The faculty of Economics and Business Administration has a vacancy for a professorship, starting from October 1, 2007. It concerns a job as full-time Professor in het rank of Lecturer (docent) or Professor in the rank of Senior Lecturer (hoofddocent) in the Department of General Economics, charged with academic teaching (in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the field of Environmental Economics.
Profile:
- On the day of application, candidates should hold a PhD degree in economic sciences or applied economic sciences with doctoral thesis or a degree recognized as equivalent;
- Candidates are required to have research experience in the field of study concerned, proved by recent publications in national and international peer reviewed journals;
- Experience in international mobility, amongst others through participation in research programs at research institutions not linked to the university where the highest degree was obtained, would be an advantage;
- Candidates are required to possess the necessary didactic, organizational and communicative skills for teaching at an academic level;
- Candidates must be willing and able to teach also introductory courses in economics in Dutch to large audiences.
More detailed information on this vacancy and on the way this job fits in the department’s strategy can be obtained at prof. Marc De Clercq, head of the department (phone: +32 (0)9 264 34 78; e-mail: Marc.Declercq@Ugent.be).
In principle this full-time position will lead to a renured position, without prejudice to the possibility of, in case of first appointment as a professor, the Board of Governors of Ghent University to change the tenured position into an appointment for a duration of maximum three years possibly leading to tenure after a positive evaluation.
Depending on the specific profile of the selected candidate, the rank of Senior Lecturer or Lecturer will be granted.
Application forms must be sent in duplicate by registered mail to the rector of Ghent University, Rectorate building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent, using the specific application forms Autonomous Academic Staff (“ZAP”), including the necessary attestations of competence (copies of degrees), the 22nd of May 2007 at the latest.
The application forms for Autonomous Academic Staff (ZAP)
