Vacancy for core team members Contesting Governance
Do you enjoy thinking about creative ways to bring together researchers working on similar issues and having conversations across disciplines? Are you committed to creating a space at UU for researchers working on issues related to governance, power, human rights, and contestation to come together and strengthen each other鈥檚 teaching and education? If so, please consider applying to the vacancy below!
The Contesting Governance Platform is seeking new core members to strengthen its interdisciplinary team. As one of the Platforms within the Strategic Theme of Institutions for Open Societies (IOS), we are an interdisciplinary group of researchers that analyze how power operates and is contested among different institutional and societal fields. We find newness and inspiration in interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration and prioritize synergies between research and education.
Bringing together more than 50 Platform members within the UU, the Platform is steered by two coordinators and a team of core members that lead the main activities of the Platform, such as seminar sessions, network meetings, lecture series, community engaged learning (CEL) activities, and so forth. We operate with various underlining values and principles, such as openness, transparency, inclusivity, diversity, and equality. We also believe in a rotating coordination system. Due to the imminent departure of several core team members, we are looking for three new Platform members to join our core team. We especially seek candidates who would be willing to take on a coordination role in the near future.
As a core team member, you will be expected to:
attend regular core team meetings;
participate in and organize existing (interdisciplinary) activities;
represent the Platform and liaise with other UU initiatives and Platforms.
Core team members hold their position for a minimum of two years and a maximum of four years. All core team members will (in principle) receive some kind of compensation in 鈥揻te (although this will depend on the availability of funds).
Are you interested in strengthening our team? Please send a motivation letter of maximum 1 page outlining 1) why you would like to join our team, and 2) how you will contribute to our existing activities, by Monday May 15th, to contestinggovernance@uu.nl. In addition to motivation, candidates will be selected on the Agreed principles of diversity, disciplinary spread, and representation.
For any questions, please contact the current coordinators, Tessa Diphoorn (t.g.diphoorn@uu.nl) and/or Katharine Fortin (k.m.a.Fortin@uu.nl).