PhD Candidate: Doing Gender Studies in Changing Political Climates

7 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Radboud University

Research Field

Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

15 Apr 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

38.0

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

Are you excited about gender studies research? And would you like to join a vibrant, interdisciplinary feminist research environment? Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies is looking for a PhD Candidate who will develop their own project on the political and institutional working conditions of gender studies scholars in the Netherlands.

Gender studies (and related fields) currently exist in a space of heightened visibility and scrutiny from actors within as well as outside of academia, given rising concerns about academic freedom and social safety on campus, debates about what constitutes ‘proper’ science, changing perceptions of academic authority, as well as an increasing global backlash against progressive gender politics. The PhD project builds on a long tradition of feminist scholarship on the political and institutional conditions of doing gender studies, and the production, policing and mobilisation of feminist knowledge. It aims to investigate how academics in the Dutch gender studies environment currently experience and make sense of their role as producers and disseminators of (often devalued) knowledge, and how they understand and navigate the political aspects of their research, teaching and service. The project will pay specific attention to how such experiences are shaped by academics’ embedding; for example, do they work in a gender studies department and/or in a mainstream research and teaching environment?

We invite you to develop your own research proposal, detailing how you would approach studying this topic. In this proposal, you may formulate your own research questions and choose your own theoretical lens, methodology and empirical material. We encourage you to mobilise your academic field-specific strengths in your envisioned project, but we are primarily interested in projects that utilise qualitative or mixed methods, and projects that focus on the local conditions that shape Dutch gender studies academics’ experiences.

Besides conducting and disseminating your research, and writing your PhD thesis, your responsibilities will include teaching for the Gender & Diversity Studies department (10% of your contract).

You will be supervised by Dr Ea Høg Utoft, Dr Annelies Kleinherenbrink and Prof. Marieke van den Brink.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• You have or are about to obtain a Master’s or Research Master’s degree in the Social Sciences or Humanities with demonstrable knowledge of gender studies and/or related fields (e.g. a gender studies minor).
• You have demonstrable knowledge of qualitative research methods that are relevant to your proposal.
• You have a demonstrable interest in the role of power and politics in academia (e.g. a relevant Master’s thesis or project, engagement in campus activism, relevant committee experience, prior work experience in academia, etc.)
• You have an excellent command of spoken and written English (Dutch is an advantage).
• You are proactive and can work independently as well as in a team.
  We specifically encourage candidates who come from groups that are historically underrepresented in academia to apply.

Additional Information
Benefits

• We will give you a temporary employment contract (0.8 FTE 5- year contract - 1.0 FTE 4- year contract) of 1,5 years, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, your contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4-year contract) or 3.5 years (5-year contract).
• You will receive a starting salary of €2,770 gross per month based on a 38-hour working week, which will increase to €3,539 from the fourth year onwards (salary scale P ).
• You will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Support Service . The Dual Career Programme assists your partner via support, tools, and resources to improve their chances of independently finding employment in the Netherlands. Our Family Support Service helps you and your partner feel welcome and at home by providing customised assistance in navigating local facilities, schools, and amenities. Also take a look at our support for international staff page to discover all our services for international employees.
• You will receive extra days off. With full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the statutory 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions . You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Additional comments

You can apply no later than 15 April only via the button below. Address your letter of application to Ea Høg Utoft.

The first interviews will take place on Monday 20 May. You will preferably start your employment as soon as possible.

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Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/338669/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Radboud Universiteit

Country

Netherlands

City

Nijmegen

Postal Code

6525XZ

Street

Houtlaan 4

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/338669/phd-candidate-doing-gender-studies-i…

Contact

City

Nijmegen

Website

http://www.ru.nl/

Street

Houtlaan 4

Postal Code

6525 XZ

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