What the work is like
As a researcher with a PhD, you bring in your own conceptual perspectives and will be able to apply and advance those, often in collaboration with other DRIFTers. Your research experience allows you to engage flexibly and fruitfully with different DRIFT research contexts and projects. Generally, your work will be focusing on the social dimensions of transitions in domains such as energy or health. Examples of typical DRIFT research projects are JustWind4All and Our Smart Family Buddy - both requiring affinity with inter- and transdisciplinary ways of working. Through your research activities, you often link local activities to institutional (policy) frameworks and place them in the context of transitions towards a sustainable and just society.
Potential questions for your research work might be: What can be learned from local experimentation about the necessary institutional requirements for just sustainability transitions? What methods can be deployed to collaborate with policy or societal partners, enhance societal learning and advance scientific understandings? And how can we ensure that justice and sustainability remain central to transitions? By developing methods and theoretical insights, you directly contribute to the scientific debate and to social change movements, both in policy and practice.
In practice, this means you will be involved in the following activities:
What you need for this role
Fixed-term contract: One year contract, with intention to extend.
What we offer
A salary according to scale 10 with a max of 10-5 the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO NU). More specifically, that currently means between 3378 and 4227 euro per month for full-time employment. Except for the salary table, the CAO NU labour agreement does not apply to DRIFT employees.
In addition, a job at DRIFT has attractive perks, such as:
Inclusivity
DRIFT strives to be an inclusive employer to all, regardless of gender, sexual preference, ethnicity, religion, and mental/physical ability. We specifically encourage applications from those who identify as belonging to a marginalised group. And in the case of two similarly suitable candidates, we will opt for the one that makes our team more diverse.
Working at DRIFT
The Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) is a leading research institute in the field of transition research. Founded in 2004, we were one of the first organisations globally devoted to transitions towards just and sustainable societies. That focus remains. We are now organised as a social enterprise belonging to the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Our 30+ action researchers have a wide range of backgrounds and are constantly working on research, education, consultancy and activism for fundamental change. DRIFT has a flat organisational structure which gives a lot of freedom and makes for an open and friendly work atmosphere.
How to apply
For further questions on what the role entails, you can contact Julia Wittmayer: j.m.wittmayer@drift.eur.nl For specific questions about the application procedure, please contact Maryce Koedood (koedood@drift.eur.nl). It is not possible to have a conversation about the role without applying and being invited.
To apply, send an email to drift@drift.eur.nl. We ask you to put ‘Postdoc researcher sustainability transitions’ in the title of your email. Please attach to your email:
Procedure
The application process consists of two interviews, each time with two DRIFT employees. If you are invited for a second interview, we will ask you to prepare a case study. This assignment will be sent to you when you are invited for the second interview and will describe a project context in which data has been collected, for which we would like to hear from you how you would approach the analysis and what role you see for yourself in the wider project. Please keep this in mind in your planning.
Important dates
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