Category: Academic Staff & Researchers
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2 - Position descriptionThe Brussels School of Governance is looking for a part-time professor in the domain of 'EU foreign policy, leadership and crisis management'.
More concretely your work package contains:
Education and Research domain:
The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) is a research hub at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). CSDS seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the key contemporary security and diplomatic challenges of the 21st century – and their impact on Europe – while reaching out to the policy community that will ultimately need to handle such challenges.
Our expertise in security studies will seek to establish comprehensive theoretical and policy coverage of strategic competition and its impact on Europe, whilst paying particular attention to the transatlantic relationship and the wider Indo-Pacific region.
Diplomacy as a field of study will be treated broadly and comparatively to encompass traditional statecraft and foreign policy analysis, as well as public, economic and cultural diplomacy.
Education tasks:
Research tasks:
Other tasks:
For this function, our Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus (Elsene) will serve as your home base.
3 - ProfileWhat do we expect from you?
You hold a PhD degree in political science and/or international relations with specialisation in areas relevant to the subject area of the vacancy.
Professional fluency in English is essential. Knowledge of other European languages is considered an asset.
You subscribe to the university's vision of education. The full text in relation to this is available on the university website.
Every first appointment is dependent upon the successful delivery of a teaching session.
Language regulations:
A member of the academic staff who is entrusted with a teaching assignment must also be able to demonstrate that the language of instruction is known at ERK level C1 through a qualification certificate or through an adequate diploma. The VUB also provides courses in, for example, academic English.
The administrative language of the VUB is Dutch. In case of insufficient knowledge of Dutch, the VUB will provide an integration course. After a maximum of five years, a member of the academic staff must demonstrate adequate knowledge of the administrative language (ERK level B2).
For a complete overview, please consult the complete language regulations on https: // jobs.vub.be/content/Regulations-concerning-language-proficiency/.
Certificates demonstrating knowledge of the language can already be added to the application.
4 - OfferAre you going to be our new colleague?
You'll be offered an appointment as professor , for an assignment of 0.2 FTE , for 3 years (renewable, on condition of the positive evaluation of the activities), with planned starting date 01/10/2023.
You'll receive a salary linked to one of the scales set by the government.
At the VUB, you're guaranteed an open, involved and diverse workplace where you are offered opportunities to (further) build on your career.
As well as this, you'll enjoy various benefits:
Is this the job you've been dreaming of?
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