Universiteit Utrech ofrece un posto para investigador postdoutoral en historia social e económica na súa Facultade de Humanidades.

De seguido a convocatoria que podedes atopar na seguinte ligazón:

Utrecht University, founded in 1636, is an internationally renowned research
university with a strong ambition in regard to education quality and study
success. The Faculty of Humanities has around 7,000 students and 900 staff
members. It comprises four knowledge domains: Philosophy and Religious
Studies, History and Art History, Media and Culture Studies, and Languages,
Literature and Communication. With its research and education in these

fields, the Faculty aims to contribute to a better understanding of the
Netherlands and Europe in a rapidly changing social and cultural context.
The enthusiastic and motivated colleagues and the excellent facilities in the
historic town centre of Utrecht, where the Faculty is located, provide a
stimulating professional atmosphere. Moreover, Utrecht University offers
attractive terms of employment.
*The postdoc-position in the social and economic history group*

The postdoc will work within the NWO-funded project /"Nature or nurture? A
search for the institutional and biological determinants of life expectancy
in Europe during the early modern period"/ which examines the relationship
between the development of the European Marriage Pattern, changes in
fertility and in institutional developments directed towards elderly care,
amongst others in the form of institutions for collective action. The three
researchers that will be employed for this project -funded by the Dutch
Council for Scientific Research- will become part of a larger
interdisciplinary team of historians, economists, sociologists and jurists
that focusses on various form of institutions for collective action in the
past and today.
The postdoc involved in this subproject will be concentrate on the
European-wide differences in institutional provisions for elderly care in
early modern Europe. The starting point of this study, which will be
'countered' by a study on the biological determinants of ageing in early
modern Europe, is the European Marriage Pattern. This phenomenon is often
brought in relationship with the decrease in intergenerational support due to
the typical features of the EMP-households, such as neolocality, nuclear
households, small age gaps between husband and wife, and low fertility. This
postdoc position will examine the effects of changes in institutional
diversity in elderly care provisions across Europe. The postdoc will work
closely together with another postdoc and a PhD-student employed for this
project and is expected to actively contribute also to the work of other
members of the research team both in Utrecht and elsewhere in Europe.

The postdoc will be based at Utrecht University, and be part of the research
team led by prof. Dr. Tine De Moor and will as such also be part of the
department of social and economic history led by prof. Bas van Bavel.
*Qualifications*

- A PhD in social and/or economic history
- experience with both qualitative and quantitative research and methods for
comparative research
- a strong interest for relevant theory;
- capacity to work both as a creative and independent researcher and as part
of a team.
- capacity or at least willingness to collaborate across the academic
disciplines
- experience in publishing at high academic standards.
*Terms of employment*

We offer a postdoc-position of 0,8fte with a one year contract beginning
November 2013 at the earliest, and including a 0,2fte teaching assignment at
BA and/or MA-level. After a positive evaluation this contract can be extended
to a maximum of two more years (a total of three years maximum). Salary
ranges between EUR 3.007,- and EUR 3.227,- gross per month on a fulltime
basis depending on experience and qualifications (scale 10). Utrecht
University offers a pension scheme, a holiday allowance of 8% per year, an
end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and flexible employment conditions. Conditions are
based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities.
*Further details *

For further information about these projects, see "Projects" at
www.collective-action.info
More specific information about the VIDI-project at
http://www.collective-action.info/node/576.

Please write to collective-action@uu.nl for further enquiries about this job
position.
*How to apply*

You can apply for this position using the following link:
https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UU/vacancy/19327/apply/
Applicants should send a cover letter and a curriculum vitae, certified
copies of relevant diplomas, one recent academic publication, the contact
details of two referees (names, affiliations and phone numbers or email
addresses; preferably, reference letters are included) and a 600-word
research design proposal, in which the applicant presents his/her ideas about
the relevant project. Please note that applications without this 600-word
research design proposal will not be included in the subsequent selection
procedure!

Deadline September 30th.

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collective-action@uu.nl