The Department of Geography, Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has a vacancy for a

Full-time fac­ulty posi­tion in Social Geography

Starting Date: 01/10/2011

Reference: WE/2011/003

Teaching:

The selected can­di­date will con­tribute to teach­ing in social geog­ra­phy both at Bachelor and Master level, in Dutch and English pro­grammes. At Master level the courses focus on urban stud­ies. He/she will also be part­ner in new cur­ric­ula devel­op­ment in col­lab­o­ra­tion with exist­ing programmes.

Research:

The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will take up a lead­ing posi­tion in the activ­i­ties of the urban research group COSMOPOLIS, City, Culture & Society, and will develop new research ini­tia­tives within that frame­work. Research in the COSMOPOLIS group is broadly focused on urban social, eco­nomic and cul­tural issues in the frame of glob­al­i­sa­tion, urban­i­sa­tion and rescal­ing. The COSMOPOLIS research agenda com­bines fun­da­men­tal research with con­sul­tancy and research by design. Acquaintance with the Belgian, Flemish and Brussels con­text is a plus.

The appli­cant should have a strong research record in social geog­ra­phy and urban stud­ies and is expected to be involved in national and inter­na­tional net­works. He/she has the capa­bil­ity of defin­ing new research strate­gies and pro­vid­ing inno­v­a­tive lead­er­ship. The selected can­di­date will be encour­aged to inter­act with other depart­ments and research groups in the frame­work of exist­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ments such as the Urban Studies Network and/or the Brussels Studies Institute.

 Other:

The selected can­di­date is expected to lead research projects and to super­vise M.Sc and Ph.D projects within the Department of Geography. He/she will actively par­tic­i­pate in man­age­ment activ­i­ties of the depart­ment and will take part in con­sul­tancy activ­i­ties and sci­ence popularization.

Requirements:

A com­pleted Ph.D. in a rel­e­vant field is required and sub­stan­tial inter­na­tional post­doc­toral expe­ri­ence is pre­ferred. The can­di­date has excel­lent teach­ing skills and is able to moti­vate stu­dents. He/she has excel­lent knowl­edge of English and Dutch, or a will­ing­ness to learn Dutch. Also knowl­edge of French is pre­ferred. Female can­di­dates are par­tic­u­larly encour­aged to apply for the position.

Applications:

Applications must be sent by reg­is­tered mail to the rec­tor of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and to the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences using the appli­ca­tion form for employ­ment con­tract, on April 3, 2011 at the lat­est. The appli­ca­tion form can be obtained at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Personnel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel (tel. 32−2−6292002) or can be down­loaded from the internet:

http://​aivpc41​.vub​.ac​.be/​D​P​/​w​i​j​z​e​r​v​a​c​a​t​u​r​e​s​/​D​P​r​i​g​h​t​v​a​c​a​t​u​r​e​s​E​.​php

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Frank Canters
Department of Geography
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
Tel.: 32 – 2-629.33.81
E-mail:
fcanters@​vub.​ac.​be