Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
The Netherlands
The Faculty of Geosciences offers education and research concerning the
geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and anthroposphere. With a population of
2,200 students (BSc and MSc) and 575 staff, the faculty is a strong and
challenging organisation. The Faculty is organised in four Departments:
Innovation and Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical geography,
and Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning.
The Section Economic Geography is part of the Department of Human Geography
and Urban & Regional Planning, and consists of 7 tenured staff members, 4
post-docs and 7 PhD students. Besides teaching activities, members of the
Section Economic Geography are engaged in the research program Economic
Evolution in Space. This research program aims to develop theoretically and
empirically an evolutionary approach in economic geography. Topics include:
the evolution of spatial strategies of firms, the spatial evolution of
sectors and networks, and the evolution of urban and regional economies.
This program has been rated as the best in the field of economic geography
in the Netherlands during the period 2000-2006 by the Research Assessment
Exercise.
Assistant professor in Economic Geography (F/M)
Job description
The candidate will contribute to the further advancement of the research
program on Evolutionary Economic Geography, initiate and coordinate
research activities of all individual researchers that are part of this
program, and acquire external research finance. The candidate will take
part in the teaching activities of the Section Economic Geography, both at
the undergraduate and graduate level.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to be high potentials, which should be visible in
their research and teaching record. Prerequisites are: a PhD in the field
of economics or geography; a research record in the field of evolutionary
economics; a strong interest in applying evolutionary insights into the
field of economic geography; and experience in quantitative approaches.
Candidates should also have the potential to acquire grants from external
agencies like the European Science Foundation or the Dutch Scientific
Council (NWO). They should be ambitious scholars who like to combine
research with serious teaching obligations. Furthermore, they should be
team players and posses excellent communicative skills.
Terms of employment
We offer a temporary, full-time employment contract for a duration of two
years. The salary ranges (depending on track record) from € 3,195.- to €
4,970.- gross per month.
The salary is supplemented with an annual holiday bonus of 8% and an
end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. Other secondary conditions include e.g.
a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment
conditions. More information about employment conditions can be found on
the website.
Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch
Universities.
Further details
More information can be obtained from prof. Ron Boschma (tel: +31-030-253
2896, email: [log in to unmask])
How to apply
Applications, including a motivation for this position, a curriculum vitae,
a list of publications and a list with names of 3 referees should be
submitted to the Faculty of Geosciences, Personnel Department, P.O. Box
80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands, or submitted by e-mail to:
[log in to unmask] Please mention vacancy number 72173.
The Faculty strongly encourages women to apply.
Deadline for applications: Initially May 19, 2010; applications after this
date will be accepted if the post remains unfilled.
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