POST DOC POSITION MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, Maastricht, the Netherlands
The Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship at Maastricht University
has a position opening for a: Case Writer in Entrepreneurship (Post-Doc)
The position
Maastricht University seeks candidates for a new position as Case
Writer. A successful candidate must have a PhD in a relevant
discipline (Business Administration, Sociology or Psychology) and
demonstrate a passionate drive to develop outstanding teaching cases
that can be used in BSc, MSc, and MBA courses on high-impact
Entrepreneurship. The position allows the case writer to also engage
in scholarly research, preferably in line with one’s PhD research.
Hence, those with experience in qualitative research are encouraged to
apply. It is not required that candidates have already researched
entrepreneurship. Also those that studied issues that relate to
leadership, organisational behaviour, strategy, innovation,
collaboration or internationalisation are encouraged to apply. To be
considered for this position, the candidate should have published co-
authored papers in leading journals. Additional funding for data-
collection, conference attendance, and research-assistants is
available on a competitive basis. The successful candidate will be
hired as a Post-Doctoral Case writer on a 13-month contract, which may
be converted into a tenure-track assistant Professorship in
Entrepreneurship (depending on performance and funding). We are also
open to applicants who would prefer to accept this position on a part-
time basis.
Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship
Triggered by an endowment from local entrepreneurs for a professorial
chair in Entrepreneurship Maastricht University decided in 2007 to
start its Centre for Entrepreneurship with the aim to provide
entrepreneurship education to all its BSc, MSc, MBA and PhD students.
At present 3,5 FTE faculty lead ambitious initiatives for course
development and incubation. Our ambition is to grow with 2,5 FTE in
the next two years, by expanding the number of faculty, we will also
strengthen our scholarly cloud, as we will predominantly hire for
tenure track positions. In addition we plan to bring several
Entrepreneurs in Residence en Venture Capitalists in Residence onboard
of our Centre.
The university
Maastricht University is a young and compact research university in
the south of the Netherlands. The University has six faculties;
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University
School of Business & Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neurosciences, Faculty of
Humanities and Sciences and a University College. The university is
consistently ranked as an excellent educator and a productive research
community. Eminent management scholars such as Geert Hofstede, Luc
Soete and John Hagedoorn have helped to put the School of Business &
Economics on the global scholarly map. Its MSc IB programme is
consistently ranked as an outstanding programme by the Financial Times.
The city
Maastricht (population approximately 118.000 inhabitants) is situated
in the southernmost tip of the Netherlands, on the border with Belgium
and Germany. Liège and Aachen are located nearby Maastricht (about 25
km), and Brussels and Düsseldorf can be reached within an hour by car.
Maastricht is easily accessible by road and train from Amsterdam,
Brussels or Paris. Maastricht is the oldest and one of the most
attractive cities in the Netherlands (founded 50 b.C.) with an
extremely well preserved historic city centre. The river Meuse (Maas)
flows through the city and is spanned by the Servaasbrug, the oldest
bridge in the Netherlands. Maastricht has also beautiful surroundings:
a hill country with magnificent chateaus, wineries, and bronze-oak
woods.
Application: Applicants are encouraged to apply before December 1,
2009. Please send a cover letter, vita and recent working papers to:
MC4E Search Committee
Maastricht University
Tongersestraat 49
6211 LM Maastricht
The Netherlands
Electronic submissions are welcomed. Please send your email to
info@mc4e.nl
. For full details: contact: Prof. Dr. Jan Cobbenhagen (
jcobbenhagen@mc4e.nl
) or Dr.ing Wynand Bodewes (
wbodewes@mc4e.nl, tel +31641362124).