Senior Researcher Humanitarian Studies (Disasters and Climate Change)

19 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Research Field

Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

29 May 2023 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Permanent

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

Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC) at ISS

The Humanitarian Studies Centre has the mission to develop and advance humanitarian studies in the Netherlands and at the international level, with a special focus on promoting research and education in areas in the Global South that are prone to humanitarian crises. Humanitarian studies concerns the study of societies and vulnerable communities experiencing humanitarian crisis originating from disaster, conflict, refugee situations, and/ or political collapse. It studies the causes and impact of crisis; how people, communities and authorities respond to them, including efforts for prevention and preparedness, and how humanitarian action and other external interventions are organized and affect the recovery from crises. The Humanitarian Studies Centre will host two additional institutions: the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) and the Platform for humanitarian knowledge exchange (KUNO). IHSA was founded in 2009, is governed by a board, organized 7 international conferences and has a constituency of more than 2.000 scholars and practitioners. KUNO is a joint initiative of 5 academic institutions and 12 Netherlands-based aid agencies.

Objectives

The Humanitarian Studies Centre has the following objectives:

• To provide a space for academic and applied research, education, international networking, and research uptake and communication.
• To strengthen humanitarian studies in countries regularly beset by crisis, especially through the establishment of humanitarian observatories. Humanitarian observatories are organized spaces where participants representing multiple actors exchange, learn, and seek action and influence in relation to humanitarian governance.
• To initiate activities and strengthen ongoing collaborations in the field of humanitarian studies.
• To disseminate and promote research on humanitarian studies, carried out by HSC's fellows and partners.

Senior researcher humanitarian studies with a focus on humanitarian crises related to natural hazard-related disaster and anthropogenic climate change.

The Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC) is a new initiative endowed through a Spinoza Prize awarded to Professor Thea Hilhorst. The Prize was given in recognition of the importance of humanitarian studies as an academic field.

The HSC is looking for an all-round humanitarian studies scholar with a special focus on humanitarian crises related to natural hazard-related disaster and anthropogenic climate change.

The candidate will for the majority of the employment contribute to research, where possible and appropriate to teaching and MA supervision, (max 20% of the employment), and collaborations to advance the study of these topics. This involves the acquisition of academic grants and applied research assignments. Applied research assignment will need to be embedded in and contribute to the academic work and publication record of the centre.

The candidate will work closely with IHSA (https://ihsa.info/ ) and KUNO (https://www.kuno-platform.nl/ ) to contribute to the global development of humanitarian studies and to advance research uptake and collaborations with practice.

The candidate is expected to work independently and creatively on the basis of annual planning and evaluation cycles.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

The successful candidate will have a broad interdisciplinary academic training and experience, with a focus on humanitarian action or a related field, such as disaster studies, conflict studies or development studies.

The candidates' research base will be the Governance, Law and Social Justice group, which is one of the four groups comprising ISS's overall focus on Global Development and Social Justice.

A successful candidate will have:

• A PhD in a relevant field of social sciences;
• A track record of interactive research in humanitarian studies, with a focus on humanitarian crises related to natural hazard-related disaster and anthropogenic climate change;
• A track record of the use of mixed methods, and experience in the use of quantitative methodologies;
• A record of research-based publications on humanitarian studies and a publication plan
• The ability to attract and manage research grants;
• Some experience in teaching at Master level;
• The ability to embed and link research and teaching activities to societal developments and partners;
• Research uptake: contributions to public debate and capacity development projects are part of the engagement tasks to which the candidates will be expected to contribute;
• Proven ability to conduct fieldwork in conflict- or disaster-affected areas;
• Strong social capacities to work in a multicultural team and willingness to provide support to colleagues and the institute.

Additional Information
Benefits

Internationally-oriented and varied work within an enthusiastic team, with attractive fringe benefits in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). The selected candidate will be offered a temporary contract for 12 months initially at the level of Researcher 3. The contract can be extended for the duration of the project (maximum of 48 months) if your performance proves satisfactory. The employment will be subject to all the terms and conditions which are in place at the offering of the employment contract and as set out in the Collective Labour Agreement in force at that time. The successful candidate is invited to start as soon as possible.

Your remuneration will depend on the position, your specific knowledge and experience It will be calculated on the basis of full-time salary ranging between € 3.974,- and € 5.439,- gross per month (salary scale 11 CAO NU).

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers attractive terms of employment, including a holiday allowance of 8%, a year-end payment of 8.3% and 41 annual leave days in case of a full work week. In addition, EUR takes part in the ABP pension scheme, and we also offer partially paid parental leave. For international spouses we have set up a dual career programme. Moreover, EUR staff members are allowed to make use of the EUR facilities, including the Erasmus sports centre and the University Library. We value diversity and believe that a diversity of talents contributes to our vision and strategy to excel as a university on research and education. This means that we are looking for a person who can complement our team well.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aims to be a just and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture where everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We see inclusiveness of talent as the basis of our successes and diversity of perspectives and individuals as an extremely valuable outcome of this. EUR offers equal opportunities to all employees and applicants, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, work disability, citizenship or any other aspect that makes them unique. We hope to meet you in our community.

Selection process

Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a letter of motivation, up to three sample publications, and the names of three referees, should be submitted via the EUR application system.

The closing date for applications is Monday 29 May 2023. The expected date for interviews (which will be online) is Tuesday 20 June 2023; if, following the first interviews, the panel decides that a second round of interviews is necessary, then dates for those will be agreed with the selected candidates.

For more information about EUR, please check our website www.eur.nl for more information about the International Institute of Social Studies, please check our website www.iss.nl

We look forward to receiving your application!

Additional comments

Additional information can be received by contacting Professor Dorothea Hilhorst, chair of the selection committee via email: [email protected]

Applications are invited from internal (EUR) candidates.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/327992/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Country

Netherlands

City

's-Gravenhage

Postal Code

2518AX

Street

Kortenaerkade 12

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/327992/senior-researcher-humanitarian-studies-…

Contact

City

Rotterdam

Website

http://www.eur.nl/

Street

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50

Postal Code

3062 PA

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