PhD Grant in Human Management
Closing 30 August
The positions are part of the labor-H programme, a research and innovation centre on Human Management and the New Organization Forms at UCLouvain.
Labor-H is a research and innovation centre on Human Management and the new organization forms inside the Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), animating and coordinating management science research and the College for Work Science (TRAV/ESPO), organizing the Master degree in HRM at UCLouvain.
Benefits
Full time, 12-month research grant starting on 15 September, under the direct supervision of the Chair Holder. The grant is renewable three times maximum.
Selection process
Your CV and motivation letter are to be sent to Prof. Laurent Taskin by 30 August 2020 at the latest (laurent.taskin@uclouvain.be). Any further information about these positions can also be requested at this address.
REQUIREMENTS
Offer Requirements
REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL
Management sciences: Master Degree or equivalent
REQUIRED LANGUAGES
FRENCH: Mother Tongue
ENGLISH: Excellent
DUTCH: Basic
Skills/Qualifications
Successful candidates will meet the following requirements:
Hold a university training of at least 300 credits in management sciences, human resource management, business engineering or other social science field (sociology, psychology, political sciences, etc.), granted with mention ;
Master the methodologies for collecting and analysing quantitative (questionnaire surveys) and qualitative (interviews) data., or commit themselves to get trained ;
Show an interest in Human Management and research in this field of the management sciences ;
Be capable of autonomy and initiative to carry out their research ;
Be a collaborative team player in a multi-project mode;
Be able to write scientific texts and communicate with professionals, in a clear, precise and rigorous language;
Master usual research software tools ;
Master French and English, some knowledge of Dutch being an asset
Doctoral scholarship, Urbanisation, Poverty and Inequality in Africa
The University of Antwerp is a dynamic, forward-thinking, European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20 000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow's world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape.
The university’s recently founded Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality (AIPRIL) seeks to advance our understanding of how socioeconomic inequalities are changing, what is driving such trends and what, if anything, can be done.
AIPRIL is looking for a full-time (100%)
Doctoral scholarship holder to conduct research on the topic of Urbanisation, Poverty and Inequality in Africa.
This project will link large spatial datasets of processed satellite imagery on built-up areas and emitted nightlight in Africa to micro-level household panel and census data. The project aims to understand how urbanisation interacts with economic development in Africa.
Profile
· You hold a Master degree in Economics or related social sciences, or will have obtained it by the time you start work.
· You can demonstrate excellent study results
· You can demonstrate excellent applied econometrics skills
· You have conducted independent research before, for example as part of a master thesis.
· You can analyse large data sets in Stata or R. Knowledge of GIS software, such as QGIS is desirable.
· You have a proven interest in development issues in general and for Africa in particular.
· Experience with survey or other fieldwork is desirable.
· You can think creatively, with attention to both detail and the bigger picture.
· You can write clearly, concisely and precisely in English.
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