Erasmus University Rotterdam

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PhD vacancies at Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

The Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) has several open PhD positions.
These projects are hosted by ESE and are affiliated with one of ESE’s graduate schools: ERIM or the Tinbergen Institute. ESE has a long tradition of scientific and applied research, and is a leading academic institution, hosting some of the world’s foremost economists in all major areas of economics and business economics.

• For more information about ESE visit: http://www.ese.eur.nl
• For more information about the Tinbergen Institute visit http://www.tinbergen.nl
• For more information about ERIM visit: http://www.erim.eur.nl/
An overview of the individual projects is available on our recruitment webpage:
http://www.eur.nl/ese/english/working_at_ese/phd_students/
Candidate profile and admission requirements
Potential PhD candidates at ESE hold a (Research) Master’s degree in a discipline relevant to the PhD project, have obtained excellent study results, and are highly motivated to do scientific research.
Furthermore candidates are required to be admissible to either ERIM (ERIM admission requirements) or the Tinbergen Institute (Tinbergen admission requirements) (depending on the specific project).

Conditions of employment
Our PhD projects are fully funded and salaried positions for 3 or 4 years, meaning that appointed PhD candidates are employees (promovendus) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). Monthly salary for PhD candidates is € 2083up to € 2664 in the final year (2014 figures, gross and fixed amounts). Successful candidates are appointed on a full-time basis for a total of 3 or 4 years. The candidate's performance is evaluated after 18 months and if positive, the contract is extended for the remainder of the project.

The preferred starting date of PhD appointment is September 1st, 2015.

Contract type: Temporary, 3 or 4 years.

How to apply?
The first recruitment round ends at January 30th, 2015. See the individual project descriptions on the ESE website to apply (http://www.eur.nl/ese/english/working_at_ese/phd_students/)

Additional information
Additional information about the application procedure can be obtained from the ESE PhD admissions office, Ms Nine van Gent, tel: +31 (0) 10 408 2294 email: vangent@ese.eur.nl.

For academic questions about these projects please contact the project supervisors listed with the individual project description.