Assistant professor Governance of Complex Societal Transformations

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Assistant professor Governance of Complex Societal Transformations Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): L'organizzazione internazionale cerca un Professore Associato per il Governance delle Trasformazioni Societali Complesse, con sede a Rotterdam. Il candidato contribuirà alla ricerca, all'istruzione e all'impatto sociale in un contesto di transizioni societali e cambiamento comportamentale. Le mansioni principali includono l'insegnamento a livello di laurea triennale e magistrale, la supervisione di tirocini e tesi, la partecipazione a programmi di ricerca e la pubblicazione di risultati in riviste scientifiche internazionali. È richiesta una laurea in discipline affini, come Scienze Politiche o Sociologia, e competenze nella gestione delle relazioni tra attori pubblici, privati e sociali. Il ruolo richiede un approccio sistemico e integrato per affrontare le sfide complesse della sostenibilità e del cambiamento climatico. Are the topics of complexity, governance and societal transitions appealing to you? Are you curiosity-driven to understanding, unraveling and solving the governance of complex societal transformation with innovative approaches and methods? Please feel invited to apply with your CV and motivation letter. Job description As an assistant professor you will be contributing to the research, education and engagement/impact in the area of Governance of Societal Transitions and Behavioral Change. Today societies are confronted with complex public issues like sustainability, environmental challenges and climate change, and health and well-being inequalities which call for various transitions like energy transitions, food transitions, circular economy and restoration of biodiversity. The social practices of actors need considerable change. The governance of (interrelated) transitions is very challenging because of the multitude of stakeholders involved with different interests, logics, values and (social) practices and behaviors. The governance demands a systemic and integral approach in which sectors, domains and levels are interrelated. The governance of relationships among public, private, societal and knowledge partners becomes therefore important. For example, how can we develop trustworthy relationships between public, private and societal actors, how can organize good, reciprocal and responsive relations between community-based initiatives in various fields and institutional (government, market) partners? Which social practices of the actors need to be changed and in what ways to realize societal transitions? What are effective and legitimate governance strategies and approaches that lead to societal transformations and change of social practices? The core tasks of the assistant professor include: participating in teaching in one or more of our programs at Bachelor’s and Master’s level at the department of public administration and sociology (DPAS). Teaching involves individual supervision of research internships and theses; lectures and workgroups; participating in the research programs of the school as well in the team of Governance & Pluralism in the faculty; developing activities that lead to creating positive societal impact and engagement; publishing research findings in (high impact) international scientific journals; developing further the collaboration with actors in the city and region of Rotterdam; contributing to the acquisition of external research funding for the benefit of the research programmes. Annuncio in inglese. Fonte: Euraxess (Commissione europea).