The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), Belanda, menawarkan beasiswa S3 bagi kandidat yang mempunyai latar belakang ilmu sosial. Program ini juga terbuka bagi kandidat dengan latar belakang Metemetika, Statistika, dan Ekonomi.

Beasiswa akan diberikan dalam kurun waktu empat tahun. Dalam masa itu, penerima beasiswa akan bekerja pada proyek individual yang mengarah pada desertasi doktoral. Pada tahun pertama akan diberikan tunjangan sebesar € 2042,- dan ditingkatkan hingga € 2612,- pada tahun-tahun berikutnya.

Program akan dimulai 1 September 2009. Aplikasi dibuka hingga 1 Mei 2009.

The ICS offers fully funded Ph.D scholarships for a variety of projects to excellent candidates who recently gradua­ted in one of the social sciences. Graduates in Mathematics, Statistics or Economics are also invited to apply.

The Ph.D students will be appointed for a full four-year period in which the graduates will work on an individual project, leading to a doctoral dessertation. The generous scholarships fully cover tuition, research and living expenses. The salary amounts to appr. €2042,- before taxes in the first year of the appointment, rising to appr. €2612,- before taxes in the fourth year. There are no tuition fees.

The program (in English) begins September 1st, 2009 and applications should arrive at the ICS before May 1, 2009.

Project proposals

The deadline for sending in applications is May 1st, 2009.

• Candidates can choose a project from the following list .
• Candidates can also suggest a project of his/her own that fits well into the ICS research program.
• Applicants are requested to write a brief motivation for the proposal(s) of their preference.
• Applicants are advised to read the literature mentioned with the proposal(s) of their choice.
• Literature which is mentioned to be ‘available on request’ can be obtained from the ICS secretariat in Utrecht.
• As already mentioned, the selection procedure aims at identifying highly qualified candidates and at a careful match of these candidates with suitable projects.

Project proposals for the recruitment and selection procedure 2009

1. Dual Identity and Politicization Among Turkish Immigrants
2. Education and Political Tolerance in Europe
3. Equality and Dependency in Couples’ Financial and Social Arrangements
4. Brothers and Sisters in Europe: Total Family Effects on Occupational Status of their Children
5. Through the Iron Curtain: The Effect of Communism on Social Mobility in Eastern Europe
6. How Racist are Ethnic Minorities and Native Dutch in Urban Neighbourhoods?
7. ‘Own Culture First?’ Nationalism and National Cultural Consumption
8. The Collateral Effects of Imprisonment on Life Courses
9. Ambitions of Men and Women and Their Occupational Career
10. Decline of the Work Ethic?
11. Transfer of Work Values
12. Making a Difference? Performance and Professionalization of Humanitarian INGOs
13. Status Competition – Blessing or Curse?

The details about these project proposals can be obtained from:

http://www.ics-graduateschool.nl/index.php?page=project-proposals

Research lines

A research line combines a set of interrelated projects on which a group of senior and junior members of the program collaborate for a number of years. Usually, research lines crystallize into a seminar or workshop that meets on a regular basis. These are the meeting points for discussing work in progress, including preparation of data collections and statistical modeling, supervising PhD as well as postdoc projects, and for generating new grant proposals.

The deadline for sending in applications is May 1st, 2009.

Research lines Utrecht University:

• Cooperation in Social and Economic Relations
• Social Networks and Social Capital
• Migration and Stratification
• Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Relations
• Households and Employment
• Policy Studies

Research lines University of Groningen:

• Inequalities in the Life Course
• Methods for Social Network Analysis
• Modeling Norms and Networks
• Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior of Adolescents
• Work and Organizations

More information about the research lines can be found at:

http://www.ics-graduateschool.nl/index.php?page=research-lines-2

How to Apply

Applications are to be sent to:

Ms. Tineke Edink
ICS/Department of Sociology
Utrecht University
Heidelberglaan 2
3584 CS Utrecht
The Netherlands

E-mail: ICSapplications.fsw@uu.nl
Tel: +31 30 253 21 01/42 41
Fax: +31 30 253 44 05

The deadline for sending in applications is May 1st, 2009.

Please include in your application:

• A Letter of Application specifying your motivation to apply for research training as provided by the ICS, and a short written motivation for one (or more of) the proposed projects of your preference.
• Interviews will take place at May 28 and 29 in Utrecht.
• A Curriculum Vitae with a.o. personal data including gender, date and place of birth, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Educational career, including type and years of secondary education, nationality, place, years, and field of university education.
• Grade Sheet
• Research Experience
• Extra Curricular Activities, e.g., courses, workshops, conferences etc. in an international context.
• List of Publications, do not send the publications themselves – if you are selected for an interview you will be requested to send them later.
• The names of two referees (please provide address, phone, and e-mail address) who might be consulted after an interview.

Procedure of applications:

• No special application forms are needed!
• Applications may be written either in Dutch or in English.
• You are requested not to put your application documents in plastic folders.
• Please send in one -sided prints/pages.
• We strongly prefer applications via ordinary mail, including hard cover copies of the documents required. In some cases, however, application letters via e-mail may be unavoidable. These e-mails should be in plain text, pdf, or WORD format. Only after receiving our formal notification of receipt, you may consider your application official.

Postdocs

ICS Groningen has a vacancy for a Postdoc in the field of Sociology of Organizations.

The position is for four years. The postdoc position is embedded in the joint research program Solidarity, Inequality and Social Networks.

Conditions of employment

The salary amounts from appr. €3.195,- per month to a maximum of €4.374,- per month, both before taxes and for a full time employment.

Requirements

• A Ph.D degree in Sociology or related social sciences.
• Experience in empirical research and advanced statistical analysis techniques.
• Good social and communicative skills.
• Publications in international scientific journals are an asset.

Additional Information

Additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from:
Prof.dr. R.P.M. Wittek (r.p.m.wittek@rug.nl)

General information and applications: ms.A. Edink, ICS/Sociologie, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht.
E mail : ICSapplications.fsw@uu.nl
The interviews will be conducted on May 28-29, 2009

About ICS

The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) is a leading Research Center and Graduate School in the Social Sciences in the Netherlands.

It was founded in 1989, and accredited by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in 1993, 1998, and 2003.

The ICS is a joint effort of three Dutch universities. It is located at the University of Groningen (RUG), the University of Utrecht (UU) and the University of Nijmegen (RU).

ICS faculty is selected mainly from the Departments of Sociology of these three universities. Currently, nearly 70 faculty members and postdocs, and over 60 PhD students participate in the ICS research program and the ICS Training Program.

In addition, all three ICS departments offer a two year Research Master Program integrated with the PhD Training Program.

Each year in June, the ICS selects promising 10-12 PhD students (Dutch and foreign), educated in sociology, economics, and other social sciences, and furnishes them with full scholarships that cover tuition, research and living expenses.

Research by faculty, postdocs and PhD students takes place within a common research program that stresses the importance of deductive theory formation (based on the principles of structural individualism), integration of theory and empirical research, and an interdisciplinary orientation.

Training of PhD students takes place within a highly structured four-year program in theory construction and research methods in the social sciences. Its aim is to meet the demand for highly qualified social researchers in universities, various levels of government, industry, trade and other service-providing organizations.

ICS attaches great value to international contacts in the fields of sociology, political sciences, economics, psychology, history, and applied mathematics. Each year a number of wellknown international scientists are invited to give seminars and a number of PhD students and postdocs visit research centers abroad.

Since 1989, nearly 150 PhD graduates have defended their thesis at the ICS.