Student-assistent Learning & Development

Medewerkers van de VU kunnen kiezen uit een breed pakket van opleidingen en trainingen. Deze trainingen en opleidingen zijn er voor leidinggevenden, wetenschappers, docenten en ondersteunend personeel. Om te zorgen dat alles goed verloopt zoeken wij een Student-assistent ter uitbreiding van het team Learning & Development. Jij zorgt ervoor dat de deelnemers de juiste informatie hebben en alles op de locatie aanwezig is, zodat de training goed kan verlopen.

Jouw taken

• het logistiek goed laten verlopen van jouw trainingen
• informeren van deelnemers over trainingen en opleidingen
• contact onderhouden met in- en externe trainingsbureaus, met locaties waar de opleidingen plaatsvinden en met de deelnemers (via e-mail en agenda-uitnodigingen)
• communicatie van jouw trainingen met nieuwsberichten

PhD Position on the Effects of Incorporation of Emotion-Sensitive A.I. on Politics and Policymaking

PhD position on the effects of incorporation of emotion-sensitive A.I. on politics and policymaking
We are looking for a PhD candidate to be part of the A.I. Feels interdisciplinary research project. A.I. Feels investigates how the use of emotion-sensitive A.I. chatbots by key politicians and civil servants affects policymaking. The project studies this using different disciplinary perspectives, including political psychology, political communication, human-machine communication, interpretative approaches and the political sociology of emotions.

As AI chatbots become increasibly capable of expressing and recognizing emotions and emotional appeals, a crucial question arises: how do they communicate emotions on politically relevant issues and what implications does this have for policymaking and democracy? To answer this question, the PhD candidate will work on the A.I.Feels sub-project 1 (SP1) aimed at investigating how emotions are expressed in output generated by chatbots in response to prompts relevant for policymakers. The PhD candidate will investigate how output generated by prompts typically used by politicians and civil servants displays emotional appeals and emotional cues. The PhD candidate is expected to be open to combine both positivist and non-positivist approaches under the supervision of Carolin Ischen and Gijs Schumacher, both specialized in large-scale quantitative analysis and experimental research and Rosa Sanchez Salgado, specialized in interpretivist and constructivist approaches.

What are you going to do

• You will complete a PhD dissertation based on scientific articles, to be submitted to leading academic journals. Some of these articles will be in collaboration with other team members;
• You will assist with administrative responsibilities related to the project, such as the (national and international) activities of the project, including scientific conferences and networks as well as expert meetings with policy makers and stakeholders;
• You will contribute to the teaching program of the department;
• You will take active part in seminars of the research program group, the department and the Hot Politics Lab;
• Your primary residence will be within commuting distance of the University of Amsterdam for the duration of the PhD project.

What do you have to offer
We are looking for a PhD candidate with the following experience and profile:

• a completed MA or Research MA in political science, psychology, communication science, computational social sciences, sociology, or one of the related social sciences;
• Knowledge of topics related to emotions and A.I. and training in quantitative and qualitative research methods (e.g. large-scale quantitative analysis, emotion detection), and a willingness to develop additional theoretical and methodological expertise;
• good research skills, as demonstrated by MA thesis or other publications/assignments;
• excellent command of English;
• the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

What else do we offer you
The position concerns temporary employment of 38 hours per week for a maximum term of four years. The initial employment is for one year. The intended starting date is 1rst January 2027. Following a positive assessment, this term will be extended by a maximum of three years, which should result in the conferral of a doctorate.

You will attend courses offered by the AISSR and the Graduate School of Social Sciences as part of the PhD program. In addition to doing research, publicizing your findings, and participating in both national and international academic events, you will be involved in teaching (roughly 10% of your time).

• Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week) the gross monthly salary will range from €3,204 in the first year to €4,051 (scale P) in the last year. The UFO profile PhD candidate is applicable.
• Salary and conditions in line with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.

We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including 8% holiday allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.

The UvA offers excellent possibilities for further professional development and education.

In this institute, you will work
The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 39,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds.The social and behavioural sciences play a leading role in addressing the major societal challenges faced by the world, the Netherlands and Amsterdam, now and in the future.

