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Department
Faculty of Economics and Business
Organisation
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, University of Groningen, V25.0049
Job description
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
Faculty of Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programs, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.
The graduate school of Economics & Business has available:
9 PhD positions in Economics and Business
Organisation
The aim of our PhD programme is to deliver highly qualified researchers. For this purpose, we offer PhD positions to excellent candidates who recently graduated. The PhD programme covers four years and leads to a PhD degree. These four years are primarily spent on writing research papers for the PhD thesis and on participation in international conferences, workshops, and seminars.
The PhD programme is embedded in FEB’s research institute with seven excellent research programmes.
1. Accounting, https://www.rug.nl/research/accounting/
2. Economics, Econometrics & Finance, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/eef/research-areas
3. Global Economics & Management, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/gem/research-areas
4. Innovation & Organization, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/io/research-areas
5. Marketing, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/marketing/research-areas
6. Operations Management and Operations Research, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/opera/research-areas
7. Organizational Behavior. https://www.rug.nl/research/hrm-ob/
In addition, we invite candidates interested in research on one of the five FEB themes, namely Healthy Society, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Leadership and Governance, Future Prosperity and Sustainability, Energy Transition and Climate Change.
All PhD candidates are supervised by at least two supervisors who are a fellow of the research institute.
PhD candidates contribute 20% of their time to teaching.
Requirements
The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research. They have a thorough training in research skills, speak and write English fluently and have obtained excellent results in the master phase.
We give preference to candidates who have a Research Master degree or equivalent in Economics or Business. Applicants with degrees in other areas will only be taken into account if sufficiently related to our research programmes. Equivalent means that, in addition to holding a regular master of science degree, applicants can prove that they have sufficient research-related experience and knowledge. Examples of such equivalence include: an MPhil degree from a well-reputed university or having completed a research-oriented Honours programme with a minimum of 30 EC.
Conditions of employment
Contract length: 48 months.
The full-time appointment is temporary for a period of four years, under the condition of a positive assessment at the end of the first year. The gross monthly salary is € 2,901, which increases yearly to a maximum of € 3,707. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end of year bonus. Starting date: September 1, 2025. An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview.
Job Application
You may apply for this position until 17 February 11:59pm / before 18 February 2025 Dutch local time (CET) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website). The application package consists of the following separate documents: 1. your cv. 2. a letter in which you discuss your motivation, the research area you are interested in and present an outline of a research proposal (max. 2 A4). 3. a scan of your diploma including transcripts. 4. proof of English proficiency. 5. other relevant documents. The documents 1-4 are compulsory and please note that incomplete application packages or applications sent by email will not be taken into account. If necessary – because of the limited upload options – please combine different documents into one pdf. The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/ Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code We provide career services for partners of new faculty members moving to Groningen. Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.
Additional information
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In your application, please always include the job opening ID V25.0049
Extra informatie kan worden verkregen via een van de volgende links:
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