Deadline: 2009/12/01 17:00:00 GMT+2

The position will be part of the soon to be founded Amsterdam Center for Inequality Studies, which will collaborate closely with the Center for Global Health and Inequality (CGHI) and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) of the UvA, and with the research group 'Life Courses and Inequality' of the VU University Amsterdam.

Housing is an important dimension of social stratification and has a great impact on the living conditions of individuals and households. Inequality in housing therefore deserves a more prominent place on the agenda of inequality research than it has had to date. This project focuses on the development of housing inequality over the life course, on the impact of life events on housing trajectories and on the influence of spatial contexts. To this end, secondary analysis of large-scale data sources will be performed using quantitative, longitudinal research methods.

The postdoc will work closely with Dr Caroline Dewilde (sociology) and Prof. Clara Mulder (geography/demography). The postdoc researcher will also be embedded in the ASSR's Institutions and Distributions sociology programme group. Research on inequality has received fresh impetus through a number of new initiatives funded by the FMG, NWO and the EU. The postdoc researcher and his or her successors will get the opportunity to help strengthen these developments.

Tasks
* To carry out the ‘Housing, Life Course and Inequality' research project (70% of the time in the case of a full-time appointment, 60% of the time in the case of a part-time appointment).
* To prepare a VENI research proposal within the allocated research time.
* To take responsibility for some of the teaching within the department of Sociology (30% of the time in the case of a full-time appointment, 20% of the time in the case of a part-time appointment).
* To publish, with other members of the research team, results in international peer-reviewed journals.
* To help organize national and international workshops.
Requirements
* PhD in one of the social sciences (or expectation of completing a PhD in the near future).
* Extensive experience of quantitative methods and techniques in the social sciences, and of the analysis of large-scale data sources (knowledge of STATA or SAS is an asset).
* Familiarity with research in at least one of the housing, life course and social inequality domains.
* Experience of giving English-language presentations and of publishing in the English language.
* Willingness to teach (and preferably experience of teaching at university level).

Information about the research project can be obtained from Dr Caroline Dewilde, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology - University of Amsterdam, OZ Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam (NL), 0031-(0)20-5258654 (when absent 0032-(0)3-2327286); email C.L.Dewilde@uva.nl.
Information about the selection procedure can be obtained by writing to Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands; by sending an email to ASSR@uva.nl; or by consulting the website www.assr.nl.

Appointment

The postdoc researcher will be employed through UvA Jobservice for a period of 2-3 years, either part time (30.4 hours/week) or full time (38 hours/week). The gross monthly salary in the first year will be €3,195 (pay scale 11-0, Researcher 3) based on a full-time contract; in the second and third years, the gross monthly salary will be €3,315.

Please send your application, your CV and a short description of your views on the project (1 page) to: Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, Ms Roos de Jager, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands (email: R.dejager@uva.nl).

Deadline: 2009/12/01 17:00:00 GMT+2

Country or region: Netherlands