Prof. Dr. Petra de Weerd-Nederhof and Prof. Dr. Nadine Roijakkers of the Open University in collaboration with Pieter Moerman and Thomas Boekhoud of Katapult (www.wijzijnkatapult.nl) are looking for you!
Do you want to contribute to shaping a sustainable future through research and innovation in technology-driven ecosystems? Be part of a transformative journey that bridges skills gaps and drives crucial transitions towards a digital and circular age.
Job description
Are you passionate about driving sustainable transitions in a rapidly changing world? Do you have a keen interest in technology-driven ecosystems and their potential to bring about crucial changes in various sectors? We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD candidate to join our research team and investigate the role of ecosystem orchestrators in addressing skills gaps during transitions towards a digital and circular age.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Benefits
Fixed-term contract: for 4 years.
Station
Heerlen. In consultation with your supervisors, you work on campus or from home. But as the candidate will also be a member of the research team at Katapult, you will also regularly be in The Hague.
Salary
The salary is determined in accordance with salary scale P of Appendix A of the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities and amounts to € 2.770,= gross per month upon commencement, in case of full employment.
The PhD candidate will be appointed for a period of 15 months. The appointment will be extended to 4 years when progress and performance are good.
Flexible studying anywhere in the Netherlands and (Belgium) Flanders
The Open Universiteit is the part-time university in the Netherlands. Students follow personalised and activating academic distance education and disciplinary research is carried out within the various fields of science. Students can complete bachelor and master programmes, but also shorter programmes. The characteristics of education are openness, flexibility and quality (see www.ou.nl/rankings). The Open Universiteit has over 17,000 students and more than 850 employees. The OU has branches in the Netherlands and Belgium (see www.ou.nl/studiecentra). The main office is located in Heerlen.
The latest technologies and educational insights are applied both in the bachelor's and master's programmes and courses and in projects and programmes with partners. Nationally and internationally, the OU plays an important role in the innovation of higher education. Education is interwoven with research, which also ensures that the current state of science is incorporated. The Open Universiteit invests not only in disciplinary research in nine scientific fields, but also in research in a multidisciplinary programme: Innovating for resilience.
The faculty of Science is one of the six faculties of the Open Universiteit. Education, research and valorisation are the main tasks. The faculty offers academic bachelor and master programmes in the fields of Computer Science, Information Science, and Environmental Sciences, including a recently developed Artificial Intelligence master programme (started February 2022). The faculty’s research programme focuses on Innovating for Resilience. The faculty has Ph.D.-students who conduct research on various current topics within the research programme. As a result of the interdisciplinary focus on education and research, as well as the close link with practice, work at our faculty provides many innovative and challenging opportunities for entrepreneurial researchers.
Information
For more information about this vacancy you can contact Prof. Dr. Nadine Roijakkers (Nadine.Roijakkers@ou.nl).
You can also request a more detailed PhD proposal text, that discusses the content of the project more in depth, via this e-mail address.
NOTICE: please note that the email address mentioned above is provided for obtaining information about this vacancy.
For additional information about the OU and the faculty of Science, please visit our website www.ou.nl and www.ou.nl/en/faculteit-betawetenschappen.
The Open Universiteit provides good secondary benefits such as training, mobility, part-time employment, hybrid work and paid parental leave.
Please apply for this position by sending an email stating the vacancy number to: solliciteren@ou.nl.
Closing date: May 19, 2024
Please apply for this position by sending an email stating the vacancy number to: solliciteren@ou.nl.
Closing date: May 19, 2024
Make sure to apply no later than 19 May 2024 23:59 (Europe/Amsterdam).
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