Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
Faculty of Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programmes, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.
FEBRI, the graduate school and research institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business has one PhD position in the field of Regional organization for diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke available.
Project description
The national consortium CONTRAST-IMPULSE develops innovations in acute stroke care, aimed at patients with a cerebral infarction or a cerebral haemorrhage. The consortium is led by all university hospitals and top clinical hospitals in the Netherlands, and is subsidised by the Dutch Heart Foundation and Brain Foundation. The consortium investigates diagnostics and treatment for patients with an acute cerebral infarction or cerebral haemorrhage. This vacancy focuses on developing organisational models for acute neurovascular disorders. Important themes are logistical organisation of regional care and prediction of treatment outcomes for individual patients. Research activities involve collecting (prognostic and care logistics) data, analysing the data, developing prognostic and simulation models and writing scientific articles.
The PhD position is embedded in the research programme Operations of FEB’s Research Institute, while building on a co-operation of the University of Groningen (Faculty of Economics & Business), University Medical Center Groningen (Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology), and Erasmus MC University Medical Center (Department of Public Health). The project will be supervised by Dr D.J. van der Zee (University of Groningen), Dr M. Uyttenboogaart (University Medical Center Groningen), Dr M.M.H. Lahr (University Medical Center Groningen) and Dr A. Mikolic (Erasmus MC University Medical Center). The PhD defence will take place at the University of Groningen.
The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research. You have a thorough training in research skills, speaks and writes English fluently and has obtained excellent results in the Master phase.
Furthermore the ideal candidate has
- A background (MSc, Research Master) in Business, Economics, Epidemiology, Medicine or Health Sciences.
- An interest in the organization of care in relation to health interventions, and in conducting model-based studies with regard to disease, diagnosis and treatment, outcomes and care logistics.
- An affinity with scientific research - especially business and economic scientific research.
- Good organizational and communication skills, while being an accurate and independent worker.
- Strong written and spoken English proficiency to communicate research ideas effectively, and preferably speaks and understands Dutch at B2 level or higher.
We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:
- A temporary full-time appointment for a period of four years, under the condition of a positive assessment at the end of the first year. The gross monthly salary is € 2,901, which increases yearly to a maximum of € 3,707.
- Based on the gross salary an additional 8% holiday allowance each year in May, and an additional 8.3 % end of year bonus in December. PhD candidates contribute 20% of their time to teaching in years 2-4.
Starting date: Preferably per 1 September 2025
The application package consists of the following separate documents:
1. Your cv.
2. A motivation letter (1A4 max).
3. A scan of your diploma including transcripts.
4. Proof of English proficiency.
5. Other relevant documents.
The documents 1-4 are compulsory and please note that incomplete application packages will not be taken into account.
An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview.
If you are interested, you can apply for this position until 25 May 11:59pm / before 26 May 2025 Dutch local time (CEST) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).
The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage:
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP):
https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/codeWe provide career services for partners of new faculty members moving to Groningen.
Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.