English speaking vacancies in Holland: European Integration

Friday, 4 May 2012

VACANCY: Assistant Professor of International Relations/European Integration

Location	Nijmegen
Function types	Professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers
Scientific fields	Economics
Hours	30.4 - 38.0 hours per week
Education	University Graduate
Job number	27.07.12
Translations	en

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Job description

As Assistant Professor of International Relations/European Integration you will develop and teach high-quality courses in International Relations and European Integration as part of the Political Science study programme (BA/MA) and will supervise students writing their Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. Your research will contribute to the research programme ‘Distributive Conflict in a Globalizing World: Consequences for State-Market-Civil Society Arrangements’ and should result in publications in leading international journals. You will also be required to write funding proposals. There is a 60/40 teaching time/research time ratio.

Requirements

You have a PhD in the social sciences and have demonstrable expertise in the field of international relations. Specific expertise in (new) security and the history and theories of European integration is an advantage. You are an enthusiastic team worker. You are able and motivated to contribute to the academic debate on international relations/European integration, as evidenced by publications in leading international academic journals. Furthermore, you should have the ability to acquire research funds. You should have teaching experience, excellent didactic skills, and a good command of the English language. You will be expected to have a demonstrable command of Dutch within three years.

Conditions of employment

- duration of the contract: 4 years maximum. Excellent candidates may be offered a contract for an indefinite period of time;
- you will be appointed as an Assistant Professor (UD).
- Radboud University Nijmegen has excellent conditions of employment. The salary depends on qualifications and experience;
This job vacancy was also offered in January/February 2012. Those who responded at the time need not re-apply.

Contract type: Temporary,

Organisation

Radboud University Nijmegen

Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

Department

Nijmegen School of Management

The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher learning. There are seven departments within NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. Altogether, NSM employs 220 full-time staff. NSM offers education to about 3,000 students.

The Department of Political Science has a strong reputation for offering high-quality teaching by a dynamic and inspiring team. It hosts national and international experts in Comparative Politics, International Relations/European Integration, and Political Theory. In the Institute for Management Research, they cooperate with scholars from conflict studies, economics, and public administration in the research programme Distributive Conflict in a Globalizing World (DisCon). DisCon investigates and evaluates the impact of globalization on (potential) distributional conflicts (regarding both material and immaterial issues) within social systems, their effect on the nature of the arrangements between states, markets, and civil society, as well as the means and strategies aiming at preventing or managing such (potential) conflicts.

No commercial propositions please.

Additional information

prof. dr. Bertjan Verbeek
b.verbeek@fm.ru.nl

www.ru.nl/nsm

Apply via http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUN/vacancy/14062/lang/en/

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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.

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