项目介绍

2025年1月23日

Job description

ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15.000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities.
With its 11 faculties and more than 85 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP
The University of Antwerp is a dynamic, forward-thinking, European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow’s world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape.

The Department of Management in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Antwerp, and the Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization at Ghent University are looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of Student-Entrepreneurship.

YOUR JOB

• You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of student-entrepreneurship. At least 90% of your assignment will be spent on a research project and academic research, the latter in preparation of a doctoral dissertation in the field of student-entrepreneurship.
• You will work in a research team consisting of senior researchers, a post-doc and fellow PhD students.
• You will cooperate with several stakeholders of student-entrepreneurship ecosystems to collect data and set up joint (research) activities
• You will publish research reports and scientific articles related to the research project.
• You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the department of Management (FBE, UAntwerpen) and the department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization (FEB, UGent).

Job profile

YOUR PROFILE

• You hold a Master degree in Applied Economics, Business Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent, or you will have obtained it by the time you start work.
• You can demonstrate excellent study results.
• Your research qualities are in line with the faculty and university research policies of both the University of Antwerp and Ghent University.
• You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.
• You are a team-player.
• You are fluent in English (both written and oral).
• Fluency in Dutch is a plus-point.
• You have experience with/have interest in entrepreneurship, in practice and/or theory.
• You are able and willing to be the driving force in collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders in the student-entrepreneurship domain in Flanders, Belgium, and are willing and able to reach out to foreign best-practice examples.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• We offer a full-time position as a doctoral fellow, consisting of an initial period of 12 months, which – after a positive evaluation, will be extended to a total maximum of 48 months. You will have a 50%+50% contract in both institutions (Ghent University + University of Antwerp).
• Your contract will start on 01/04/2025 or as soon as possible after that date.
• The fellowship amount is 100% of the net salary of an AAP member in equal family circumstances. The individual fellowship amount is determined by Team Personnel Administration based on family status and seniority. A grant that meets the conditions and criteria of the regulations for doctoral fellowships is considered free of personal income tax. Click here for more information about the salary scales at Ghent University and University of Antwerp
• All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits at Ghent University. At the University of Antwerp you will receive receive ecocheques, Internet-connectivity allowance, and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of of public transport costs for work-home commuting within Belgium.

How to apply

You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including February 5th, 2025 (by midnight Brussels time). Click on the ‘Apply’ button, complete the online application form and be sure to include the following attachments: a motivation letter, your academic CV, and a short overview of your research-related activities with explanation of the used research methods.
We do not accept late applications.

• The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. Only complete applications (that is, with all required information and documents) will be evaluated. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure. Please, keep February 13th, 2025 for job interviews, for invited candidates.
• If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to jobs@uantwerpen.be. If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact prof. Johanna Vanderstraeten (UAntwerpen) at Johanna.vanderstraeten@uantwerpen.be, and/or prof. Hendrik Slabbinck (UGhent) at Hendrik.Slabbinck@UGent.be.