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Thursday, 8 August 2013

VACANCY: (Senior) Lecturer in Law, Governance and Development (1.0 fte)

Leiden Law School, vacancy 13-230

The van Vollenhoven Institute for Law

The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development (VVI) is part of the Leiden Law School, Leiden University. The Institute’s academic domain covers the formation and functioning of legal systems in the developing world and their effectiveness in contributing to good governance and development.
In its research and teaching, VVI uses a socio-legal approach. The institute carries out research projects in Asia (notably Indonesia), Africa and increasingly in the Middle East and the Muslim world at large. VVI staff teaches several thematic and regional courses to Dutch and foreign students. In addition, VVI provides advisory services and training courses to policy makers and practitioners.
The VVI seeks applicants for the position of:
(Senior) Lecturer in Law, Governance and Development (1.0 fte)
Vacancy number: 13-230

Duties and responsibilities

Doing research in VVI’s academic domain, including field research.
Developing research, and co-supervising PhD-research.
Teaching and developing courses in VVI’s academic domain, for the bachelors programs of the Leiden Law School and Leiden University College.
Acquisition and management of research and teaching projects.

Requirements

Relevant Masters degree in Law, and/or Social Sciences, and/or Humanities.
Ph.D. degree directly relevant to VVI’s academic domain and approach.
In depth knowledge of state, law and society of at least one developing country in preferably the Middle East-North Africa region, or Sub-Saharan Africa.
Relevant experience in independent research, research development, project management.
Adequate publications record.
Fluency in English; knowledge of Dutch and of the language of the country of study will be considered a strong advantage.
Teaching experience; proven record as good, inspiring teacher.
Team player with strong proven organizational skills, and relevant networks.

What we offer

The starting salary, depending on experience, varies from scale 11 to 12 with a minimum of € 3259,- per month gross and a maximum of € 5.070,- per month gross, based on full time employment. Part time employment might be a possibility. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. Appointment will be according to the terms of the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten), for a period of one year initially (with a initial trial period of two months) with the possibility of extension (depending on performance). Information with respect to conditions of employment of the University can be found on http://staff.leiden.edu/. Starting date is set for 1 January 2014.

Further information

For information and inquiries regarding this position, please contact Mr. Dennis Janssen (e-mail: d.c.f.m.janssen@law.leidenuniv.nl. For more information about our activities, see www.vvi.leidenuniv.nl.

How to apply

To apply, please send a letter stating both your motivation and evidence of meeting the requirements for this position, a curriculum vitae in English, and the names of 3 referees, before 15 October 2013 to vollenhoven@law.leidenuniv.nl. Please mention the vacancy’s reference number and your last name in the subject of your email and your letter.

Found here: http://www.werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/13-230-senior-lecturer-in-law-governance-and-development.html

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China (11-247)

Faculty of Humanities

Institute for Area Studies

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China
(38 hours a week)
Vacancy number: 11-247

The Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), is committed to the integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives. LIAS has as its aim the advancement of teaching and research of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community. LIAS comprises the Schools of Asian Studies (SAS) and Middle Eastern Studies (SMES). Area specializations in SAS include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South & Southeast Asian and Tibetan Studies. LIAS staff have disciplinary expertise across the humanities and the social sciences.

Starting September 2012 (or earlier if the candidate is available) LIAS has available one full-time, four-year Ph.D. position in the University’s profile area “Asian Modernities and Traditions” (AMT) on an aspect of the society or politics of contemporary China. The fellowship is funded by the Leiden University Executive Board on the appointment of Professor Frank Pieke as Chair of Modern China Studies.

Description of profile area:

AMT is one of the 11 profile areas of Leiden University that transcend the boundaries between specialist fields. AMT is coordinated by the Faculty of Humanities and the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, but is fully interdisciplinary in focus. AMT’s aim is to raise the visibility and strength of Asian studies in the University, where “Asia” includes all of East, Central, South and Southeast Asia. AMT builds on the long history of Leiden University in research and teaching on Asian traditions, especially in the fields of religious studies, anthropology, philology, law and literature, to explore the debates, disagreements, disjunctures and conflicts that prevail in Asia in the modern age. The global prominence of East Asia and the rapidly developing economies of South and Southeast Asia render Asia a key case for the study of the fashioning of modernities in everyday life, state practices and the global arena. AMT focuses on five themes:

Asia in the international system looks at global Asia, where the emergence of India and China as regional hegemons is reconfiguring issues of security and conflict
Power and limits of the Asian state focuses on the transformation of and challenges posed to the state in Asia
Asian debates on history and modernity explores Asia’s role in shaping the meaning of rationalism, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice and rights
New and old diversities in Asia looks at how Asia’s new modernities are being forged from the meeting of peoples, cultures, life-styles and ideologies
Production and flow of modern Asian cultures encompasses the movement of practices, styles, objects, fashions, media and the like that have come to exemplify the modern in particular places

Tasks:

The Ph.D. fellow is expected to conduct research leading to a Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Professor Pieke on a topic that includes, but is not limited to, administrative reform, public policy, state-society relations, international or domestic migration, ethnicity, gender, kinship, ritual, religion, life styles, social structure and social stratification, consumption and popular culture, poverty and poverty alleviation. The project will have to be firmly embedded in a relevant discipline in the social sciences or humanities, such as anthropology, political science, sociology, history or sinology. Research ought to have a strong fieldwork component and should include the use of modern spoken and written Chinese.

Tasks of the Ph.D. will include:

Conducting original research on a relevant topic
Writing a Ph.D. dissertation
Submitting research results for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals
Presenting papers at (international) conferences
Designing and teaching at least two undergraduate courses, normally one in the third and one in the fourth year of the appointment
Organizing and participating in seminars and conferences of the AMT profile area

Requirements:

A Masters or equivalent degree in a relevant field
Research knowledge of modern Chinese
Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

We offer:

The position of Ph.D. fellow is temporary for maximally four years of full-time appointment, and with an initial nine-month probationary period. The salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out in the collective labor agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO): min. € 2.042,- max. € 2.612,- gross per month, with additional holiday and end-of-year bonuses.

Information:

For further information about the position please contact Professor Frank Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216 , email f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl. A full overview of the AMT profile area is available athttp://www.research.leiden.edu/research-profiles/amt/.

Applications:

Applications have to be submitted in English and have to include:

cover letter stating your motivation for the position
research proposal of maximally 2,500 words
curriculum vitae
copies of your academic transcripts (or Dutch cijferlijst),
a writing sample (such as a part of the MA thesis) of maximally 8,000 words
three letters of reference to be sent directly by the referee

Please send your application electronically, indicating the vacancy number, before thedeadline of 15 January 2012 to:

vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl

All application materials should be send in pdf format.

An interview may be part of the selection procedure.

Publication date: November 21st, 2011

Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
The amounts stated above will be indexed every year as of 1 January.