Job Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology

Job opening for an assistant or associate professor (tenure track) in the Sociology of Labour and Organization at the department of Sociology at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The department of Sociology of the Erasmus University provides a bachelor and master programme in Sociology. The master programme consists of two tracks: Sociology of Labour and Organization and Urban Sociology. The assistant/associate professor will teach in the Bachelor programme and in the Master track on Labour and Organization.  The research of the department is organized aroud the following theme: Social Problems in Contemporary Modernity: Globalization, Individualization and Social Policy. The assistant/associate professor will participate in this program. The focus of research will be on organisational sociology, in particular the workings of public and private organizations within the context of the intitutions of the modern welfare state.

A Ph.D. in Sociology or a closely related field (e.g. Organizational Psychology or Public Administration)  and research and teaching experience in the fields of organizational sociology and/or sociology of labour.

The contract will be running for a period of one year with the possibility of an extension.  

Additional conditions of employment.

The conditions of employment correspond with the CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten (CAO NU)/Collective (wage) Agreement Netherlands Universities. Salary is subject to training and experience and corresponds maximum to Scale 12 CAO NU, with a maximum of € 4.970,- gross per month on a full-time (38 hour per week) contract for the Assistant Professor. In accordance with the CAO NU a placement in a starting grade is possible for a maximum duration.

In consultation with the department of Sociology there is a possibility to start at a contract on the basis of tenure track.

Working at the Erasmus University Rotterdam means working in a professional environment. The Erasmus University Rotterdam highly appreciates flexibility: we have a 38-hour workweek, flexible working hours, possibilities to work part-time and maternal/paternal leave. Moreover, the University has a company childcare scheme, possibilities to participate in a terms of employment option model, company savings program and life insurance schemes and favourable collective insurance schemes. Employees can also make use of facilities such as sports facilities and library.

More information can be obtained from prof. R. van der Veen, E-mail adres: vanderveen@fsw.eur.nl; telephone 00-31-10-4082103/4082085. Or on the following sites: www.eur.nl/fsw/soc (for general information on the sociology department) and www.eur.nl/fsw/soc/onderzoek (for the researchprogram of the department).

Application

Interested scholars please send a formal letter of application before 11th  March describing current and future research plans and teaching interests; a CV and list of publications; samples of published work and the names and contact information of three referees to:

vanderveen@fsw.eur.nl

or by mail to:

prof. R. van der Veen

Erasmus University Rotterdam

department of Sociology, room M 6-03

P.O. box 1738

3000 DR  Rotterdam

the Netherlands