项目介绍

2025年2月8日

On the KU Leuven side, the PhD candidate will work together with Coline Serres, Professor in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility. The candidate will be affiliated to the Department of Economics and the research center CEDON (Center of Economics and Corporate Sustainability). CEDON is an interdisciplinary research group focusing on interactions between economics, business, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Within CEDON about 20 economists, engineers, psychologists and management scientists are collaborating to help companies and society to develop sustainable development and CSR strategies. Planet, People and Profit are the central themes in CEDON activities. A list of recent publications, projects and CVs of our researchers can be found on the department website.

On the UCLouvain side, the candidate will work with Anaïs Périlleux, benefitting from a stimulating research environment at UCLouvain that adequately complements the one at KU Leuven. Anaïs Périlleux is Professor of Social Economy at CIRTES and IRES. CIRTES is an interdisciplinary research center, which brings together researchers in sociology, economics, management sciences, and psychology. The field of social enterprises has been one of the main research areas of this center for 25 years, with work on issues of collective action and the commons.

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Project

This doctoral research will address the link between commons and grand challenges. We especially expect the research to contribute to organizational governance and societal impact.

Profile

• You hold a MSc degree in Management, Economics, Business/Commercial Engineering, or equivalent, with a strong interest and background in organizational studies.

• You obtained excellent (‘honors’ or ‘cum laude’ level) results in prior studies.

• You have a strong interest in qualitative research methods and are open to learn quantitative research methods.

• You are eager to collaborate in a truly interdisciplinary way with PhD students and scientists in the fields of management and economics.

• Fluency in both spoken and written English and good reporting and presentation skills are a prerequisite.

• Successful candidates are required to enter (i) the PhD program in business economics of the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven (see https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/PhD/Economics/programme_ec) and (ii) the Doctoral School in Management of UCLouvain (see https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/lidam/doctoral-school-in-management.html).  

• As a PhD student, you are expected to assist in some limited teaching activities and the supervision of a limited number of master theses within the field of sustainable management at the KU Leuven campus in Brussels.

Offer

• The contract is initially for one year, with extension possible for another 3 years conditional on positive annual evaluations.

• You are expected to seek external funding through grant applications to regional and national funding agencies.

• You will be hired under a joint agreement, meaning that you will graduate from a PhD diploma from both KU Leuven and UCLouvain.

• As a PhD student, you will receive a net stipend of about €2,650 per month with full health insurance.

• We provide office space at the KU Leuven campus in Brussels, IT equipment and a budget for attending conferences, as well as a workstation at UCLouvain.

• You will be hosted in the research department CEDON of the Faculty Economics and Business of KU Leuven and at the CIRTES and IRES research centers at the LIDAM institute of UCLouvain.

Interested?

Further information on the vacancy and research project can be obtained from Coline Serres (coline.serres@kuleuven.be) or Anaïs Périlleux (anais.perilleux@uclouvain.be).

To apply for the position, please prepare your cv, academic records of your bachelor’s and master’s degrees, a motivation letter, and at least two letters of recommendation. Applications should be made online (not via e-mail!) on the KU Leuven website.

Only applicants preselected on the merit of their application will be invited for an interview. Selected applicants for the interview will be asked to send a three-page (max) research project including bibliography.

You can apply for this job no later than April 1, 2025 via the KU Leuven online application tool (Bij publicatie komt hier automatisch de link naar de online sollicitatiepagina.)

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You can apply for this job no later than April 01, 2025 via the online application tool

KU Leuven strives for an inclusive, respectful and socially safe environment. We embrace diversity among individuals and groups as an asset. Open dialogue and differences in perspective are essential for an ambitious research and educational environment. In our commitment to equal opportunity, we recognize the consequences of historical inequalities. We do not accept any form of discrimination based on, but not limited to, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnic or national background, skin colour, religious and philosophical diversity, neurodivergence, employment disability, health, or socioeconomic status. For questions about accessibility or support offered, we are happy to assist you at this email address.

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