Last Date: 2 January 2024.
Job description
The Sustainable Entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy (SECE) Department at the University of Groningen invites applications for a temporary post-doctoral researcher position (18 months 0,8 – 1,0 FTE) as part of a ZonMw-funded project.
The project
Plastic has become omnipresent in our environment, infiltrating landscapes, waterways, even our food and the air we breath, posing a pervasive and enduring threat to the ecosystems and our health. Everyday actions play an important role in this issue: from buying behaviour to food choices. The aim of the project is to understand citizens’ current perception on plastic pollution and microplastics, to find effective ways for communicating recent scientific discoveries in this field and stimulating the adoption of sustainable behaviours. Core to this project is to find innovative and creative strategies to involve the general public on the issue, for example via the use of videos, games, exhibits or arts.
As part of this project, the successful candidate will get the chance to design studies from the outset in close collaboration with other team members, with the aim of better understanding public perception on plastic pollution and microplastics as well as key drivers for behaviour change. Furthermore, the successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to closely collaborate with technicians and designers to translate these insights into gamification strategies to raise awareness about plastic pollution and microplastics and to promote the adoption of sustainable behaviours. A research assistant is hired to support the candidate with these activities. The postdoc will also have the chance to publish their work in international scientific journals. The successful candidate will work in an interdisciplinary group of researchers from Psychology, Communication Science and Immunology from different faculties and will get the chance to broaden their network with relevant researchers and partners in this field. To increase our impact on society, the project team will closely collaborate with a group of stakeholders, namely representatives from institutions, companies, research institutes, citizens’ organisations and the creative sector. Remote working is possible during some phases of the project or on certain days per week.
You will work at the university’s newest faculty, Campus Fryslân, located in the picturesque capital of Fryslân, Leeuwarden (the European Capital of Culture in 2018). The faculty is interdisciplinary, with the primary focus on promoting sustainability. Within Campus Fryslan, you will be primarily working in the ‘Sustainable Entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy’(SECE) Department. The Department is intrinsically motivated to make sustainable entrepreneurship and the transition to a circular economy successful (www.rug.nl/cf/cse).
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who meet the following requirements:
- a (nearly) completed PhD degree in Psychology or a related discipline, preferably with a focus on (Planetary) Health, Behaviour Change or Circularity
- experience with quantitative methods; experience with qualitative research is a plus
- the ability to communicate in English at academic levels
- the ability to work both independently and in teams.
Organisation
Conditions of employment
We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:
- a salary based on qualifications and experience between € 3.226,- and € 5.090,- gross per month (salary scale 10) for a full-time position (1.0 FTE)
- a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income
- an 8.3% end-of-the-year allowance
- minimum of 29 holidays and additional 12 holidays in case of full-time employment
- a limited full-time position (1.0 FTE) for a period of 18 months
- you can live in Leeuwarden or Groningen. Remote working is possible
The appointee will ideally start on 1 February or March 2024.
Application
Applicants are requested to submit:
- a motivation letter.
- a complete curriculum vitae including a full list of publications.
- contact details of two academic references
Interviews will be held online on 11th January 2024 in the afternoon.
The applications can be submitted until 2 January 2024 23:59 Dutch local time (CET) / before 3 January 2024 by means of the application form (click on “Apply” below on the advertisement on the university website).
The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/(…)rsity-and-inclusion/
Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and European Commission’s European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code
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Information
For information you can contact:
- Josefine Geiger, [email protected]
Please do not use the e-mail address(es) above for applications.
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