[Students-l] Fwd: [Sigmetrics] Job opening: PhD position in STS at Leiden University | University Medical Center Utrecht

[Michel Menou]

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Subject: 	[Sigmetrics] Job opening: PhD position in STS at Leiden 
University | University Medical Center Utrecht
Date: 	Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:15:43 +0200
From: 	Isabella Peters <ipe at informatik.uni-kiel.de>
To: 	'ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics' <sigmetrics at mail.asis.org>



****On behalf of **Dr. Sarah de Rijcke******

**

*Project description**

*

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS, Universiteit 
Leiden), in collaboration with the University Medical Center Utrecht, 
has a vacancy for a PhD candidate with a (partial) background in Science 
and Technology Studies (STS).

The PhD project is part of a new research program with three 
sub-projects on formative effects of new incentive and reward structures 
in biomedicine. The research program seeks to explore national and 
institutional forms of regulation that emerge from new incentives to 
align biomedicine with societal needs, and the effects of these 
incentives on research content, researchers’ behavior, and scientific 
careers.

The research program is embedded in a larger research strand at CWTS on 
the interactions between research evaluation and knowledge production 
(https://www.cwts.nl/research/working-groups/evaluation-practices-in-context), 
and is part of an ongoing collaboration with the University Medical 
Center Utrecht.

The UMC Utrecht is a national front-runner in the integration of 
research and patient care by implementing concrete new assessment 
criteria and policy-level actions aimed at improving its impact. The 
three sub-projects in the research program will analyze the formative 
effects of these new criteria and actions at the institutional, research 
program, and individual level.

The PhD project we are currently advertising aims at understanding the 
interactions between new incentives, metrics, and knowledge production 
at the level of new multidisciplinary biomedical /research programs/. 
Concretely, the project will chart:

·How research questions, methods for data gathering and analysis, and 
authorship practices are being negotiated in these multi-disciplinary 
programs;

·How and what kinds of collaboration are being formed between 
individuals, subfields, institutions, and societal stakeholders;

·Whether there are particular barriers to effective implementation of 
new incentives and metrics to align research with clinical needs.


      Requirements

·A Master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies, /or /one of the 
Social Sciences or Life Sciences in combination with STS;

·Strong skills in designing, organizing and executing qualitative 
research, especially interviews and ethnographic fieldwork;

·Fluency in spoken English and excellent writing skills in English. 
Fluency in Dutch is considered an asset, but not a condition;

·Strong analytical capacity;

·Willingness and proven ability to work independently*,* but also to 
execute the research project in concordance with the other subprojects 
in the program.


      Conditions

We offer a full-time, one year term position, with the possibility of 
renewal for another three years based on performance.
Salary range from € 2,191.- to € 2,801.- gross per month (pay scale 
P)*,* in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch 
Universities).
Universiteit Leiden offers an attractive benefits package with 
additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses(8.3 %), training and 
career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model 
gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. 
Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a 
substantial tax break.



*Diversity**
*Universiteit Leiden is strongly committed to diversity within its 
community and especially welcomes applications from members of 
underrepresented groups.


      Employer

The research group led by Sarah de Rijcke at the Centre for Science and 
Technology Studies (CWTS) focuses on a) developing a theoretical 
framework on the politics of contemporary research assessment; b) 
gaining a deep empirical understanding of how formal and informal 
evaluation practices are re-shaping academic knowledge production; c) 
contributing to shaping contemporary debates on responsible research 
evaluation and metrics uses (including policy implications). The program 
is situated at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies and 
the sociology and anthropology of science.

Leiden University <http://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en>

Leiden is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in 
the Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings; 
University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students 
who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant 
atmosphere.

Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. 
This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying 
for academic posts and for functions outside academia.


      Additional information

Additional information about Universiteit Leiden, CWTS and the UMC 
Utrecht can be found on www.universiteitleiden.nl/en 
<http://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en>, https://www.cwts.nl/ and 
www.umcutrecht.nl/en/-1 <http://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/-1>.
Specific information about the vacancy can be obtained from dr. Sarah de 
Rijcke by email s.de.rijcke at cwts.leidenuniv.nl 
<mailto:s.de.rijcke at cwts.leidenuniv.nl>.

To apply, please visit: www.academictransfer.com/36596 
<http://www.academictransfer.com/36596>

***

Prof. Dr. Isabella Peters

Professor of Web Science

Kiel University (CAU Kiel)

Institute for Computer Science

Department Web Science (R. 506)

Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 3

D-24118 Kiel

T: +49 431 880-7286

E: ipe at informatik.uni-kiel.de <mailto:ipe at informatik.uni-kiel.de>

Web: http://www.ws.informatik.uni-kiel.de/en/research

ZBW Leibniz Information Center for Economics

Düsternbrooker Weg 120

D-24105 Kiel

T: +49-431-8814-623

E: i.peters at zbw.eu <mailto:i.peters at zbw.eu>

Web: http://www.zbw.eu/en/research/web-science

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