Are you interested in critically analysing and dissecting contemporary conditions? We are looking for three PhD candidates in Sociology for the EnGendering Europe’s Muslim Question research project, which is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NOW). This PhD track is part of the 'Political Sociology: Power, Place, and Difference', which is of the programme groups of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), and is located in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Sociology.

EnGendering Europe’s Muslim Question is a larger research project that investigates the frameworks, patterns, and dynamics through which Muslims and Islam in Europe are problematized. The project at large consists of both conceptual and empirical work. A description of the research project can be requested from the PI. The original research project includes case-studies about the rejection of violence against women, the toleration of homosexuality, and gender segregation, and is situated in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany. The candidates are expected to develop their PhD project within the confines of this broader framework but there will be a degree of flexibility to incorporate your specific interests. Please note: this is not a research project about Muslims and Islam in Europe, but about how powerful frames are (re)produced.

• You will be developing and carrying out a doctoral research project as part of a larger project;
• doing empirical research;
• writing articles;
• participating in teaching for 10% of your working time.

You have:

• a MA/MSc degree in the Social Sciences (or are expected to obtain such a degree by 31 July 2019;       

• experience with qualitative research methods;
• experience with discourse analysis;
• experience with analysing public debates;
• high proficiency in English, and working knowledge of one of the other languages of the case-studies (Dutch, French or German).

You are:

• curious and enthusiastic about academic research;
• capable of conducting original research independently as well as working in a team;
• capable of planning and organize your work and related activities, and able to meet deadlines.

starting on 1 September 2019. The initial appointment is for one year. Following a positive assessment and barring altered circumstances, this term will be extended by a maximum of 36 months, which should result in the conferral of a doctorate. We will put together a curriculum which will also include the opportunity to attend training courses and both national and international events. You will also be tasked with teaching Bachelor's students.

Your salary will be €2,325 gross per month in the first year and will increase to €2,972 gross per month in the final year, based on full-time employment (38 hours per week) and in keeping with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including 8% holiday allowance and a year-end bonus of 8,3%.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

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Department of Sociology

Sociology at the UvA focuses on the spatial and socio-economic mobility of the urban population, the rise and fall of urban lifestyles and cultures, social relations between individuals and groups, old and new forms of discrimination, inequality, and citizenship, as well as the policy dimensions.

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