Assistant professor Environmental Sociology / Political Sciences (Tenure Track)

a sociologist, political scientist, or candidate from a similar social science discipline, to become Assistant Professor with a specialisation in climate and energy policy/governance, preferably related to urban settings and/or non-state actors.

As an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) you will be offered regular assessments and participation in training programmes. You will carry out research; supervise PhD and Master students; lecture and coordinate courses and education programs (especially in the Master programme Urban Environmental Management); and initiate, acquire and manage research projects and building up a leading international position.

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As Assistant Professor you are an ambitious and enthusiastic scientist and a team player, devoted to research and education in the field of Environmental Sociology / Political Sciences.

You also have:
- a PhD in sociology or political sciences

- strong research experience and internationally refereed publications related to energy and/or climate governance
- experience with management of complex projects
- proven experience with acquisition of research funding
- excellent communication skills in English

- excellence in (international) academic education
- good didactic qualities and experience with international academic education and enthusiasm for teaching and working with students

- good teamplayer qualities

As we will only be selecting outstanding candidates to take part in Tenure Track, this will be a good stepping stone to a further career within Wageningen UR or elsewhere.

We offer you a temporary contract for three years for 0,9 fte (34 hours per week), which can lead to a permanent employment contract. Gross Salary: from € 3195,00 to € 4374,00 (Scale 11 CAO Dutch Universities), based on full time (1,0 fte) employment and dependent on expertise and experience.

For more information about Tenure Track within Wageningen UR look at www.wur.nl/UK/work.

Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof.dr.ir. Gert Spaargaren; dr. Machiel Lamers
Telephone number: +31317 484452
E-mail address: gert.spaargaren@wur.nl; machiel.lamers@wur.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.

• About the organization (www.wur.nl/)
• About the chairgroup (www.enp.wur.nl)

Application:

To apply, please upload your letter of motivation and your CV, including a list of publications via our online application button, below, before March 1st 2012. You will receive an automatic e-mail confirmation within 24 hours.

Please note that only applications sent through the online application button can be taken into consideration.