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Want to join Professor Jeroen Huisman and amongst others also Hedda graduates Martina Vukasovic, Jelena Brankovic and Lisa Brockerhoff in a team of researchers studying higher education governance?
The recently established Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent (CHEGG) at University of Ghent in Belgium has three new openings: two for PhD students and one for a postdoc position.
2 PhD positions
The two PhD projects should focus on an element of the broader research project Higher Education Governance. This is a so-called Odysseus project, funded by the Flemish Research Council for five years. The project is – broadly speaking – interested in how (multi-actor, multi-level) governance arrangements evolve in higher education, how this impacts on the higher education fabric in different higher education systems and how higher education institutions respond to and adapt to the emerging governance challenges.
The PhD students will initially be appointed for two years, with the possibility of an extension for another two years, if satisfactory progress is made in the first years. The PhD students will likely closely work together with each other and with other staff (postdoctoral researchers) on the Higher Education Governance project.
Profile:
- We are looking for highly motivated individuals with an MSc (or equivalent degree) in the Social Sciences (preferably Sociology, Public Administration, Political Sciences or Educational Studies), with a strong interest in higher education research and/or governance issues.
- Research experience in these topics is an advantage.
- Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
- Candidates should be able to work independently and in a team.
- The applicants must be eligible for PhD studies and will enroll in the Doctoral School Programme of Ghent University.
- The candidates shall devote their time primarily to their own research studies.
- The candidates should be willing to travel for shorter or longer research stays abroad.
- The candidates will perform their research in a multidisciplinary collaboration of different research groups at Ghent University, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences.
- Students currently finishing their Master degree are also invited to apply.
How to apply: Read more about application requirements and procedure here.
Application deadline: 23 May, 2013, 17:00.
Post-doc position
The faculty of Political and Social Sciences has a vacancy for the Odysseus project Higher Education Governance (five-year Flemish Research Council project), starting from August 1, 2014. It concerns a full-time position (100%) as Postdoctoral Researcher for four years (initially two years, with the possibility to extend the contract for another two years on the basis of a satisfactory level of performance). The selected candidate will be charged with research in the area of Higher Education Governance (see www.chegg.ugent.be). Limited academic teaching may be part of the portfolio of activities.
Profile:
- candidates should hold a PhD degree in the Social Sciences (preferably Sociology, Public Administration, Political Sciences or Educational Studies) or a degree recognized as equivalent;
- it is considered an advantage if candidates have research experience in the field of study concerned (higher education in general; preferably in the area of policy. governance and/or management), proven by recent publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and/or books;
- candidates should have a keen interest in interdisciplinary research, there is no explicit preference for either qualitative or quantitative methods, but proficiency in both areas is appreciated;
- it is considered an advantage if candidates have a track record in applying for and coordination of national and international research projects;
- candidates are required to possess the necessary didactic, organizational and communicative skills for teaching at an academic level or show willingness to be trained. Apart from these individual profiles, the project leader will need to assure that the full project research team is balanced in terms of backgrounds and expertise.
How to apply: Read more about application requirements and procedure here.
Application deadline: 23 May, 2013, 17:00.