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The Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
The Department of Political Science is one of the departments of the FMG. Education and research activities are carried out by special institutes. The College of Social Sciences (GSS) and the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes in Political Science. Most of the research within the Department is conducted in the research programmes of two research schools, the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) and the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR).
Assistant Professor of International Relations
1.0 FTE (38 hours per week)
vacancy number 09-2106
The Department offers a position as Assistant Professor of International Relations, in the field of foreign policies and transnational relations of the members of the European Union and the external relations of the European Union itself, especially in the field of development aid, international trade and human rights.
Requirements
- Completed PhD thesis, preferably in the field of political science
- Publications in international peer-reviewed journals and/or in books published by internationally recognized presses in (some of the) the issue areas mentioned
- Publications in the field of foreign policy studies
- Broad knowledge in the field of general political science
- Ability to teach and motivate students at both basic and advanced levels
- Proven experience in teaching in English is crucial, preferably candidates have adequate active knowledge of Dutch to be able to lecture in Dutch also; they must at least be willing to acquire such knowledge within a relatively short period
- Have the Dutch ‘Basic Teaching Qualification' certificate (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) or be willing to acquire it
Job application
Applications should comprise a motivation letter, a full CV including courses taught and developed, and a list of publications. These should be sent before 31 January 2010 to Ms Leila Abouyaala (l.abouyaala@uva.nl, +31.20.525 8838 / 2169), Manager of the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Oudezijdsachterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands.