We seek a talented new colleague with a background in the broad field of public administration who has an interest in, or experience with the study of public governance and innovative administrative responses in different policy domains to contemporary societal challenges. This position is an exciting opportunity for co-developing and contributing to innovative public administration research and socio-technical perspectives on societal and technological transformations. This position aims at generating new social scientific understanding of public governance in a global, European, national or local context of transformations, based at a university of technology that puts innovations at the heart of its research and education. Next to developing research in the above-mentioned areas the position has teaching responsibilities in public administration, policy studies and/or (international) public governance in various educational programs of our faculty, including the BSc Management, Society & Technology, BSc Public Governance Across Borders (bin-national program), the MSc Public Administration and the MSc European Studies. Do you wish to be part of an exciting, newly developing department that researches and teaches on public administration, public policy and public governance in transforming societal and technological environments? Join our team and strive to have a significant and balanced impact on public administration research and society.
RESPONSIBILITIESYou contribute to research, teaching, and knowledge transfer. You will:
- carry out research and publish in the exciting field of public governance in a transforming societal context, within the section of Public Administration
- co-develop a new research line that fits with a multi-disciplinary (public administration, psychology and communication science) approach to public governance and transformation
- teach in the curriculum of English taught bachelor and master programs of Public Administration and European Studies. For more information about the education programs, see https://www.utwente.nl/en/pa/ (Public Administration) and https://www.utwente.nl/en/es/ (European Studies)
- expand your network and acquire external research funding
- contribute to our interdisciplinary research domains of resilience, emerging technologies and societal transformations, learning or health in the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS)
- develop expertise in novel research methods