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Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Social Science

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Department:
Departement Maatschappijwetenschappen

Application deadline:
4 July 2021

Job description

We are looking for a colleague to take up a full-time permanent position of an Associate Professor. You will be positioned at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University. The candidate is expected to be involved in teaching, research, impact, and administrative tasks. Candidates with a particular interest in working with an interdisciplinary team of graduate students, faculty, and societal partners on projects aimed at understanding migration, cultural diversity and its impact on interethnic relations and immigrant integration, are encouraged to apply. You will be teaching in the bachelor’s degree program in Interdisciplinary Social Science and our Research Master’s program Migration, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism (

). Our teaching crosses disciplinary boundaries of fields such as sociology, psychology, and political science.
The department’s research activities are organized in three programs: ‘Migration, Cultural Diversity, and Ethnic Relations’, ‘Social Policy and Public Health’, and ‘Youth in Changing Cultural Contexts’. The position will be affiliated with the former program:

Interdisciplinary Social Science: Migration, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Relations
. Your research will be part of the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (
, headed by Prof. Marcel Lubbers). We have a young, enthusiastic, interdisciplinary team. The group is internationally oriented and has long-standing collaborations with (inter)national research departments and societal partners. The research group participates actively in the national research school

as well as in the UU’s strategic theme
and in the UU’s focus area
.
Research in the Migration, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Relations group has a stronghold in quantitative methods, but with room for qualitative approaches. Our research focuses on inclusion and exclusion of immigrants, both from the immigrant perspective as well as from the origin and destination country perspective. Research interests include a broad range of topics that fall under the umbrella of migration, diversity and interethnic relations, such as group identities, intergroup attitudes, nationalism and right-wing radicalism, discrimination, immigrants’ structural, social and political integration, dynamics in the first years after migration, religiosity and transnationalism. We examine these questions among the general population but also in specific settings, such as in schools, neighbourhoods and organizations.

Tasks

The position involves 60% teaching activities and 40% research time (preferably starting in November 2021). The core tasks will include:

• developing, contributing and initiating the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes within the curriculum of Interdisciplinary Social Science;
• supervising and carrying out research within the scope of the research area of ‘Migration, Diversity and Ethnic Relations’;
• translating and communicating scientific findings to different audiences, creating impact;
• participating in administration and management tasks, contributing to the organization of the department;
• contributing to the acquisition of external research funding.

Qualifications

Teaching

• The candidate has experience with developing academic courses.
• The candidate is an inspiring teacher.
• The candidate holds a Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO).

Research and impact

• The candidate holds a PhD degree in the field of Social or Behavioural Sciences.
• The candidate has experience in conducting and coordinating scientific research in the field of migration, diversity and/or ethnic relations.
• The candidate has developed an own research line that fits the ERCOMER profile.
• The candidate is able to contribute to the (collective) acquiring of external research funding for the benefit of the research programme.

Administrative tasks

• The candidate preferably has experience in participation in organizational and/or education committees.

General

• The candidate has good communication skills, a proactive work attitude, and is able to work within a team.
• The candidate has a good command of written and spoken English and preferably Dutch as well. The candidate is expected to teach in Dutch after two years from the appointment.

Offer

We offer an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative, social and dedicated team. We will guide you in your research and teaching activities, which will help develop your academic career.

• We offer a tenured full-time position, which will be extended after one year and good evaluations.
• The gross monthly salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience - ranges between €5,190 and €6,940 for a full-time employment (scale 13/14 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities).
• The salary is supplemented with an annual holiday bonus of 8%, and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• We also offer a pension scheme.

We encourage you to grow professionally, and we support a healthy work-life balance. That’s why we offer employment benefits such as professional development, leave arrangements, partially paid parental leave and sports. We also give you the opportunity to expand your

via the Employment Conditions Selection Model.
And that's not all. We are happy to have you as a new employee and you will be given a warm welcome. To this end, we will host a nice introduction process for our new colleagues where you will be introduced and shown around our faculty and university.

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About the organisation

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At
, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The
is one of the leading faculties in Europe for research and academic teaching in cultural anthropology, educational sciences, interdisciplinary social science, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology. We are a faculty at the heart of society and one which cooperates closely with others. Almost 6,000 students are enrolled in a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programmes. We have approximately 900 faculty and staff members, who all work closely together to educate and train young talent and to research and find solutions to scientific and societal issues. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth and Institutions for Open Societies.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences aspires to have a diverse body of staff and students and strives to create and sustain a safe and inclusive environment for everyone, in line with Utrecht University’s

.

Additional information

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Everyone deserves to feel at home at our university. We welcome employees with a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives.

Your application should include (and be limited to) the following attachment(s):

• One-page motivation letter;
• One-page description of the quality and impact of your research achievement;
• One-page summary of your research, research team, and future research plans;

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