Job - PhD candidate Marketing and Supply Chain Management/School of Business and Economics 3.0 fte f/m

The PhD will be employed at the Marketing and Supply Chain Management department (School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University). In the department, you will be surrounded and advised by an international group of PhD colleagues and a young and dynamic team of faculty members. As a PhD student you will (i) work on a topic in the marketing or supply chain management field with the aim of publishing in scientific journals, (ii) present your work at (inter)national conferences, and (iii) gain experience with teaching. Below, we provide you with possible topics for the PhD positions, but your own input and suggestions for a PhD topic are welcome.

In order to qualify for a PhD position, the candidate must have successfully completed a two-years Master degree (Msc. or Research Master) in Business, Economics, Commercial Engineering, Econometrics, Psychology or in a related area. Candidates must have a very good ‘competence’ in written and spoken English. Candidates with a strong quantitative background will be favoured. PhD students will get a temporary employment for 3 years, in which we will guide the candidate to fulfill the PhD requirements. Candidates will, next to pursuing a PhD, devote at most 20% of the time to teaching.

The terms of employment of MaastrichtUniversityare set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ , A-Z Terms of Employment.

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 14,500 students and 3,800 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Prof. dr. Martin Wetzels

E-mail: mscm-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl

T: 043-3883839