You will conduct independent, high-quality business research, supervised by a team of professors, and incorporate the research findings into a doctoral dissertation. Also, you will be involved in teaching activities at the School of Business and Economics. You will follow a PhD training program at ABRI’s Graduate School to boost your research skills and prepare you for an academic career.

• A university master’s degree with excellent grades in business, economics, or related disciplines like psychology, sociology, industrial engineering, applied mathematics, etc. A research master’s degree (e.g., MRes, MPhil) is not required; however, graduating from a program with solid research training will be considered a plus.
• A proactive research orientation
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Candidates are expected to submit a motivation letter substantiating their motivation for pursuing a PhD at ABRI
• Candidates are expected to apply with a research statement outlining their research interest, the plans for their research project, and how these fit within the ABRI track they desire to apply for

The ABRI research tracks are:

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Digital Innovation & Transformation
• Operations Analytics
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior
• Strategy & Entrepreneurship

PhD candidates can rely on the intensive supervision and the extensive training offered by ABRI’s leading researchers in the field. They will follow the four-year ABRI PhD Program at the School of Business and Economics. The School provides opportunities to attend conferences, meet other international researchers, and participate in various training modules that support PhD candidates’ knowledge and skills development. Many of our PhD candidates spend some time abroad during their trajectory. The prospects for the School’s doctoral graduates in the labor market are excellent, both inside and outside the academic world. The PhD candidates will receive a salary and a complete waiver of the PhD Program tuition fees.

The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel and amounts to € 2.770 gross per month during the first year and increases to € 3.539 gross per month during the last year, based on full-time employment.
The appointment will initially be for one year. After satisfactory evaluation, the contract will be extended for a total duration of four years.

Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

• a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment,
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus,
• a wide range of sports facilities which staff may use at a modest charge, contribution to commuting expenses,
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. We strive to be a university where personal development and commitment to society play a leading role. A university where people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate to achieve innovations and to generate new knowledge. Our teaching and research encompass the entire spectrum of academic endeavor – from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 31,000 students. We employ over 5,000 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible and located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Diversity
We are an inclusive university community. Diversity is one of our most important values. We believe that engaging in international activities and welcoming students and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds enhances the quality of our education and research. We are always looking for people who can enrich our world with their own unique perspectives and experiences.

VU strives to have a diverse workforce. We want to develop talent and creativity by bringing together people from different backgrounds and cultures. We recruit and select based on competencies and talents. We, therefore, encourage anyone who recognizes themselves in a vacancy, regardless of age, gender, origin, religion, philosophy of life, orientation, disability, or chronic illness, to respond. Candidates with a jobs agreement indication (“doelgroepregistratie”) will be given priority if equally suitable.For these candidates applies:

• A PhD candidate with a registration (“doelgroepregister”) may apply for a minimum of 0.7fte
• There is one year of additional funding for the PhD program
• An extra supervisor is available for PhD students with target group registration and their supervisors

School of Business and Economics
The School of Business and Economics (SBE) provides high-quality education and excellent research in business administration and economics with a focus on contributing to the social, economic and ecological challenges of our time. Whether it is the use of robots in society or big data, labour market participation or flexibility in the labour market, traffic jams or the housing market, flash crashes in the stock market or choice behaviour in gambling, leadership or change management: we believe in goal-oriented scientific research and understand that progress in academics, the business community and society is achieved through cooperation, openness and social responsibility.

At SBE, all of our highly-motivated colleagues work together closely in a stimulating, dynamic and international environment to achieve our collective goal of encouraging society to make informed choices. Approximately 7,000 Bachelor’s and Master’s students and 1,700 executive students are enrolled at the School, and employs roughly 600 people.
About ABRI (abri.vu.nl)
Amsterdam Business Research Institute (ABRI) was established in 2009 and builds on a long history of research and teaching at the School of Business and Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. ABRI consists of six research tracks:

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Digital Innovation & Transformation
• Operations Analytics
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior
• Strategy & Entrepreneurship

ABRI involves renowned Dutch and international research fellows who publish in and are part of editorial boards of journals, including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies. ABRI offers a full-time PhD program in Business and Management, focusing on excellent research and academic career development.