Key responsibilities

The special chair has both an educational and a research component, as well as a request to develop a long term approach in the area of Policing Studies. The Institute of Security and Global Affairs currently already houses a professor by special appointment on Undermining, and the Centre for Professional Learning within the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs has facilitated leadership programmes on Diversity and Inclusion with the police. The special chair is expected to develop synergies while performing the different key responsibilities stated hereunder.

• Development of a research plan that involves attracting both national and European/international research funding, the latter ideally within a consortium where the Institute of Security and Global Affairs is the penholder.
• Participation in the public and scientific debate by holding presentations on national and international conferences, and publishing in relevant journals, as well as other valorization-related activities.
• Supervision of research and Ph.D. supervision.
• Development of an educational plan that initially is focused on organizing workshops and seminars. The special chair also has to teach at least one course per year in the regular Leiden BA or MA programs organized by the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. The educational plan should lead to the development of a separate educational program in Policing Studies (e.g.: minor Policing Studies, track Policing studies within the Master Crisis and Security Management, Master Policing Studies).
• Proactive contribution to the development of the team Policing Studies, amongst others by developing a long term approach that builds on the initial investment of the National Police, so that the team Policing Studies can grow into a self-sufficient research group (and in the long term Institute) of its own. This long term approach includes elements of the educational and research plan.

Selection criteria

• Holder of a Ph.D., with a demonstrable reputation as an expert in the field of policing studies, with specific reference to at least one of the three broad themes mentioned earlier.
• Educational expertise and proven didactive skills.
• Research expertise, shown by having supervised previous national and international research projects, as well as publications in relevant academic journals.
• Expertise with Ph.D. supervision is considered a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of English. Knowledge of Dutch is a significant plus, given the close interactions the team Policing Studies has with the Dutch National Police.

Terms and conditions

The chairholder will not be employed by the University Leiden. The candidate will receive a fee based on the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (function level 'hoogleraar 2'). In consultation with the candidate, agreements will be made about the payment of this compensation. An Integrity and Reliability Screening of the National Police may be a part of the procedure. The chair will be established at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs for the period of four years for 0,5 fte (19 hours per week). The chair is supervised by a 'College van Curatoren', consisting of four members, with whom an annual evaluation meeting will be held.

Diversity

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Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Contemporary issues are approached from an administrative, political, economic, legal and sociological perspective. This interdisciplinary approach gives the faculty's education and research a cross-border character. The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) is one of the seven faculties of Leiden University and is based in The Hague. The FGGA is a young, enterprising and innovative organization that is growing rapidly. The faculty has three scientific institutes, two centers, 3500 students and 330 staff members. For more information about the faculty click here.

Institute of Security and Global Affairs

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is a scientific institute that focuses on multidisciplinary research and education within the international scientific field of security studies. ISGA analyses and studies issues in a coherent way from their local transnational and global impact.
Researchers at our institute are engaged in interdisciplinary research and teaching within the international scientific field of security studies. The approach to issues of security is glocal, that is to say that the local, national, transnational and global impact are studied and analysed in conjunction with each other. ISGA operates from The Hague, the third major city of the Netherlands, center of national governance and International City of Peace, Justice and Security