Full-time postdoctoral researcher on funding, governing, and organizing for inclusive smart cities

29 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Research Field

Economics
Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

14 Apr 2024 - 22:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

40.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The postdoctoral researcher will develop research on funding, governing, and organizing for inclusive smart cities.

Smart city projects have emerged as a response to urban crisis conditions with the aim of leveraging digital technologies for innovation and sustainable development. However, these projects often require substantial public and private sector expenditure, question traditional governance models and involve complex (inter)organizational challenges not all of which have received sufficient attention in existing smart city research (Mora et al., 2023). Moreover, it has become increasingly apparent that depending on how they are funded, governed, and organized, they variably affect the exclusion and inclusion of various groups and individuals in the city.

The aim of this postdoctoral research is to contribute to literature on these topics with a specific angle, using concepts, frameworks, and theories such as Stakeholder Theory, Cross-Sectoral Partnerships, Institutional Logics, Actor Network Theories, Capital Accumulation and Spatial Fix.

The researcher will develop a clear research agenda for the duration of the postdoctoral mission (including precise research questions, expected scientific contributions and theoretical underpinnings of the research). The research will rely on existing data (already available/collected) and on new data collection (case studies). A clear publication agenda will be developed (including A*, A, min B journals[1] ) at the beginning of the mission.

While the research will be jointly developed, from an administrative perspective, the researcher will spend the first year at HEC Liege (Belgium) and the second year at Rotterdam School of Management (the Netherlands).

At HEC Liege, the researcher will be working in collaboration with Professor Nathalie Crutzen and will be affiliated at the HEC Liege Smart City Institute .

At RSM, he/she will be working with Professor Martin de Jong and affiliated with the Erasmus Initiative Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity.

The latest publications of their respective research teams include articles in international scientific journals such as Ecological Economics; Public Management Review; Pubic Administration; Journal of Urban Technology; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Journal of Cleaner Production; Cities; Administration and Society; The Annals of Regional Science; Government Information Quarterly; International Review of Administrative Science and Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.

[1] https://www.hec.uliege.be/cms/c_8631209/fr/hec-liege-academic-journal-guide-december-2022 )

Requirements
Specific Requirements

Job qualifications:

• A doctoral degree in a related field (policy, management, economics, urban studies) is required
• The candidate should demonstrate outstanding research potential with reference to HEC Liege Academic Journal Guide (https://www.hec.uliege.be/cms/c_8631209/fr/hec-liege-academic-journal-guide-december-2022 ) as well as previous scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals (A or min B publications)
• Excellent spoken and written English. Familiarity with French, Dutch or both is an asset. 

 

Additional Information
Benefits

In Liège, the postdoctoral researcher will be hired on a research grant for the first year and therefore should comply with the following requirements: (1) to have obtained the PhD degree less than 10 years before the starting date of the contract; (2) to be in a situation of international mobility (that is, not having stayed more than 24 months in Belgium – for work or studies, etc. – over the last 3 years).

The postdoctoral researcher will receive the contract from Erasmus University Rotterdam 6 months into the contract with HEC Liege.

Fixed-term contract: 1 year. 

We offer a full-time, one-year contract with ULiège (HEC Liège, Smart City Institute). Salary is dependent on the candidate’s experience and is set to ULiège’s scale 116s. It also includes other advantages in compliance with Belgian law, such as meal vouchers, to be discussed during the interview.

We offer a full-time, one-year contract with Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) with attractive employment conditions according to the Dutch Collective Labor Agreement for universities (CAO NU). Salary is dependent on the candidate’s experience and is set at CAO NU scale 11 with a minimum of € 4,332 and a maximum of € 5,929 gross per month on a full-time basis. In addition, EUR pays an 8 percent holiday allowance and an end-of-year payment of 8.3 percent, and offers excellent secondary benefits, including a generous amount of vacation days. In addition, EUR takes part in the ABP pension scheme, and we also offer partially paid parental leave. For international spouses, EUR has set up a dual career programme.  

Additional comments

Interested candidates should apply electronically by sending their application to Professor Nathalie Crutzen: [email protected] , and to Professor Martin De Jong: [email protected] or [email protected] before 15 April 2024.

Please provide the following:

A research proposal for the postdoctoral research period, of maximum 10,000 characters (spaces included) containing the following sections: (A) Context/Problem, (B) Research question(s), C. State of the art, D. Theoretical perspectives, E. Research methodology F, Expected research output and contributions, and G. Calendar;

A detailed CV

A list of publications and working papers;

A motivation letter;

A recommendation letter of one international expert of the field.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/338379/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

HEC Liege, University of Liège

Country

Belgium

City

Liège

Postal Code

4000

Street

Rue Louvrex, 14

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/338379/full-time-postdoctoral-researcher-on…

Contact

City

Rotterdam

Website

http://www.eur.nl/

Street

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50

Postal Code

3062 PA

STATUS: EXPIRED