1 - Company profile
For almost 50 years, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has stood for freedom, equality and connectedness. These values are strongly present on our campuses, in our students as well as our staff. At the VUB, you’ll find a diverse collection of personalities: pure innovators, but especially people who are 100% their authentic selves. With about 3,500 employees, we are the largest Flemish-speaking employer in Brussels, an international city with which we are all too happy to be affiliated and around which our four campuses are located.
Our education and research are grounded in the principles of free research with an eye on human progress. We disapprove of every purely authoritative argument and guarantee the free formation of judgement that is necessary for this basic principle to be incorporated in the community.
The VUB is autonomous and managed democratically. As such, we guarantee fundamental freedoms within our university, as well as the right of the university community to be involved in making and checking university policy.
The mission of the university includes:
- the development, the transfer and the application of high-standing academic education and scientific research, free from any prejudice;
- community integration of this in a spirit of social compassion;
- critical development of everyone in light of the responsibilities borne in the community.
2 - Job Description
| Staff category | Scholarships |
| Specific designation | Doctorate scholarship |
| Scope of scholarship | 1 FTE |
| Faculty | Faculty Social Sciences & Solvay Business School |
| Department | Business Technology and Operations |
Vacancy
The preparation of a doctorate, performance of scientific research, or more concretely:
The MOBI Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is looking for a doctoral researcher who will contribute to interdisciplinary research in the domains of transport, sustainability and socio-economic assessment. The research and approach will be entirely embedded within the research projects of MOBI in line with the skills and knowledge background of the candidate. The goal is to complete a PhD based on the different research projects in which the researcher has been involved. The candidate will contribute to ongoing EU-funded research projects such as INDIMO – Inclusive Digital Mobility Solutions, SPROUT – Sustainable Policy Response to Urban Mobility Transition as well as the monitoring of the impact of the pedestrianisation in the city centre of Brussels.
Tasks
- The candidate will carry out research in the domains of mobility and socio-economic assessment.
- She/he will collect and analyse data on travel behaviour and mobility patterns
- She/he will organise the monitoring and evaluation of urban mobility interventions and new mobility services
- She/he will liaise with urban mobility stakeholders through interviews and workshops
- She/he will assist the project manager (senior researcher and the team leader) in project management activities such as project reporting, organisation of workshops and conferences
- She/he will write research reports and valorise research results in popular and academic publications.
- She/he will present research results at workshops and conferences
- She/he will contribute to public dissemination activities
- She/he will supervise master thesis students
3 - Job profile
A Master’s Degree in Transportation, Transport Planning, Urban planning, Urban studies, Economics, Geography, Management, Commercial engineer (Handelsingenieur), Political science, Sustainable Development, Sociology or related discipline.
Candidates that have not yet acquired their Master’s degree can apply and participate in the selection procedure, but need to offer proof of registration in their Masters programme and need to have complied with all diploma requirements before starting their position at VUB-MOBI.
You have not performed any works in the execution of a mandate as an assistant, paid from operating resources, over a total (cumulated) period of more than 12 months.
The effective result of the doctorate scholarship is subject to the condition precedent of enrolment of the fellow as a doctorate student at the university.
4 - Offer
As an employee of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, you’ll work, every day, in a dynamic, diverse and multilingual environment. Our campuses are located in the middle of a green oasis at the edge of the capital city of Flanders, Belgium and Europe. That city centre, with all its opportunities and possibilities, is easily accessed by public transport in less than half an hour.
Depending on your experience and your academic merits, you’ll receive a salary in one of the grades that have been set by the government. Standard inclusions include hospitalisation insurance and the free use of public transport for your home–work commute. And if you prefer to bike to work? There’s compensation for that too. On both[VB1] campuses, there are extensive sport facilities available to you and childcare facilities within walking distance.
For more information on what it’s like to work at the VUB, go to www.vub.ac.be/en/jobs.
5 - Additional information
| Expected starting date | 01/12/2019 |
| Duration of scholarship | 12 months (renewable) |
| Waiting period | Applications to be submitted no later than 25/10/2019 |
| Contact person | Prof. Dr. Imre Keseru |
| Contact via telephone | +32 (0)2 6148323 |
| Contact via e-mail | imre.keseru@vub.be |
6 - Application
Applications can only be made ONLINE
Your application must include the following as a minimum:
- A concise CV;
- The academic dossier with all relevant elements;
- A brief statement of reasons for the candidature, including an explanation of the expansion of future research;
- Degrees and diplomas.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS VACANCY?
You can contact the person mentioned in the job description.