PhD positions in Economics and Business (11.0 FTE)

PhD positions in Economics and Business (11.0 FTE)
PhD positions in Economics and Business (11.0 FTE)

Published	Deadline	Location
today	26 Feb	Groningen

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Job description
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
Faculty of Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programs, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.
The graduate school of Economics & Business has available:
11 PhD positions in Economics and Business
Organisation
The aim of our PhD programme is to deliver highly qualified researchers. For this purpose, we offer PhD positions to excellent candidates who recently graduated. The PhD programme covers four years and leads to a PhD degree. These four years are primarily spent on writing research papers for the PhD thesis and on participation in international conferences, workshops, and seminars.
The PhD programme is embedded in FEB’s research institute with seven excellent research programmes.
1. Accounting, https://www.rug.nl/research/accounting/
2. Economics, Econometrics & Finance, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/eef/research-areas
3. Global Economics & Management, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/gem/research-areas
4. Innovation & Organization, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/io/research-areas
5. Marketing, https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/marketing/research-areas
6. Operations Management & Operations Research (https://www.rug.nl/research/opera/?lang=en) and
7. Organizational Behavior. (https://www.rug.nl/research/hrm-ob/)
All PhD candidates are supervised by at least two supervisors who are a fellow of the research institute.
PhD candidates contribute 20% of their time to teaching.
Specifications

• max. 38 hours per week
• max. €3247 per month
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Requirements
The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research. He or she has a thorough training in research skills, speaks and writes English fluently and has obtained excellent results in the master phase.
We give preference to candidates who have a Research Master degree or equivalent in Economics or Business. Applicants with degrees in other areas will only be taken into account if sufficiently related to our research programmes. Equivalent means that, in addition to holding a regular master of science degree, applicants can prove that they have sufficient research-related experience and knowledge. Examples of such equivalence include: an MPhil degree from a well-reputed university or having completed a research-oriented Honours programme with a minimum of 30 EC.
Conditions of employment

Fixed-term contract: 48 months.

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:
• a salary of € 2,541 gross per month in the first year, up to a maximum of € 3,247 gross per month in the fourth and final year,
• a full-time position (1.0 FTE)
• a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income
• an 8.3% end-of-the-year allowance
• minimum of 29 holidays and additional 12 holidays in case of full-time employment.
Starting date: September 1, 2023. An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview.
Additional information
For more information, please send an email to
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Application procedure
If you are interested, we invite you to apply no later than February 26, 2023, 23.59 hrs (Central European Time). Please click on the "Apply" button below. The application package consists of the following separate documents:
1. your cv
2. a letter in which you discuss your motivation, the research area you are interested in and present an outline of a research proposal (max. 2 A4)
3. a scan of your diploma including transcripts
4. proof of English proficiency
5. other relevant documents.
The documents 1-4 are compulsory and please note that incomplete application packages or applications sent by email will not be taken into account. If necessary – because of the limited upload options, please combine different documents into one pdf.
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