Dear all, The University of Leuven in Belgium is hiring a new (Assistant) Professor. Please find the full vacancy on this website: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/53198704
Although this is not an exclusively environmental position, candidates with research experience in sustainable development are encouraged to apply. Reflexivity and Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences The Faculty of Social Sciences of the KU Leuven invites applications for a full-time tenured position within the Professorial Academic Staff in the area of reflexivity and qualitative research methods in the social sciences. The successful candidate can provide evidence of empirical research experience in this area, by preference with a focus on gender, social inequalities and/or sustainable development. Research The successful candidate is expected to teach, conduct research, and provide a scientific contribution to society. He/she will conduct research on reflexivity and qualitative research methods in the social sciences. In his/her research, the successful candidate approaches qualitative research methods in the social sciences from a critical theoretical perspective with specific attention for contemporary theoretical developments that problematize the epistemological and ontological assumptions that undergird existing social science research. The successful candidate links this perspective to his/her own empirical research experience, preferably in one or more of the following topics: gender, social inequalities and/or sustainable development. Interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research experience is considered to be a particular asset here. The successful candidate develops a research program in which he/she actively seeks to acquire competitive research funding. He/she does so on the basis of his/her substantive research experience, preferably with respect to gender, social inequalities, and/or sustainable development. He/she is also expected to actively seek to connect his/her own research with relevant existing international research networks. Research will be conducted within the research unit of the Faculty of Social Sciences to which the substantive research experiences of the successful candidate is best aligned. The successful candidate is required to put its methodological experience at the service of the further development of the qualitative methodological expertise of the Faculty of Social Sciences as a whole, particularly, but not exclusively, through the Faculty's PhD School. Teaching The successful candidate will teach about reflexivity and qualitative research methods in the social sciences. Just like in the case of research, he/she approaches qualitative research methods in the social sciences from a critical theoretical perspective with specific attention for contemporary theoretical developments that problematize the epistemological and ontological assumptions that undergird existing social science research. The successful candidate links this perspective to his/her own empirical research experience, preferably in one or more of the following topics: gender, social inequalities and/or sustainable development. Interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research experience is considered to be a particular asset here. The objective is to help students in the development of their theoretical and methodological self-awareness. Apart from teaching on reflexivity and qualitative research methods in the social sciences additional teaching obligations will be attributed depending on the substantive empirical research experience of the successful candidate. He/she will also supervise dissertations. Requirements The successful candidate is holder of a PhD in social sciences, a PhD in social and cultural anthropology, or an equivalent. He/she has expertise in the area of reflexivity and qualitative research methods in the social sciences, preferably with a focus on gender, social inequalities, and/or sustainable development. He/she has a proven ability to raise and manage competitive research funding, and to provide a scientific contribution to society. He/she is active in international academic networks and has a proven track record of excellent and internationally recognized research, as evidenced by an extensive record of recent scientific publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and books. He/she possesses good didactic, communicative, and organizational skills and is a capable team worker. He/she has an extensive (inter)national network of academic contacts in his/her field of research. The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch resp. English to the required standard. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
