Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] Fwd: [Comurb_r21] Job Announcement - University
of Amsterdam
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> From: "Nicholls, Walter" <W.J.Nicholls@???>
> Subject: [Comurb_r21] Job Announcement - University of Amsterdam
> Date: 9 Apr 2014 09:47:46 GMT+2
> To: Commurb Community Commurb Community <comurb_r21@???>
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> Dear colleagues,
>
> The Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam currently has two vacancies for full professorships.
>
> http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/nav/type/research-education/item/14-104.html >
> If you have any questions, feel free to contact Professor Jan Rath (voorzitterSocA@???).
>
> Two Chairs in Sociology
> Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> Publication date
> 28 March 2014
> Level of education
> PhD
> Salary indication
> €5,003 to €8,795 gross per month
> Closing date
> 4 May 2014
> Hours
> 38 hours per week
> Vacancy number
> 14-104
> The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is one of the departments in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). Research and education are carried out by special institutes. The College of Social Sciences (CSS) and the Graduate School for the Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes in the social sciences. One of the programmes that is in need of strengthening is General Social Sciences.
> Research takes place under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), a multidisciplinary research institute, the biggest one of its kind in the Netherlands. The broad scope and pluralism of our education and research programmes are inspired by and reflect a strong degree of internationalization. The AISSR Programme Groups ‘Political Sociology: Power, Place and Difference’ and ‘Institutions, Inequalities and Life Courses’ consists of researchers involved in sociology (aissr.uva.nl). These scholars, alongside colleagues from other groups and disciplines, collaborate in various interdisciplinary centres, including the Centre for Urban Studies, the Centre for Global Health, the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) and the Amsterdam Center for Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS).
> One of the BA Programmes of the CSS—Interdisciplinary Social Sciences—is in need of further strengthening, notably in the fields of ‘migration and social cohesion’ and ‘labour and inequality’. The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has therefore openings for two Chairs in Sociology.
> Chair in Sociology, in particular the study of Migration and Social Cohesion
> The first chair will be embedded in the program group ‘Political Sociology: Power, Place and Difference’, and focuses on the interdisciplinary study of migration and social cohesion. International migration in recent decades has become a major phenomenon worldwide and European metropoles, Amsterdam being one of them, have obviously served as loci of attraction. These cities have developed a ‘glocal’ character that draws together global and local identities. They have become veritable laboratories of diversity in which new ways of living together are constantly negotiated and in which new forms of social and political mobilisation are manifest through new conflicts and persistent frictions.
> The chair’s area of study will pertain to the mobility of individuals and groups across national boundaries as well as the process of integration of immigrants and their descendants in the society of destination and the concomitant development of social cohesion. While acknowledging transnational realities, integration and social cohesion are used as umbrella terms covering a variety of other concepts that refer to specific dimensions of the settlement process (acculturation, incorporation, adaptation, inclusion, etcetera). Central questions are: How do social, political, economic and cultural processes at the international or transnational level influence new forms of diversity and new forms of belonging, and what does this mean for the allocation of citizenship rights to individuals and groups? What is the role of the government herein and what are the (perverse) effects of governmental interventions? And, vice versa, how do new forms of diversity and integration (in metropoles) influence international and transnational political, economic and cultural processes?
> Chair in Sociology, in particular the study of Labour and Social Inequality
> The second chair will be embedded in the program group ‘Institutions, Inequalities and Life Courses’, and will focus on the interdisciplinary study of labour and social Inequality. This field has become particularly interesting lately, due to the expansion of higher education, the flexibilisation and feminisation of the labour market, the increased involvement of international workers, the greying of the population and—more generally—the globalisation of the economy and the restructuring of the welfare system. Together they shape new differentiations, uncertainties, and inequalities in the current post-industrial society. Labour, to be sure, should not be approached as just a socioeconomic factor, but also as an vector for social inequality and social cohesion.
> The two new chairs are currently expected to spend 60 percent of their time on teaching (of which two thirds would be in the BA Program Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and one third in the MA Program), and 40 percent on research. Both activities include administrative tasks and services to the academic community.
> Job description
> Contributing to the broad and diverse research and teaching profile of Sociology in Amsterdam, notably the AISSR and the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences BA Programme;
> developing, carrying out and supervising empirical sociological research at a high academic level, further developing international leadership in this field, developing a line of research in collaboration with junior staff members and other researchers working at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) and its sociology Program Groups;
> teaching general, specialist and methodological courses in the Bachelor Programme Interdisciplinary Social Sciences of the CSS as well as other relevant Bachelor's-, Master's-, Research Master's- and PhD-programs of our department, and supervising graduate students;
> acquiring and helping to acquire external funding for research (also on behalf of junior researchers);
> actively contributing to the development of sociology in the national and international context by publishing and participating in national and international research networks and educational initiatives;
> carrying out administrative tasks on behalf of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) and their interdisciplinary centres, the teaching programs, and so forth.
> Requirements
> Strong general knowledge in the field of sociology as well as knowledge and experience in combining sociology with other disciplines;
> commitment to the research agenda of the AISSR in general and either the Program Group ‘Political Sociology’ or ‘Institutions, Inequality and Internationalisation’ in particular, and commitment to enhance interdisciplinary collaborations in one of these specific fields;
> outstanding track record in empirical research either on the theme of ‘migration and social cohesion’ or ‘labour and inequality’, as exemplified by a strong publication record in internationally peer reviewed journals and/or books published by internationally recognized press;
> demonstrated ability to acquire research funding from external sources (e.g. Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research or other research councils, European Union, or other national and international funding agencies);
> thorough mastery of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods;
> a proven record of high-quality teaching, preferably at Bachelor's-, Master's- and PhD-level. Also a commitment to teaching general courses as well as specialist courses in the Bachelor's and Master's programs in Sociology and in the interdisciplinary Research Master Social Sciences;
> track record in administration and commitment to carry out administrative tasks;
> adequate knowledge of Dutch, or the willingness to learn the Dutch language within two years;
> in possession of the Dutch Basic Teaching Qualification (or foreign equivalent), or willingness to acquire such a qualification on a fairly short term.
> Further information
> For more information about this position, please contact:
> Prof. Dr. Jan Rath, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> T: +31 (0)20 525 2504
> Appointment
> Depending on qualifications and experience, the salary will range from €5.003 to €8.795 in conformity with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end of year bonus.
> Job application
> Applications by email only. These should include:
> a concise statement of motivation (2 pages max.);
> CV and list of publications;
> a statement outlining research plans (2 pages max.);
> a statement outlining teaching philosophy (1 page max.);
> a list of three referees.
> At this stage of the procedure, please do not send letters of reference or proofs of your academic writing. All documents should be collected and sent as one single pdf email attachment with your name in the title to application-soca-fmg@???. Please mention ‘HL ASW Sociology Application ’ in the subject line, along with either MSC (Migration and Social Cohesion) or LSI (Labour and Social Inequality), depending upon which one of the two chairs you are applying for.
> The deadline for applications is 4 May 2014.
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