As UvA employee, you become part of an organization that is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion. The UvA aims to be a university where everyone feels respected and at home, with diversity and inclusion as key values. We hope you will be a fantastic addition to our community. We also value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity.
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SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR Digital Society Institute DSI

The Scientific Director embraces an inspiring and supportive leadership style and heads the Management Team that collectively leads the DSI institute. You will represent the UT in setting the research agenda, promoting the institute and the university, creating and maintaining regional, national and international partnerships, and seeking positions of influence relevant to the areas of expertise represented by DSI. These activities complement and support the efforts of principal investigators.
Your main task is to lead the institute (together with your MT) into the next phase, to develop its position and to expand scientific and societal impact of DSI and the UT.

In your role as Scientific Director, you:

• are responsible for strategic research, innovation and impact programming
• build and strengthen strategic partnerships
• initiate and coordinate new public-private partnership
• represent DSI and UT in relevant regional, national and international networks and ecosystems in an inspiring and persuasive way
• foster technology transfer and innovation in line with the goals and mission of the UT and DSI
• encourage, mobilize and inspire scientists to explore and realize new collaborations and partnerships
• are a sparring partner and advisor to the Executive board and Faculty boards, especially concerning the strategy of the UT concerning societal impact in relation to research and valorisation policy
• are a member of the team of Scientific and Managing Directors of the Institutes.

You are currently an associate professor or professor in a UT faculty. In your position as Scientific Director, you directly report to Rector Magnificus. In addition to being responsible for DSI, you contribute to defining the strategy and policy of UT. As such, you are a member of the Strategic Board (SB) and the University Committee for Research and Innovation (UC-R&I).

Medior Java Developer

Wat ga je doen?

De Universiteit Twente werkt continu aan de digitalisering van onderwijs, onderzoek en bedrijfsvoering. Binnen het team Projects & Development van LISA ontwikkel je samen met collega's moderne Java-integraties en -applicaties die direct bijdragen aan deze ambitie.

Daarbij werk je nauw samen met o.a. informatieanalisten, architecten, functioneel beheerders / product owners en andere ontwikkelaars. De meeste oplossingen realiseer je zelfstandig op basis van functionele eisen.

Je houdt je onder andere bezig met:

• het ontwerpen, ontwikkelen en onderhouden van Java- applicaties en API's;
• het realiseren van koppelingen tussen verschillende (cloud) systemen;
• het ontwikkelen van nieuwe functionaliteit en het verbeteren van bestaande applicaties;
• het vertalen van functionele wensen naar technische oplossingen via Solutions Design;
• het meedenken over softwarearchitectuur, kwaliteit en technische verbeteringen.

HR-Assistent EEMCS

Vind jij het interessant om te werken bij de Universiteit Twente? Je werkomgeving is onze ondernemende en internationale universiteit waar met passie gewerkt wordt aan onderwijs en onderzoek. Kortom: werk dat ertoe doet!

Wij zijn op zoek naar een nieuwe collega in de functie van HR-assistent bij de faculteit Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS).

Samen met ons team, bestaande uit twee andere HR assistenten, drie HR adviseurs en een HR manager verzorgen wij de HR-zaken voor alle medewerkers (1000 wetenschappelijk en ondersteunende medewerkers, en gasten) van de faculteit EEMCS. In ons team werken de HR assistenten nauw samen met de HR adviseurs.

Als HR assistent ben je het eerste aanspreekpunt voor vragen van (nieuwe) medewerkers en leidinggevenden op het gebied van contracten, arbeidsvoorwaarden, regelingen en werving en selectie procedures.

Je bent verantwoordelijk voor de administratieve afhandeling van allerlei HR processen in AFAS, zoals werving en selectie en personele mutaties (o.a. contracten, bevorderingen, overplaatsingen). Je werkt hiervoor samen met de centrale HR afdeling. Daarnaast ben je actief in projectgroepen waarbij je samenwerkt met de HR collega’s van andere faculteiten en de centrale HR-afdeling.