Challenging Research Jobs in Amsterdam

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Dear Paul:

The research questions your group is addressing are
interesting. I wonder if I could be a part of your
team. Unfortunately, because of current commitments, I
will not be able to leave my present assignments for
the next four or five months. However, we can
collaborate in cyberspace with an occasional meetings
at Amsterdam.

Regards.

Arun

--- Paul Wouters <Paul.Wouters at NIWI.KNAW.NL> wrote: >
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> JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> THE NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
> SERVICES
>
> Internet and ICT are radically changing the way in
> which academic
> research is carried out. This is having far-reaching
> consequences on
> information and communication processes in the
> sciences and
> humanities. The Netherlands Institute of Scientific
> Information
> Services (NIWI), located in Amsterdam, has recently
> begun a programme
> of research to chart these changes. To increase the
> scope of its
> research domains, our research group of presently
> three full-time
> researchers is seeking
>
> 2 research associates (M/F)
>
> Vacancy number PZ  167 (40 hours full-time  *1)
>
> to fulfill new positions.
>
> NIWI is an institute of the Royal Netherlands
> Academy of Arts and
> Sciences. NIWI aims at providing scientific
> information in the fields
> of biomedicine, the social sciences, history and
> Dutch language and
> literature. In addition, NIWI provides information
> on research and
> researchers throughout the Netherlands. NIWI's main
> office is situated
> in Amsterdam.
>
> Recently, NIWI has formed a new research department
> to respond to the
> transformation of scientific publishing,
> communication and
> information. The successful applicants will be part
> of our team that
> will ultimately consist of ten people. NIWI's
> research goals are laid
> down in our research programme
> (http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/nerdi).
>
> Our present team members are concentrating on:
> ethnographic research on the role of trust in
> data-sharing
> the function of digital data in research
> quantitative research on Web based scientific
> information
> modelling and simulating of innovation processes
> quality control in science and scholarship
> access to scientific information
>
> We hope that the two new members will be able to
> address one of th
> following questions:
>
> 1 How do scientists experience ICT-mediated
> collaboration and how are
> virtual scientific communities being built?
>
> 2 What influence are the new virtual research
> institutes and networks
> of research institutes - which rely heavily on
> communication through
> the Internet - having on the production of
> knowledge?
>
> 3 How does the use of ICT in science affect social
> stratification
> processes (including gender and centre-periphery
> relationships) and
> how does stratification in its turn shape the use of
> ICT in research?
>
> We will also welcome any novel ideas by the
> applicants.
>
> Our hypothesis is that the sciences, social sciences
> and humanities
> are in the midst of an informational turn. This has
> important, yet
> largely uncharted implications for the researcher.
> Studying these
> implications is the main objective of our research
> programme. For this
> reason, we wish to characterise the informational
> turn, study its
> properties, in particular its implications for the
> use and creation of
> scientific information by the individual research
> group and
> scholar. Although this means that many aspects of
> the development and
> of the social impact of information and
> communication technologies
> will be involved in our research, our programme
> differs from existing
> research efforts, in that it puts the researcher in
> central
> place. Many research projects in information and
> library science are
> related to the development of specific technologies
> or information
> sources. There has been far less research on how the
> development of
> ICT affects the conduct of scientific research. Yet,
> it is the
> combination of technological and social developments
> at research group
> or individual scholar level, which is largely
> responsible for shaping
> the future of scientific information and
> communication patterns and
> needs. We have therefore chosen to concentrate our
> research on the
> changing role and needs of the researcher in
> scientific information
> and communication. As well as research aimed at
> creating new knowlege
> about the interaction between the researcher and
> ICT, we are also
> developing applied research. This is aimed at
> providing solutions to
> problems emerging from the practice of library and
> information
> services.  Applicants should hold a PhD (or be
> awarded their PhD
> shortly) and be available to start work in the short
> term. They should
> moreover have acquired research experience in a
> relevant field.
>
> Job responsibilities
>
> The research associates will be responsible for
> their own research
> project (one of the two mentioned above). They will
> be responsible for
> the acquisition of funding for additional research
> projects and submit
> grant applications. In collaboration with university
> researchers, some
> supervision of PhD students may be required. The
> members of NIWI
> Research act in an advisory capacity with respect to
> applied research
> projects within the institute. The main output of
> NIWI Research
> consists of journal publications, books, lectures
> and conference
> presentations. NIWI Research will also organise
> workshops and
> conferences on a regular basis.  Research associates
> will be expected
> to share in these activities.
>
> Education and experience
>
> 1. Demonstrable relevant research experience,
> attested by a PhD degree
>    and a list of publications in peer reviewed
> journals.
>
> 2. An excellent knowledge of the English language,
> both oral and
>    written.
>
> 3. Experience in either qualitative or quantitative
> methods of
>    research, preferably both.
>
> 4. Candidates should have a particular interest in
> transformations of
>    academic research and be able to work
> independently and in a
>    project-orientated manner
>
> 5. Candidates with creativity and who are inclined
> towards/ interested
>    in groundbreaking work are encouraged to apply.
>
> Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
>
> Salary: Maximum full-time gross salary of 8.390
> Dutch guilders per
> month in accordance with salary scale 11 in the
> academic sector
>
> Starting date: With immediate effect
>
>
> For further information please contact: r. Paul
> Wouters
>
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