The Marketing department at the Amsterdam Business School (University of Amsterdam) invites applications for a PhD position in Marketing with a quantitative orientation. We are looking for candidates who aspire to work and succeed at the highest international academic level.

Come work for the EB
As a PhD candidate, you will develop a cutting-edge research pipeline around responsible retailing themes, such as the health tax. You will work with your supervisor to identify and tackle research questions related to health taxes and other responsible retailing initiatives. You will aim to publish your findings in leading Marketing journals. Apply now and start your future career!

This is what you will be doing
As a PhD candidate, you will research health taxes and responsible retailing more generally. The PhD position is part of an NWO Vidi grant.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Identifying novel research questions based on real-world phenomena or extant theory;
• writing code to analyse secondary data;
• writing up findings for publication in leading journals;
• attending classes and seminars (including those offered at other universities) to develop thinking and research skills further;
• teaching-related activities (to a limited degree), including undergraduate tutorials and supervising MSc and/or BSc thesis projects.

This is what we ask of you
The PhD student will generate research that can be published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals in marketing, such as the Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Journal of Marketing. The research group has a strong record of publishing in these and other top journals in related fields. The final results of the PhD project are published in a PhD dissertation, and most marketing PhD dissertations at ABS aim to be published in top-tier academic journals.

Your experience and profile
Formal requirements:

• Masters’ degree (preferably a Research Master´s or MPhil degree) in Marketing or a related field;
• GMAT or GRE score of no more than five years old (for students with a Master’s degree from a non-Dutch university). An indication of the minimum score required is 85%;
• proof of English proficiency through a TOEFL test (score of at least 100 on the internet-based test and 600 on the paper-based test) or IELTS test (minimum score of 7.5), where the scores were obtained no more than two years before the application.

Task-related requirements:

• Excellent speaking and writing ability in fluent English, ideally with experience writing for a scientific audience;
• willingness and motivation to independently formulate research projects and carry them through to completion;
• excellent organizational skills;
• experience conducting empirical research;
• Statistical skills and command of standard software packages for analyzing data (e.g., R, Julia, Python, Stata), and a strong willingness to develop these skills further.

Additional requirements:

• Strong motivation to pursue an international career as a leading scholar;
• strong commitment to methodological rigor and scientific integrity;
• energy and passion for quantitative methods that allow for inferences on marketing phenomena (i.e., shown by choice of thesis topic or course specialization);
• intellectual curiosity, eagerness to learn, and openness to criticism;
• proof of “good citizenship” beyond academic achievements (i.e., volunteering experience).

This is what else we offer you
We offer an employment contract for 38 hours a week with an initial period of 18 months, and after an intermediate evaluation after 18 months there is the possibility to extend it for 30 months (in total the contract will be for four years), preferably starting February 1st, 2025 (earlier or later possible). The end-result should be a PhD thesis. An educational plan will be drafted that includes attendance of courses and (international) conferences.The gross monthly salary will range between €2,872,- in the first year to €3,670,- in the last year for full-time employment (38 hours per week), excluding holiday allowance (8%) and year-end bonus (8.3%). The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities is applicable.

In addition, the UvA offers excellent study and development opportunities and encourages employees to continue to professionalise;

The compensation package is competitive at the European level and includes several secondary benefits. Favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. To know more about working at the University of Amsterdam, please check uva.nl/working-at-eb.

You'll be working in this team
The Marketing section of the Amsterdam Business School (www.abs.uva.nl/marketing) focuses on research in a wide range of topical areas and marketing methods (consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and quantitative marketing).

The department members have published their research in top-tier academic Marketing journals, such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, International Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, etc.

Department members are also involved in teaching in undergraduate, master's, research master's, and Ph. D.-level programs, as well as executive education, and uphold strong relationships with business, NGOs, and governmental organizations.

As a section, we strongly commit to the University of Amsterdam’s research vision to create closer links between academic research and society's broader needs and contribute to a more sustainable society, environment, and planet (https://asf.uva.nl/goals/goals.html#Sustainable-Economy).

About the faculty/service unite/department/institute
The Amsterdam Business School provides an inspiring and truly international research environment. This manifests itself in the ties its members have with major schools around the globe, and its international seminar program. Business school researchers have access to excellent facilities, including an experimental behavioral lab (including sound-insulated cubicles, group labs, video labs, virtual reality, and facilities for eye tracking, EEG/ERP). High-performance computing is available to researchers via SURFSara (a Dutch consortium for scientific computing). The Amsterdam Business School focuses on high-quality research while it fosters diversity in terms of research topics and methods. A Financial Times ranking places Amsterdam Business School (ABS) at number 7 among European business schools in terms of research output focusing on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Amsterdam Business School is also the only Dutch institution listed in the top 10.

Do you recognize yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your application by January 24th 2025. You may apply online by using the link below.

Applications in one pdf should include:

• a curriculum vitae;
• a letter of motivation;
• transcripts of your grades;
• GMAT/GRE if applicable (see above);
• TOEFL if applicable (see above).

Interviews will take place in January. Applications will be reviewed as they come in.

If you have any questions about the position, please get in touch during office hours:

• Jonne Guyt, Associate Professor
• Email: j.y.guyt@uva.nl