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Subject: Vacancy: assistant prof political science, Amsterdam

Dear Colleagues (apologies for double postings),
>>
>> We have a lectureship/assistant professorship in political
>> science/international relations, research to specialise in the study of
>> radicalism and political extremism (with reference to international
>> migration and immigration). The advertisement is attached and there are
>> further links below. Please distribute widely, this is the second
>> time we
>> have advertised this position and we were not satisfied with the
>> candidates
>> who initially applied.
>>
>> Thank you for your help,
>> Geoffrey Underhill
>>
>>
>> ===================================
>> Geoffrey R.D. Underhill <g.r.d.underhill@???
>> <mailto:g.r.d.underhill@uva.nl>>
>> Dept. of Political Science/Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
>> University of Amsterdam
>> Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL, Amsterdam, NL
>> tel. +31-20-525-2172/2169 direct office
>> fax +31-20-525-2086 office
>> tel. +31-72-581-5212 home
>> fax +31-72-581-5213 home
>> Homepage: http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/g.r.d.underhill
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Rath
>> Sent: donderdag 4 december 2008 21:14
>> To: rath@??? <mailto:rath@uva.nl>
>> Subject: Vacancy: assistant prof political science, Amsterdam
>>
>> The Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) and the
>> Department of
>> Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for
>> Assistant Professor of Political Science, with specialization in
>> radicalism
>> and exrtremism studies.
>>
>> See attachment for further details
>> http://www.imes.uva.nl/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (FMG) is the largest
>> educational and research institution in the social sciences in the
>> Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and
>> Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology,
>> Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and
>> International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic
>> staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100
>> employees at the Faculty, which resides in a number of buildings in the
>> centre of Amsterdam.
>>
>> The Department of Political Sciences is one of the Departments in the
>> FMG.
>> Education and research and education are carried out by special
>> institutes.
>> The Institute for Education in Social Sciences (AIM), the International
>> School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS), and the Graduate
>> School
>> for the Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and
>> graduate teaching programmes in political science. The Institute for
>> Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) is one of the research
>> institutes. IMES
>> is an interdisciplinary research institute that focuses on issues
>> related to
>> migration and integration from an international and comparative
>> perspective.
>> It collaborates, amongst others, with the Centre for radicalism and
>> Extremism Studies (CRES). IMES wishes to strengthen its profile in
>> radicalism and extremism studies.
>>
>> The Department of Political Science currently has an opening for an
>>
>>
>> assistant professor of political science
>> 38 hours per week, or 1.0 fte
>>
>>
>> The new assistant professors are expected to spend 60 percent of
>> their time
>> on teaching and 40 percent of their time on research.
>>
>> Duties
>> § strengthening the broad profile of political science in Amsterdam
>> § developing, carrying out and supervising political science research
>> at a high academic level
>> § provide general, specialist and methodological education in the
>> Bachelor's and Master's programmes of the Political Science
>> Department and
>> (assist in) supervising graduate students
>> § acquiring, or helping to acquire, external funding for research
>> § actively contributing to the development of the discipline in
>> national and international context by publishing and participating in
>> national and international research networks and educational initiatives
>>
>>
>> Profile
>> § completed doctoral thesis in the field of the political sciences
>> § publications in international 'peer reviewed' periodicals and/or in
>> books published by internationally recognised presses
>> § broad knowledge in the field of general political science
>> § specialist knowledge in radicalism and extremism studies
>> § thorough mastery of social scientific research methods, notably of
>> quantitative methods
>> § capable to teach and motivate students at both basic and advanced
>> levels
>> § in a fairly short term: perfect passive, and adequate active
>> knowledge of Dutch
>>
>>
>> More information
>> For more information about this position, please contact the Head of the
>> Department of Political Science, Prof. Dr. Meindert Fennema, e-mail:
>> m.fennema@??? <mailto:m.fennema@uva.nl>, of the Director of IMES,
>> Prof. Dr. Jan Rath, e-mail
>> j.c.rath@??? <mailto:j.c.rath@uva.nl>, telephone +31-20-525-3627.
>>
>>
>> Information about research can be found on the website:
>> http://www.imes.uva.nl/about/vacancies.html
>> Information about teaching can be found on the website:
>> http://www.fmg.uva.nl/english/home.cfm
>>
>>
>> Appointment
>> Depending on qualifications and experience, between 3129 and 4868 Euros
>> gross per month (UD 1/2)
>>
>>
>> Application
>> The Department of Political Science is an equal opportunity, affirmative
>> action employer. Among equally qualified applicants, preference will be
>> given to those applicants who will help to achieve affirmative action
>> goals.
>>
>> Send applications including a statement of motivation, CV and list of
>> publications no later than January 18, 2009 by e-mail to Ms. Thamar
>> Zijlstra, IMES, t.zijlstra@??? <mailto:t.zijlstra@uva.nl>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

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