PhD Positions, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2018)

What keeps cooperation going? Resilient societies succeed in maintaining high levels of care, work and inclusion, despite the manifold challenges posed by changing circumstances, which currently range from an aging population to climate change. Key to a society’s resilience is its ability to sustain cooperation within and between families, organizations, and communities. But why is it that some cooperative arrangements thrive, whereas others fall into decay? This puzzle of sustainable cooperation is at the core of the SCOOP program (www.scoop-program.org/).

SCOOP will train a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to solve this puzzle. The program develops roadmaps for effective policy strategies and evidence based solutions for some of societies’ most pressing challenges: How sustainable are current arrangements for the integration of newcomers in society? How can we resolve the tension between the interests of employees and other stakeholders within and outside organisations? How can we find sustainable arrangements for the balance of work and care? How should responsibilities be distributed across the members of workgroups or decision-making bodies?

The first 10 PhD projects in the SCOOP research program are dedicated to these questions. Detailed descriptions of these projects are to be found on the SCOOP website (hyperlink).
We aim to attract outstanding PhD candidates who are motivated to participate in a challenging interdisciplinary research program focused on these and related questions.

Requirements
Candidates who recently graduated in one of the social and behavioural sciences, history, or philosophy are invited to apply. Given the interdisciplinary character of the SCOOP program, graduates of other disciplines are also invited to apply. We are aware that most applicants will have been trained in a monodisciplinary master program. We are looking for candidates who are open to the challenge to broaden their horizon and explore other disciplines.

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PhD Positions, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2018)