PHD candidates on the subjects of Business modelling; reverse logistics; consumer behaviour; sustainable design; environmental and economic assessments via input-output analysis and LCA or policy for sustainability
The Faculty of Science and Institute of Environmental Sciences is looking for:
PHD candidates on the subjects of Business modelling; reverse logistics; consumer behaviour; sustainable design; environmental and economic assessments via input-output analysis and LCA or policy for sustainability (1,0 fte)
Vacancy number: 16-217
Candidates are invited for 15 PhD positions (“Early Stage Researchers”) to be funded by the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network “Circ€uit”- Circular European Economy Innovative Training Network” within the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission. “Circ€uit “ is a consortium of high profile universities, research institutions and companies located in the Netherlands, France, UK, Sweden and Norway. Two of these candidates will be appointed at Leiden University. PhD subjects range from business modelling, supply chain management, user behaviour, design methods, to quantitative methods for analysing environmental and economic benefits for societal change to circularity. The project collaborates with various industrial partners and the Ellen MacArthur foundation. For more information about the 15 available positions please read the PDF file at the end of this vacancy.
Selection Criteria
• You have no more experience as 4 years after your MSc graduation at the intended moment of recruitment. Sent a copy of your MSc thesis that shows the graduation date in English;
• Marie Curie Innovative Training Networks are a mobility scheme. Researchers are required to undertake trans-national mobility (i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up the appointment. At the time of selection by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account;
• You must demonstrate that your ability to understand and express yourself in both written and spoken English is sufficiently high for them to derive the full benefit from the network training.
Terms and conditions
Candidates will be trained in the technical, scientific and business skills relevant for the circular economy, and will become highly sought-after experts for front-runner businesses and other organisations that will shape the change to a sustainable economy. You will carry out research at a home university, but intensively interact with other candidates in Circ€uit through joint research and participation in Summer and Winter Schools. The successful candidates will be appointed at one of the participating organisations in accordance with their rules and regulation.
Leiden University offers a full-time one year term position with the possibility of renewal based on need, funding and performance. Salary range from € 2,174.- to € 2,779.- gross per month (pay scale P, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).
Next to the salary a mobility allowance and, in specific cases, a family allowance is also offered. The guaranteed PhD funding from the EU is for 36 months. In addition to their individual scientific projects, all fellows will benefit from further continuing education, which includes internships and secondments, a variety of training modules as well as transferable skills courses and active participation in workshops and conferences.
Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3 %), training and career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.
All our PhD students are embedded in the Leiden University Graduate School of Sciencewww.graduateschools.leidenuniv.nl. Our graduate school offers several PhD training courses at three levels: professional courses, skills training and personal effectiveness. In addition, advanced courses to deepen scientific knowledge are offered by the research school.
Leiden University is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups.
Information
Enquiries can be made to prof. dr. Arnold Tukker, Scientific Coordinator (tukker@cml.leidenuniv.nl) or Esther Philips, MSc, Operational Manager (philips@cml.leidenuniv.nl).
Also see the pdf-files below.
Applications
To apply for this vacancy, please send an email to sollicitaties@cml.leidenuniv.nl
Please ensure that you upload the following additional documents quoting the vacancy number 16-217 and the specific ESR number with a maximum of three:
• Letter of Motivation for the specific ESR position(s);
• Cv: discuss in 3 bullets your eligibility, and provide proofs of eligibility as an annex where relevant;
• Result English language test or make otherwise plausible your English is adequate (e.g. MSc Thesis written in English, etc.);
• Copy of MSc certificate that shows graduation date in English;
• Proof that you did not spent more than 12 months in the last 3 years in the country where the ESR position will be hosted.
Only applications received up to and including August 15, 2016 can be considered.
The recruitment process involves a high level recruitment event in Leiden on 12 September 2016. Recruited PhD students are set to start their research in Fall 2016 at one of the universities within the consortium.