Tuesday 20 January 2015

Vacancies in The Netherlands: 6 PhD positions in Business and Management f/m VU University Amsterdam (VU) - — AcademicTransfer

6 PhD positions in Business and Management f/m VU University Amsterdam (VU) - — AcademicTransfer







6 PhD positions in Business and Management f/m



Specifications - (explanation)

Function typesPhD positions
Scientific fieldsEconomics,

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Hours


38.0


-


40.0

hours per week

EducationUniversity Graduate
Job number15002
Translations

About employer
VU University Amsterdam (VU)

Short link
www.academictransfer.com/26213







Job description

PhD
students can rely on the intensive supervision and the extensive
training offered by the faculty’s leading researchers in the field. They
will follow the 3-year PhD programme of the Amsterdam Business Research
Institute (ABRI). The Faculty offers opportunities to attend
conferences, to meet other international researchers and to participate
in high-quality discussion groups in support of writing papers for
publication. Many of our PhD students spend some time abroad during
their trajectory. The prospects for the Faculty's doctoral graduates on
the labor market are excellent, both inside and outside the academic
world.

The PhD student is required to conduct
independent research, supervised by a (team of) professor(s), and to
incorporate the findings of his or her research in a doctoral
dissertation. In addition, the PhD student will be involved in teaching
activities at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Requirements

Applicants
should have a MPhil / Research master or an equivalent programme (e.g.
Junior Researcher Programme) with good grades in Economics, Business
Administration, Operations Research, Sociology,
or a related
discipline. We expect candidates to show a proactive research
orientation and to be proficient in written and spoken English. GMAT/GRE
test results are required from all applicants. The candidates are
expected to apply with their own research proposals written in
accordance with the standard NWO (Dutch Science Foundation) guidelines.
The topic of the research proposal must fit with one or more research
programmes of ABRI.

Conditions of employment

The
appointment will be for a total of three years. The initial appointment
will be for a period of 12 months, extendable up to three years upon a
positive evaluation. You can find information about our excellent fringe
benefits of employment at www.workingatvu.nl.

The
salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic
personnel, and amounts € 2.476,-gross per month during the first year
and increases to € 2.717,- gross per month during the third year, based
on a full-time employment.
Contract type:

Temporary,


1 year





Department

The
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEWEB) aims to combine
high quality education with excellent research. The Faculty offers
three Dutch taught Bachelor’s programmes (Economics and Business
Economics, Econometrics and Operations Research and Business
Administration), one English taught Bachelor’s programme (International
Business Administration), eight English taught Master’s programmes and
thirteen postgraduate programmes. The faculty has several research
groups with an outstanding international reputation. FEWEB accommodates
approximately 4600 students and 1700 postgraduate students. Over 500
staff members are employed at the Faculty.

Amsterdam Business
Research Institute (ABRI) was established in 2009 and builds on a long
history of research and teaching at the Faculty of Economics and
Business Administration of VU University Amsterdam. ABRI consists of six
research tracks and involves renowned Dutch and international research
fellows who publish in and are part of editorial board of journals
including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal,
Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management,
Journal of Management Studies. ABRI offers a full time PhD programme in
Business and Management where the focus is not only on excellent
research but also on academic career development.

Additional information

For more information on the application procedures and the proposal form, please check www.abri.vu.nl/en/doctoral-education/phd-programme/phd-vacancies/index.asp

The applications should be sent before 12 March 2015 to Ms Ina Putter (i.putter@vu.nl).
Start of the programme: 1 September 2015.
Please mention the vacancy number in the email header.

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