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<\/a><\/p>\nDecision Science News recently visited the Marcel Zeelenberg, Diederik Stapel, Gideon Keren and the gang (which is a very impressive gang indeed) at Tilburg in the Netherlands. It left with the impression that its other visitors (another very impressive gang) had–that this is a first rate place to work in psychology and behavioral economics, as well as one in which the people there really know how to live. Savoir faire, joie de vivre<\/em>, they have it all. Why stay where you are with happiness level X when you could apply to Tilburg and, if you make it, achieve happiness level 2X? Interested? Read on:<\/p>\n TILBURG SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Two Tenure Track Positions in the Department of Social Psychology Members of the Department of Social Psychology supervise students and teach a variety of modules at both Bachelors\u2019 and Masters\u2019 level and participate in the two-year Research Master, covering a variety of significant topics from Social Psychology, Economic Psychology and Work & Organizational Psychology.<\/p>\n Job description Requirements Terms of employment Applications and information Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a letter of motivation, and two recent (forthcoming) publications should be send only by e-mail, before March 1, 2010 to mister M. van Ieperen, Managing Director Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University to e-mail: PZ-FSW@uvt.nl. Please refer to vacancy number 400.10.03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TWO PROFESSORSHIPS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN TILBURG, NETHERLANDS Decision Science News recently visited the Marcel Zeelenberg, Diederik Stapel, Gideon Keren and the gang (which is a very impressive gang indeed) at Tilburg in the Netherlands. It left with the impression that its other visitors (another very impressive gang) had–that this is a first rate place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gossip","category-jobs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4LKj-kH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTilburg University is a modern, specialized university. The teaching and research of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences are organized around the themes of Health, Organization, and Relations between State, Citizen, and Society. The school\u2019s inspiring working environment motivates people to realize their ambitions; involvement and cooperation are essential to achieve this.<\/p>\n
\nThe Department of Social Psychology of Tilburg University is an intellectually exciting and productive group, advancing fundamental understanding in the areas of social, economic and work & organizational psychology, whilst also contributing to effective practice in organisations and society. The basic and applied research of the department is highly recognized both nationally and internationally.
\nThe overarching research program of the Department of Social Psychology is Social Decision Making. The Department of Social Psychology participates in the interdisciplinary Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research (Tiber), devoted to studying the psychological processes underlying individual choice and economic decision making from an interdisciplinary perspective.<\/p>\n
\n(both positions are full-time, F\/M)
\nVacancy number: 400.10.03<\/p>\n
\nWe are searching for candidates in the area of social psychology, economic psychology or organizational psychology. The successful candidates teach two or three courses that are part of the Bachelor or Master Programmes, and will supervise theses at bachelor and master level. And they are encouraged to seek external grant funding.
\nThe tasks are:
\n\u2022 Publishing articles in high quality scientific journals,
\n\u2022 Teaching courses (in Dutch or English) in the programs offered by the department, on the BSc and MSc level.
\n\u2022 Supervising individual student projects at BSc – and MSc -level.
\n\u2022 Performing departmental service<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 PhD in Social Psychology or related areas.
\n\u2022 Passionate researcher\/teacher.
\n\u2022 High quality publication record.
\n\u2022 Experience and affinity with teaching in the relevant area.
\n\u2022 Excellent command of the English language.
\n\u2022 Ability to attract funding
\n\u2022 For non-Dutch candidates: readiness to learn Dutch<\/p>\n
\nTilburg University is among the top of the Dutch employers and has an excellent policy concerning terms of employment. For a tenure track Assistant Professor a four-year contract applies, with the possibility of tenure (and furthering one\u2019s growth potential up to the rank of full professor) thereafter. The starting salary for the position of an Assistant Professor on a full-time basis ranges between \u20ac 3195,- and \u20ac 4374,- gross per month. Secondary benefits are excellent in general and include e.g. a pension scheme, flexible employment conditions and salaries that are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% (in May) and a year-end bonus of 8,3% (in December) of the annual 12 month salary. Depending on the candidate\u2019s qualifications, appointment at the associate professor level can be considered, in which case the salary will be adjusted accordingly.<\/p>\n
\nAdditional information about Tilburg University and the Department of Social Psychology can be retrieved from: www.uvt.nl. Specific information about the vacancies can be obtained from one of the following professors: Marcel Zeelenberg (Marcel@uvt.nl, telephone +31134668276), Diederik Stapel (D.A.Stapel@uvt.nl, telephone +31134663424), Ilja van Beest (I.vanBeest@uvt.nl, telephone +31134662472), Christel Rutte (telephone +31134662408).<\/p>\n