PhD Candidate on civil society and military transparency at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of political Science, Maastricht University 1.0fte, 4 years

We offer a dynamic and challenging job in an internationally-oriented organisation where young people receive an advanced education and scholars conduct exciting research. You will be part of an international network of top universities and renowned scholars within the field.

During the first two years of the project, you will receive a scholarship from the Gerda Henkel Foundation and you will be registered in the Personnel Administration System of Maastricht University.
Thereafter, on the condition of good performance, we offer a 2-year full-time appointment as PhD candidate at FASoS UM.

The first year will be a probation period; after a positive assessment by the Gerda Henkel Foundation and FASoS UM, your position in the project will be extended with another 3 years.

During the first two years, remuneration of the scholarship of the Gerda Henkel Foundation will be € 1.600, per month.
During the last two years, remuneration will be according to standard salary levels for PhD-candidates at UM, starting with a salary of € 2.968,- (in year three) and a salary of € 3.111,- (in year four) gross a month (based on a full-time appointment).

During the period of appointment at FASoS UM, each year the standard salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.

You have to be willing to move to (the vicinity of) Maastricht.

You will be provided with shared office space and a PC. 

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl  > About UM > Working at UM .

Starting date: preferably 1 September 2022.