Research assistant(s) on the organization of living labs

26 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)

Research Field

Agricultural sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

7 Mar 2024 - 22:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

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

Cities and regions have turned to living labs to address pressing socioecological challenges and realize systemic change. Living labs, as physical, experimental spaces, orchestrate new forms of collaboration between diverse actors who co-create and test innovations in real-life settings. Living labs are forms of open innovation, where end-users of the innovation (citizens, companies, institutions) actively participate in the research, development, and innovation process. While many living lab frameworks for mutual learning, innovating, and testing have been developed, we still lack clear methodologies of how successful innovations and/or lessons learned can be best organized and implemented on a broader scale. Our project aims to understand how inter-organizational relations between public and private partners can help or hinder innovation in living labs, focusing on making local, temporary innovations more lasting and widespread.

Your duties
Student assistant 1: Desk research of living lab projects

• Creating a database of relevant living lab projects in coordination with the research team
• Collecting self-portrayals, evaluations, and reports of living labs
• Desk research and talking to living lab organizers and experts to gather relevant information
• Reporting on approach and results desk research

Student assistant 2: Literature review on living labs

• Pre-registering review scope, selection criteria and search query with the research team
• Searching academic databases
• Helping with the selection of relevant papers
• Descriptive and thematic coding of the selected papers
• Reporting on approach and results of review

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor or (research) master in the field of business administration, innovation studies or social/organizational sciences more broadly
• Strong interest in academic research in general and in the above described topic in particular
• Willingness and ability to regularly be present in the office at VU Amsterdam
• Good communication skills

As a university, we strive for equal opportunities for all, recognising that diversity takes many forms. We believe that diversity in all its complexity is invaluable for the quality of our teaching, research and service. We are always looking for talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This also means that we are committed to creating an inclusive community so that we can use diversity as an asset.

We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements.

Additional Information
Benefits

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

• a salary € 2.618,00 (SA) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Student assistant step 3, Student assistant step 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• a position for at least 0.2 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 3 months.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• a wide range of sports facilities which staff may use at a modest charge
• discount on (and occasionally exclusive access to) theater performances and courses at the Griffioen Cultural Center
• hybrid working enables a good work-life balance

Additional comments

Are you interested in this position and do you believe that your experience will contribute to the excellence of our services? In that case, we encourage you to submit your application, even if you don't meet all requirements.

Applications received by e-mail will not be considered.

Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/338224/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

2

Company/Institute

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Postal Code

1081HV

Street

De Boelelaan 1105

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/338224/research-assistants-on-the-organizat…

Contact

City

Amsterdam

Website

http://www.vu.nl/

Street

De Boelelaan 1105

Postal Code

1081 HV

STATUS: EXPIRED