Job Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - PhD candidates

PhD candidate in the field of Research in Management

Open Project vacancies

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) offers a small number of prestigious Open Project PhD positions. These positions are characterized by much freedom in choosing the topic of your thesis project. It is expected that you take initiatives to develop your research topic in the first year. To do so, you will join several small intensive research projects with the top research staff of ERIM in the first nine months. A mentor will help you in establishing a match between you and potential thesis supervisors. Projects may be within or across the ERIM’s research programmes.

Benefits for these PhD candidates are the following:

• Freedom to develop one’s own topic.
• Freedom to choose the supervisor.
• Possibility to develop cross-disciplinary research topics.
• An individual Research Orientation Module in the first year allows the PhD candidate to work with four distinguished scholars in the selected fields of research. It extends the academic network and broadens scientific outlook. 
• The possibility to invite a co-supervisor from an external institution.
• Additional travel budget is available, for example, for outward research visits.
• Two conference visits in the first or second year without presenting a paper.
• No compulsory teaching. 

For a more detailed description of the structure of the ERIM PhD programme and for an overview of the available PhD projects for 2010 please visit www.erim.eur.nl.

Required education/skills: A Master's degree with excellent results in one of the various disciplines such as: business administration, economics, econometrics, psychology, behavioral sciences, and technical sciences. Candidates should also show explicit interest in and motivation for scientific research. All applicants are required to enclose a GMAT (or GRE) test score.

Salary per month: Between €2042 and €2612                                                                                                                                                                                  Employment basis: Full-time                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Duration of the contract: 48 months
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
Salary in accordance with the collective agreement (CAO) of Dutch universities: €2042 (year 1), €2379 (year 2), €2492 (year 3), €2612 (year 4).  All amounts mentioned are fixed and gross amounts per month.

Working at Erasmus University:

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a professional environment in which your growth and development are encouraged by means of an active career and mobility policy. We further offer a flexible pension scheme, a contribution to medical insurance, advantageous group insurance and a home PC scheme. Employees are welcome to use our facilities, such as the sports centre and the library.

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

ERIM is the research institute in the domain of Management at the Erasmus University, founded by RSM Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics and Business Economics. The level and international character of their research and teaching programmes has put both schools at the academic forefront. They offer a diversified portfolio of accredited teaching and research programmes, ranging from pre-experience M.Sc. to postgraduate Master and executive development, and from fundamental research to applied research and business support, which are renowned throughout the world. RSM Erasmus University is one of the few schools that hold a triple accreditation from the Association of MBA's, EQUIS and the AASCB and is positioned among the top five of European Business Schools. The scientific staffs of both schools play a major role in the interaction of the schools with the international business community.

Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Ms. Miho Iizuka, Doctoral Programme Assistant
Telephone number: + 31 (0)10 4082259
E-mail address: phd@erim.eur.nl

www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral

The application form and more detailed information about the projects to apply for and the required application documents can be found on the website: www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral. The application deadline is March 15, 2010.