We are looking for

Do you want to find answers to how consumption and lifestyles contribute to the origins as well as solutions for major societal challenges relating to health and sustainability? Are you passionate about building bridges between different academic disciplines and professionals? Will you become a leading scholar in the field of consumption and lifestyles?

Then we have a fantastic job opportunity for you!

We have an opening for an ambitious assistant/associate professor (tenure track) in the new chair group Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles. We study consumption and lifestyles of individuals and groups from an interdisciplinary perspective. We embed these insights in the design, evaluation and implementation of interventions to enable healthy and sustainable behaviors.

You are expected to:
•    develop a research program in the field of consumption and healthy lifestyles, with a specific focus on sociological or psychological origins of consumption and lifestyles;
•    initiate and contribute to acquisition activities in the field;
•    lead research and supervise PhD students;
•    teach courses and supervise students at bachelor and master level of the specializations Consumer Studies, Health and Society and Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University;
•    and engage with different types of academic and non-academic audiences to pursue societal impact of the research. 

We ask

•    Completed a PhD in Sociology, Psychology, Consumer studies, Social or Behavioural Epidemiology, Public Health Nutrition, or a related discipline;
•    Demonstrable experience with research and teaching in topics related to consumption and healthy lifestyles; 
•    An inspiring vision on education and research in consumption and healthy lifestyles; 
•    An excellent publication track record given the stage of career, with publications in leading journals in the field;
•    Experience with acquisition and research funding strategies, as shown by awarded scholarships or grants;
•    Affinity with inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to the Wageningen Research domains (food, health and the living environment);
•    Excellent didactic skills and enthusiasm for teaching and working with students;
•    Experience with academic teaching and student supervision at BSc, MSc and preferably also PhD level;
•    A basic teaching certificate, or the willingness to obtain it;
•    Good communication and collaboration skills; 
•    The ambition to develop to personal professor in the Wageningen Tenure Track system. 

This position requires an excellent English language proficiency (minimum CEFR C1 level). Additional information about the required language level can be found on our special language page

We offer

We offer you a challenging and meaningful career trajectory called Tenure Track within the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL) group. This challenging career path starts at the level of assistant professor, from which you can grow into an associate professor and obtain ius promovendi. There is also the possibility to grow to a personal professor position. Depending on your experience and track record, you can enter at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor. 

You will receive training and mentorship and interdisciplinary (international) cooperation is stimulated. As we will only be selecting excellent talent to take part in Tenure Track, this will be a good stepping stone to a further career within our organization or elsewhere. 

We offer a temporary contract of seven years with the possibility of extension and finally a permanent position of 0,8-1,0 fte. The salary will depend on expertise and experience. Gross salary for Assistant Professors is from €3,637 to €5,656 per month and for Associate Professors from €5,039 to €6,738 per month based on a full working week of 38 hours in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement Dutch Universities.

In addition, we offer:
•    8% holiday allowance;
•    a structural year-end bonus of 8.3%;
•    excellent training opportunities and secondary employment conditions;
•    flexible working hours and holidays can possibly be determined in consultation so that an optimal balance between work and private life is possible;
•    excellent pension plan through ABP;
•    232 vacation hours, the option to purchase extra and good supplementary leave schemes;
•    a flexible working time: the possibility to work a maximum of 2 hours per week extra and thereby to build up extra leave;
•    a choice model to put together part of your employment conditions yourself, such as a bicycle plan;
•    use the sports facilities on campus. 

Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for own initiative in a learning environment.

We offer a versatile job in an international environment with varied activities in a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

More information

For more information about this function, please contact Prof. dr. Emely de Vet (emely.devet@wur.nl), chair Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles.

General information about the consumption and healthy lifestyles group can be found on www.wur.eu/chl 
This vacancy is open until and including August 15. The first job interviews will take place in week 34 and 35.

How to apply
Please upload your application through the online system. The application should include a motivation letter, CV, research and education vision statement (max 2 pages), one key publication, names of 2 referees. Please indicate whether you apply for a position as assistant professor or associate professor.

We are

Many of today’s major issues in health and sustainability are inevitably associated with human conduct. To address these societal challenges, changes in consumption patterns and lifestyles are crucial. In order to develop effective solutions, a fundamental understanding of the processes driving consumption patterns and lifestyles is needed.

The mission of the chair group Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL) is to advance our conceptual understanding of healthy and sustainable consumption and lifestyles, and to connect these theoretical notions to the design, evaluation and implementation of novel interventions to enable healthy and sustainable consumption patterns and lifestyles. 

The chair group studies consumption and lifestyles of individuals and groups from an interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing a.o. sociology, psychology, and (social and behavioral) epidemiology. We adopt a multi-method research approach with quantitative and qualitative research methods, ranging from experimental studies to participatory research. 

The new chair group was initiated February 2019 and currently includes 11 staff members, 12 PhD researchers and 3 support staff members. The Chair Group Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles is embedded in the Department of Social Sciences. For more information about the chair group, see www.wur.eu/chl


The mission of our University is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With approximately 30 locations, 5,000 employees, and 10,000 students, it is one of the leading organizations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

 

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