The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University is inviting applications for the position of Assistant Professor. This position is situated within Leiden University's Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), part of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) and based in The Hague.
You will be part of a thriving research and teaching community, that is expanding partially with projects initiated in the national 2022 Social Science Sector Programme.
The Social Sciences, Humanities, Law and Economics Sciences will implement a cross-sectoral plan with a thematic focus on prosperity, participation and citizenship in a digital world. In this domain, the universities want to contribute optimally to answers to fundamental questions and challenges for society.
This position is building on the Programme
Social Resilience and Security - an interdisciplinary, interfaculty collaboration, bringing together key expertise on transgressive behaviours across social research disciplines and key societal stakeholders. We team up with researchers from governance, developmental psychology, child studies, clinical psychology, criminal law, archeology, and humanities. One pillar of the project focuses on suicide and suicide prevention; this project seeks to study suicide from psychology, public health, and violence studies perspectives, using a range of methodologies. The Assistant Professor will be a key member of the team. The position involves substantial research assessing risk and resilience in suicide.
The Assistant Professor will take the lead on many aspects of the project. That includes but is not limited to: planning the research, leading the ethics and data reviews, gathering data, independently conducting the analyses, publishing findings, co-authoring scientific output with the other team members, as well as organizing and participating in conferences.
The department is located in The Hague. The candidate must live in (or relocate to) The Netherlands for the duration of the contract.
Key responsibilitiesThe Institute seeks to expand its academic staff by appointment of an assistant professor with teaching and research expertise in suicide. The successful applicant will be expected to:
- Develop and teach courses in violence, with a specific focus on self-directed violence (suicide and suicide prevention) at both Masters and Bachelor levels in various programs of the Institute;
- Conduct independent research and support the further and ongoing development and implementation of the research strategy of the Institute;
- Participate in professional-learning courses to maximize the societal impact of academic research and ensure its relevance beyond the academy;
- Continue to build an (inter)national network that spans both academics and policymakers and practitioners working on topics related to suicide and suicide prevention;
- Engage in the public debate on interpersonal violence and self-inflicted violence (suicide and suicide prevention);
- Actively contribute to administrative service and the renewal and ongoing improvement of educational practices at Bachelor's and Master's level;
- Supervision of thesis and capstone projects, contribute to the tutorial system of student mentoring and advising;
- Acquire and manage research funding and/or training projects from third-party sources, such as the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) or the European Union;