of research and publication in the relevant discipline, with a focus on anonymously refereed scholarly journals 
Research and teaching interests compatible with the relevant teaching and research programmes in the University of  Amsterdam 
Demonstrable knowledge of and mastery of relevant quantitative and/or qualitative research methods 
Capable of providing inspiring and high-quality education in English as well as in Dutch 
Non-Dutch speakers will be expected to be able to teach at the appropriate level in the Dutch language after two years of the appointment

More information
For more information about this position, please contact the department chair of the Department of Political Science, Prof. Meindert Fennema (M.Fennema at uva.nl) or the chair of the search committee Prof. Geoffrey Underhill (g.r.d.underhill at uva.nl). More information about the research programme is available on the ASSR website (link below).

Appointment
This is a temporary appointment; subject to satisfactory performance, a permanent appointment will follow. The gross monthly salary, depending on qualifications and experience, will range from EUR3129 to EUR4868 (UD 1/2), based on a full-time appointment (38 hours a week).

Job application
Written applications should be sent before 18 April 2008 to the UvA-FMG, Nils Mevius, Management Assistant, Political Science department, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, or per e-mail to: n.mevius at uva.nl. Female candidates are expressly encouraged to apply for the positions.


Maarten Hajer
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Hoogleraar Bestuur & Beleid
Universiteit van Amsterdam

hajer at uva.nl

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