The employment is primarily dedicated towards carrying out the proposed research described below, with the aim to write several academic articles that are publishable in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and to develop the accompanying software. The position and the environment in which the candidate will be embedded provide an optimal starting point for a possible academic career. The candidate will follow a customized track of graduate courses as part of the IOPS program which will further develop the candidate’s research skills and background knowledge.

The candidate should have sound knowledge of statistics, programming skills and affinity with research methods and techniques. Furthermore, the candidate should have (nearly) completed a Master’s degree with excellent academic results in methodology, statistics, mathematics, sociometrics, or a related field. Academic curiosity and an interest to work in an interdisciplinary environment are important characteristics for this position.

Fixed-term contract: 12 month contract, extension for the remaining period (36 months) after a good first year evaluation.

Tilburg University is among the top Dutch employers and has an excellent policy concerning terms of employment. The collective employment terms and conditions for Dutch universities apply. The PhD appointment starts off with a 12 month contract and will be extended for the remaining project period (36 months) under the condition of a good first year evaluation. We offer a gross salary of € 2.325,- per month in the first year up to € 2.972.- in the fourth year. Furthermore an attractive package of benefits, including, sports facilities, an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year allowance. If applicable we can apply for the 30% tax regulation.

Tilburg University

Tilburg University is a modern university, specialized in social sciences and humanities and is internationally known for its high standards in education and scientific research as well as its good facilities. The Tilburg University campus offers both quietness and connectivity as it is located in a wooded park, ten minutes away from the city center, main highways, and railways. It is a mid-sized city of 200,000 inhabitants in the South of the Netherlands, in proximity to cities like Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London, and Tilburg is thus located at the very heart of Europe.

Tilburg University is committed to diversity as a self-evident value within its organization. Diversity, inclusion, and equality are important key priorities of the university’s HR policy.

Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences accommodates the traditional disciplines of Psychology and Sociology but also comprises unique multidisciplinary research areas for Health, Care & Well-Being, People, Work, & Organizations together with research groups which take social issues as a starting point. The inspiring working environment where involvement and cooperation are considered to be basic principles, challenges our staff to realize their ambitions. 

Department Methodology and Statistics

The department is part of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University and responsible for the teaching and the research in the area of methodology and statistics for the social and behavioral sciences. The Department of Methodology and Statistics is an internationally renowned group, holding several experts in data science methods, latent variable methods, psychometrics, meta-research, survey methodology, and other applied statistics fields. The department has a strong tradition of working with the other (substantive) research programs in our School and with the Data Science programs (including the novel joint bachelor in Data Science together with the Technical University of Eindhoven), and the Liberal Arts and Science program of Tilburg University. The department is a member of the Interuniversity Graduate School for Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS).