Vacancies at the University of Amsterdam Business School

Vacancies at the University of Amsterdam Business School , The Netherlands

Strategy & Marketing Section





PhD position in Strategy, Innovation and Cimate Change

Vacancy number 08-5003



PhD position in Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility

Vacancy number 08-5004



For more information about both vacancies, see http://www.abs.uva.nl/abs/vacancies.cfm (or http://www.abs.uva.nl/strategyandmarketing/home.cfm/A00AA7E2-1321-B0BE-A4EDE1927B81EB76)

(see also below for a description of the two separately)







Information about the PhD position in Strategy, Innovation and Cimate Change



The candidate will be supervised by Prof. Ans Kolk and Dr Jonatan Pinkse and will thus be able to profit from the experience built up on business responses to climate change in the past decade at ABS. This project will focus on business and climate change, with specific attention to how companies draw on their strategic and innovative capabilities in developing solutions to climate change. In recent years, interest in cleaner, more climate-friendly technologies - such as solar energy and low-emission cars - has grown very rapidly, and new products and markets are emerging. However, there is not much research that systematically investigates the drivers and implications for companies to move in such directions. The research will combine multiple methods of investigation, qualitative as well as quantitative, and also calls for skills in research liaison with host organizations and good external presentation skills.



Requirements
• Master’s (MA, MSc) in the area of business (business administration, marketing, management, business economics, and with demonstrable interest in the area of strategy)
• Interest (and preferably experience) in field research, including studies focusing on organisations

• Mastery of both written and spoken English



Further information

Applicants who require further information should contact Dr. Pinkse (e-mail j.m.pinkse@uva.nl; tel. +31 20 525 4106). Before getting in touch, those who are interested in this PhD position are advised to take a look at a recent publication ‘A Perspective on Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change: Learning from 'An Inconvenient Truth'?’ (see http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1021793), since the project will build on this work.

The UvA is located in the centre of Amsterdam . For more information on the Amsterdam Business School and its strategy & marketing section, please visit http://www.abs.uva.nl and www.abs.uva.nl/strategyandmarketing.



Appointment
The person appointed on this position will, in line with the collective agreement of Dutch universities, be considered employee of the university and therefore no tuition fee is charged. He/she will receive a monthly salary in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, which will range from €2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of €2,558 (final year) gross per month.

The appointment will initially be for 1 year, to be extended to a total of 4 years upon excellent performance (an evaluation will be held after 8 months). The PhD thesis should be finalized within four years. In this period, the candidate will also be expected to do some teaching (20% of the time).



Applications
Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Personnel Department, attn. Bernadette Clemens, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Applications may also be emailed to applications-feb@uva.nl. Please include the job reference number. The closing date for applications is 28 March 2008.






Information about the PhD position in Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility





This project focuses on the influence of corporate social responsibility strategies on consumers in particular. Although CSR has received increased attention, research that systematically investigates how consumers balance conflicting thoughts about companies’ activities, societal developments, and their own needs and responsibilities, has been scarce. The project will consider the interaction between consumers and companies (including the role of managers and employees) and combine multiple methods of investigation, in field and experimental settings. This calls for skills in research liaison with host organisations and good external presentation skills. As the project will be located at the intersection of the fields of management and marketing, candidates from both backgrounds are invited to apply, although familiarity with the marketing discipline is preferred.



Requirements
• Master’s (MA, MSc) in the area of business (marketing, management, business administration, business economics)
• Interest (and preferably experience) in field research, including studies focusing on organisations

• Demonstrated mastery of both written and spoken English



Further information

The supervisors of this project will be Prof.dr. Ans Kolk and Dr. Willemijn van Dolen. Applicants who require further information should contact Dr. van Dolen (email W.M.vanDolen@uva.nl; tel. 31 20 525 4204). The UvA is located in the centre of Amsterdam . For more information on the Amsterdam Business School and its strategy & marketing section, please visit www.abs.uva.nl and www.abs.uva.nl/strategyandmarketing. Deadline for applications is 5 April 2008; interviews with those shortlisted will take place on 28/29 April 2008.



Appointment
The person appointed on this position will, in line with the collective agreement of Dutch universities, be considered employee of the university and therefore no tuition fee is charged. He/she will receive a monthly salary in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, which will range from €2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of €2,558 (final year) gross per month.

The appointment will initially be for 1 year, to be extended to a total of 4 years upon excellent performance (an evaluation will be held after 8 months). The PhD thesis should be finalized within four years. In this period, the candidate will also be expected to do some teaching (20% of the time).



Applications
Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Personnel Department, Bernadette Clemens, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam , The Netherlands. Applications may also be emailed to applications-feb@uva.nl. Please include the job reference number. The closing date for applications is 5 April 2008.