PhD Sustainable inter-organizational networks for post-disaster recovery 1 FTE

We are seeking a candidate for a PhD project titled Sustainable inter-organizational networks for post-disaster recovery. This position focuses on organizational science, embedded in a collaboration between analytical sociologists and philosophers. The aim of the project is to investigate whether and how post-disaster community recovery (operationalized as population change and restoration of buildings) can be explained by variations in the sustainability of collaborations in inter-organizational networks. The project focuses on three different areas hit by earthquakes in Italy in 2009, 2012 and in 2016.

For a detailed project description, please see: https://www.scoop-program.org/program-projects/719-10-5-sustainable-inter-organizational-networks-for-post-disaster-recovery?

The tasks of the PhD candidate are:

• conduct research that results in a dissertation and is in line with the objectives and requirements of the project
• organize and execute the data collection for the different studies
• publish the results of the research in international scientific journals
• present the research findings to fellow scientists and developers in the larger project, and collaborate with them
• provide a limited number of educational activities at the Psychology department, such as small-scale tutorials and guest lectures, in collaboration with the supervisors.

Organisation

The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has had top priority for four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.

The Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences excels in teaching and research in the fields of human behaviour, thinking, learning, and how people live together. We work on societal issues and problems that people experience in daily life. Central to this is individual and societal resilience and how to increase this. To this end, we focus on the topics of migration, the environment and climate, health, upbringing and education, the protection of vulnerable minorities, and sustainable partnerships. The Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences employs over 800 staff members. For more information about the Faculty please check the link https://www.rug.nl/gmw/ .

The project is part of the transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research programme SCOOP: Roadmaps to Resilient Societies (see: http://www.scoop-program.org ). SCOOP is a research and training centre dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of sustainable cooperation as a key feature of resilient societies. SCOOP brings together researchers of the University of Groningen, Utrecht University, VU Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Radboud University Nijmegen. The PhD student will participate in the SCOOP PhD training program, see: https://www.scoop-program.org/training-program-towards-transdisciplinarity

For this position you are expected to:

• (almost) finished a (research) master's degree in the domain of Sociology, or a related discipline
• have a good academic track record
• be enthusiastic about writing international publications and a dissertation
• have good academic English writing skills
• have good social and communication skills and are willing to work with other team members
• be enthusiastic about translating scientific insights into practical guidelines and advice
• have good organizational skills and the motivation to organize and realize data collection
• a solid training in the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
• eagerness to learn to work in an interdisciplinary research team and to conduct interdisciplinary research in the SCOOP programme
• a good command of Italian is preferred
• have demonstrable competences as conceptual capacity, presenting, planning and organizing and monitoring.

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 of the appointment, rising to € 3,247 gross per month in the fourth year for a full-time position
• a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income an 8.3% end-of-the-year allowance
• attractive secondary terms of employment
• the position is classified in accordance with the University Job Classification (UFO) system; the UFO profile is PhD candidate
• a temporary position of 1.0 FTE for a period of four years. You will first be appointed for a period of 12 months. After a positive evaluation, the contract will be extended for the remaining period.

Intended starting date: September 1st.