We are offering an exciting postdoctoral short-term position to prepare and write a consortium grant application to be submitted to the Horizon Europe call 'HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-5 Gender and Social, Economic and Cultural Empowerment'. This project is aimed at building a European network of academic and non-academic institutions to contribute to a more resilient, equal and inclusive EU. The deadline of the call is April 20, 2022.
The application, tentatively called 'Gendered privilege and exclusion: Preparing Equal Power Positioning to foster EU Resilience' (PEPPER), will trace current limitations of girls’ and women’s access to political, economic, social and cultural power of definition. The project will reveal and analyse the existence of difficult-to-penetrate strongholds of power in these fields, occupied by gendered privileged groups. On the one hand it will investigate the main institutional, empirical and symbolical
obstacles hampering access, while on the other hand identifying and crafting possible solutions, that are capable of achieving long-term transformation. The project envisions to work with an intersectional, multi- and interdisciplinary research agenda that derives from the three-dimensional theoretical and methodological approach of the interconnectedness between the symbolical, the institutional and the empirical level in order to spark societal change. Envisioned work packages are:

1. privilege and exclusion within decision-making institutions (both public and private);
2. gender-inequality in (early-childhood) socialisation and education;
3. work, remuneration and poverty distribution;
4. the new forms of work in the global/migrant economy and the possibilities and risks associated with them;
5. representation in media and art;
6. power hegemonies in times of crisis.

As the postdoctoral Researcher on the team, you will be the coordinator who takes the lead and who is responsible for the overall preparation of the application and the proposal development. You will be responsible for the communication with consortium partners and provide assistance in the identification and formulation of research questions and work packages, in close collaboration with the consortium partners and the Gender and Diversity Hub management team.

You will also join the management team of the Gender and Diversity Hub and provide assistance on other (research) projects taken on by the hub and by organizing our monthly Brown Bag Lunch Conversations.

We are looking for a candidate:

• with a completed PhD in the field(s) of Law, Social Sciences or Humanities, with an expertise in gender equality;
• who preferably has experience in preparing and writing grant applications;
• who preferably has experience working in an interdisciplinary team and has experience in conducting interdisciplinary research;
• with coordination/leadership skills: someone with team spirit, who is proactive, independent, shows initiative, and has a flexible attitude.

Start of the contract is preferably 1 November 2021.

We offer a temporary position (0.8 FTE) for a period of 7 months. The gross salary is €3,807 (scale 11.0 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). More information about working at Utrecht University can be found here.

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance is a faculty at the heart of society, with a strong focus on social issues. Our subjects of law, economics and governance give us a strong mix of academic disciplines that complement and enhance each other. This is a unique combination and a mark of our faculty's strength.

At Utrecht University, scholars from a wide array of fields join forces at the university research area of expertise: Institutions for Open Societies (IOS). Scholars at IOS aim at using an interdisciplinary approach to tackle two vital societal questions: Why do societies develop so divergently? And how do institutions contribute to the formation of open and sustainable societies? To find the answers to these questions, interdisciplinary research is conducted into the formal and informal rules of human interaction: institutions. This is done through different hubs, where science and society come together to solve pressing social issues. The Gender and Diversity Hub is one of these hubs and provides a demand-driven platform that focuses on analyzing and solving gender and diversity issues as put forward by our societal partners. As such, it provides a meeting ground for both the Researchers and the stakeholders, to exchange and enhance their expertise across disciplines, to share and develop best practices and to put possible solutions to the test with a view to truly contributing to the empowerment of under-represented groups in society and to combating stereotyping.