Three Assistant / Associate Professors in the Sociology or Anthropology of Health and Long-term Care – University of Amsterdam

Publication date

10 November 2012

Level of education

Higher professional education / University

Salary indication

€3195,- to €5920,- gross per month

Closing date

17 December 2012

Scope of work

for 38 hours per week

Vacancy number

12-264

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is one of the Departments in the FMG. Research and education are carried out by special institutes. The College of Social Sciences (CSS) and the Graduate School for the Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes in the social sciences. Research takes place under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), a multidisciplinary research institute, the biggest one of its kind in the Netherlands and possibly in Europe. The broad scope and pluralism of our education and research programmes are inspired by and reflect  a strong degree of internationalisation.

The Programme groups ‘Health, Care and the Body’ (anthropology) and ‘Dynamics of Culture and Citizenship’ (sociology) form  two cohorts of researchers that pay considerable attention to health and care issues. Academics from these programme groups alongside researchers from other disciplines collaborate in various interdisciplinary centres, including the Centre for Social Science and Global Health, one of the UvA’s research priorities. Recently the Academy of Long-term Care is being developed within the AISSR. The Academy for Long-term Care conducts research in collaboration with private and public institutions which provide long-term care in the Netherlands.

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology currently has openings for Three Assistant / Associate Professors in the Sociology or Anthropology of Health and Long-term Care.

The new assistant /associate professors are currently expected to spend 60 percent of their time on teaching and 40 percent of their time on research. The research of these junior professors will take place under the aegis of the Academy of Long-term Care and be associated with the Center for Global Health. This Academy will be involved in social science research using anthropological and sociological methods and will have a strong empirical and theoretical character. The results will provide input for new care concepts at the macro, meso and micro levels, leading to new models for long-term care. The Academy of Long-term Care has currently three main lines of research, namely i) Long-term Care and Dementia, ii) Citizenship and Care, and iii) Long-term Care for People with Disabilities.

Job Description

• Strengthening the broad profile of sociology and/or anthropology in Amsterdam, actively contributing to the development of the disciplines in national and international context by publishing and participating in national and international research networks and educational initiatives;
• playing a major role in developing the Academy of Long-term Care into an internationally recognized centre of excellence in long-term care research and teaching in line with the proposed vision of the Academy;
• developing, carrying out and supervising social science research at a high academic level in general and the field of long-term care in particular;
• providing general, specialist and methodological education in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and (assisting in) supervising graduate students;
• acquiring, or helping to acquire, external funding for research;
• promoting top-level research, establishing a team of junior researchers and graduate students, and developing internationally competitive academic leadership (associate professor);
• day-to-day scientific leadership of the research Group Dementia and Long-term Care (associate professor).

Requirements

• Completed doctoral thesis in the field of anthropology, sociology or other social science;
• commitment to the research agenda of the AISSR in general (as carried out by the sociology Programme Groups of the AISSR) and in the field of the Academy of Long-term Care in particular, and commitment to enhance interdisciplinary collaborations in relevant fields;
• strong track record in social-scientific research in the field of long-term care, as exemplified in a strong publication record in internationally peer-reviewed journals and books published by internationally recognised publishers;
• thorough mastery of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods;
• proven capability to teach and motivate students at both basic and advanced levels;
• demonstrated ability to acquire research funding from external sources, or the potential to do so;
• embeddedness in international networks of academics;
• proven ability to work well in teams and lead research groups;
• commitment to enhance collaborations in relevant fields;
• adequate knowledge of Dutch, or the willingness to master the Dutch language within two years;
• in possession of the Dutch Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO, or foreign equivalent), or willingness to acquire this in a relatively short term;
• willingness to commit to at least a 5 year contract with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as well as the Academy of Long-term Care.

Further Information

For more information about this position, please contact Prof. Mr. Dr. Anne Mei The, co-director of the Academy of Long-term Care, tel. +31-20-820-1188, email b.a.m.the@uva.nl,  or Prof. Dr. Anita Hardon, director of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), tel. +31-20-525-2614, email a.p.hardon@uva.nl, or Dr. Christian Broer, Director of the AISSR Programme Group ‘Dynamics of culture and Citizenship’, tel. +31-20-525-2238, emailc.broer@uva.nl.

website AISSR http://aissr.uva.nl/

website Global Health http://aighd.org/

website Graduate School http://gsss.uva.nl/

Appointment

The full-time appointment (38 hrs / week) will initially be on a temporary basis for a period of five years. Depending on qualifications and experience, the gross monthly full-time salary will range from € 3,195 up to € 4,970 (scale 11/12) in the case of assistant professors, and from € 4,428 up to € 5,920 (scale 13/14) in the case of associate professors. This is in conformity with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end of year bonus.

Job Application

Applications by email only. These should include:

1. a concise statement of motivation (2 pages max.),
2. CV and list of publications,
3. a statement including research plans (2 pages max.),
4. a teaching statement (2 pages max.),
5. a list of three references.

At this stage of the procedure, please do not send letters of reference or proofs of your academic writing. All documents should be sent as a single pdf email attachment. Please mention ‘Application UD Long-Term Care’ in the subject line.

The deadline for all applications is 17 December 2012.

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