We are looking for
The Sociology of Development and Change Group (SDC) at Wageningen University is looking for a candidate for the postion of lecturer in development studies.
Your responsibilities are:

• teaching courses at undergraduate and graduate levels especially the following courses: 'sociological and anthropological perspectives on development' and 'sociology in development: towards a critical perspective' and 'food crises: the big picture'
• student supervision
• participating in management or service activities.

Next to the above mentioned responsibilities, we would also like to see you performing research within our domain and to generate external financial support for an innovative research agenda.
Candidates with a background in relevant social sciences will be considered, especially candidates with expertise in the broad areas of (social and environmental) justice, political (grassroots) activism, development organisations, and/or food, agriculture or environment.

We ask
As lecturer in development studies you have:

• a (recent or nearly completed) PhD in anthropology, sociology, geography, or a related field;
• proven ability to publish in high-quality academic journals and with top academic publishers;
• ability to work in interdisciplinary and international research teams;
• excellent communication and writing skills;
• good didactic qualities and great interest for teaching and working with students.
• to work in interdisciplinary and international research teams

We offer
We offer you an employment contract for 0.8 or 1.0 FTE (30,4 - 36 hours a week). You will start with a one-year contract. The monthly gross salary varies from € 2588 - € 4084 per month (based on fulltime employment), (scale 10 Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities). In addition, we offer a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-the-year bonus of 8.3% of your annual salary.

Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University and Research Centre
Delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus - each and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society - such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don't do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on 'the quality of life', turning ideas into reality, on a global scale. Could you be one of these people? We give you the space you need.

The Sociology of Development and Change Group (SDC)
SDC focuses on the structures and practices of development and change with a particular scientific interest in inequality, marginalization and political agency. The group's vision is to be a world-leading, politically engaged and interdisciplinary research and educational centre in development studies, political ecology, anthropology of law and crisis and disaster studies. Our mission is to gain and communicate a deeper understanding of inequality and marginalisation generated by global and local structures of power and political-economy and so contribute to social and environmental justice. At the same time we study how actors generate forms of agency and practices that enable them to deal with these dynamics and create new opportunities. Together with the Rural Sociology Group and the Cultural Geography group, the SDC group is a founding member of the WUR Centre for Space, Place and Society (see https://centreforspaceplacesociety.wordpress.com/).

For further information about working at Wageningen UR, take a look at www.jobsat.wur.nl.