PhD Candidate: Localizing Land Registration and Tenure Security in Burundi

• you hold a Master’s degree in sociology, anthropology, development studies, human geography, political sciences, or a related field;
• you have experience in conducting ethnographic field research in Africa or research on land governance related issues, or both;
• you can demonstrate your capacity of conducting high quality research, and working in teams;
• you have experience with action research/research methodologies involving close collaboration with policy makers and development practitioners, and you can demonstrate an interest in translating research findings to non-academic stakeholders, including local people;
• you have experience in facilitating workshops or other training activities;
• you are willing to spend a substantial part of the contract period in Burundi (2 periods of 9-12 months);
• you have excellent knowledge of both French and English.

Conditions

• employment: 0.8 - 1.0 FTE
• the gross starting salary amounts to €2,266 per month, and will increase to €2,897 in the fourth year (salary scale P)
• in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• duration of the contract: your performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years
• you will be classified as a PhD Candidate (Promovendus) in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO)
• you will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service where our Dual Career Officer will assist with family related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation

Intended start date is 1 October 2018.

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Additional information

Dr. ir. Mathijs van Leeuwen, Associate Professor CICAM
Telefoon: +3124 361 56 96
m.vanleeuwen@fm.ru.nl

Dr. ir. Gemma van der Haar, Assistant Professor WUR
Telefoon: +31317 483 514

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