Junior Researcher Entrepreneurship (1.0 FTE)

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University , the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance is a faculty at the heart of society, with a strong focus on social issues. Our subjects of Law, Economics and Governance give us a strong mix of academic disciplines that complement and enhance each other. This is a unique combination and a mark of our faculty's strength.

The Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E) is part of the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Governance at Utrecht University. U.S.E. aims to contribute to an economy where people flourish, by taking a broad view on welfare and its causes. We aspire to be an internationally renowned school of economics, with scientifically rigorous and societally relevant research and education. We enrich economics with other disciplines to better solve problems and identify opportunities, from a business and government point of view. Well-being, cooperation, innovation and curiosity are our core values. U.S.E. maintains an excellent international network of academic relationships and is continuously working on extending this network. It teaches its curricula fully in English.

The candidate will become a member of the Entrepreneurship section at U.S.E., which is involved in teaching at Bachelor's and Master's level. Its research programme revolves around Entrepreneurship and Society: how entrepreneurial behaviour at individual, organization, industrial and international levels creates value to society at large, and how this behaviour can be explained and leveraged by decision-makers. Specific research pillars include entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour, social and sustainable entrepreneurship, and internationalization of entrepreneurship. The section founded the Utrecht Center for Entrepreneurship and the Utrecht University Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and is involved in the European Center for Alternative Finance and the Sustainable Finance Lab.