ERIM currently offers the following PhD project within its ORG research programme:

-        Historical analysis of the development of fishing collectivities as ICAs (Europe)

Admission Requirements

For this PhD position at ERIM, you are expected to have:

·        Master’s degree in Humanities or Social sciences, with a specific interest in longitudinal approaches to understanding collective action

·        Experience with historical research and dealing with archival sources is a must for these positions

·        Inquisitive nature, next to a drive to increase your knowledge and a passion for research

·        Social skills to engage with other colleagues and societal stakeholders and interested in experimenting with new research approaches

·        People skills to work in a team, willingness to contribute to the work of others and to the functioning of the research team.

·        Sufficient discipline to master a broad base of scientific literature, also outside of history as a discipline

·        Interdisciplinary attitude, with a clear willingness to learn from other disciplines and to engage in debates with scholars with a different disciplinary background

·        Willingness to invest time and effort in sharing research results with the general public.

·        Do also note the ERIM-requirements (GMAT/GRE/TOEFL) to start the PhD-trajectory. There will be no exceptions to these requirements.

In addition to these formal requirements, candidates for the programme are selected on the basis of their CVs, academic references, and interviews with the potential supervisors.

Conditions of employment

Our PhD projects are fully funded and salaried positions, meaning that appointed PhD candidates are employees (promovendi) of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). Fixed, gross monthly salaries are € 2,395 in the first year, € 2,790 in the second year, € 2,920 in the third year, and € 3,061 in the fourth year. EUR has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8 per cent, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3 per cent, and a generous number of vacation days.

Successful candidates are appointed on a full-time basis for a duration up to five years. The PhD position is intended to start 1 September 2021.

PhD candidates also benefit from the state-of-the-art research facilities and financial support programme (ERIM Support Programmes - ESP), which ERIM set up for a wide range of research-related activities such as conference participation, international job markets, external courses, scientific and educational literature, visits to international supervisors, and international research studies.