Fixed-term contract: 48 months.
The scholarship you would get at the University of Groningen is about € 1,750 euros per month. The scholarship you would get at the University of Rostock is about € 1,500 euros per month. In addition you would get a personal budget of € 3,250 euros to spend on data, conferences, language editing, and printing of your PhD thesis. If you want to take courses which are relevant for the research this will also be paid (up to a certain maximum).
Of the 4 years available for the position, in total two years should be spend at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen and two years at the Institute of Sociology and Demographic Research of the University of Rostock. When in Groningen, Dr. Tobias Vogt and Prof. dr. Fanny Janssen will act as the main supervisors, and Prof. dr. Gabriele Doblhammer as your second supervisor. In Rostock, this will be the reverse.
You will have to write a PhD thesis consisting of a minimum of 4 articles in international scientific journals, an introduction and a discussion. The first PhD degree is awarded in Groningen.
Further information on the PhD scholarship programme at the University of Groningen, which is leading for the current position, can be found at
www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/about/