Subject: pre-announcement for 4-5 PhD positions at VU University Amsterdam, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>
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This is to inform you that the Faculty of Social Sciences of VU University Amsterdam, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place> (http://www.fsw.vu.nl/en/index.asp), will be seeking prospective PhD students for 4 or 5 positions in all areas of the social sciences.
Within the Faculty, the Department of Organization Science encourages those interested in pursuing a PhD in organization science to apply. Areas of interest to the Department include institutional organization theory, business and society, (social) entrepreneurship, social network analysis, organizational behaviour (e.g. leadership, teams, social identity).
The formal advertisement is likely to be published on 1 April, 2009. The deadline for application is 3 May, 2009. Applications are likely to comprise a cover letter, a CV, copies of relevant graduation certificates, and most importantly a research proposal following a specified format.
As this is a pre-announcement, no rights can be derived from the information above. The information and procedures in the advertisement will be binding. We make this pre-announcement in order to allow prospective PhD students more time to develop a research proposal.
Further information can be obtained from prof. dr Peter Groenewegen (head of department, p.groenewegen@fsw.vu.nl), dr <st1:personname w:st="on">Dick de Gilder</st1:personname> (tc.de.gilder@fsw.vu.nl) or dr <st1:personname w:st="on">Frank den Hond</st1:personname> (f.den.hond@fsw.vu.nl).
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<st1:personname w:st="on">Frank den Hond</st1:personname>
VU University Amsterdam
Faculty of Social SCiences
Department of Organization Science
De Boelelaan 1081
1081HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
P 0031-20-5986805
F 0031-20-5986820
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