PhD Position 'Why Are the Super-Rich So Tax-Averse?'

‘Why Are the Super-Rich So Tax-Averse?’
Our NWO-funded project, led by prof. Marlies Glasius, has two vacancies for PhD candidates.

The first position is for a project on legal tax avoidance by means of relocation. Who moves to low tax countries, and what motivates them? Is it simply those super-rich people who stand most to gain financially from such a move, or are other factors at play? What are the barriers to relocating? What are the political and media discourses on super-rich tax flight and do they reflect economic realities? Are they similar across different European countries, and do they change over time? What are the sources of such discourses?

The second position is about (mostly illegal) tax evasion by the super-rich through the use of tax havens. It proposes to use the data of the Offshore Leaks Database in order to better understand who puts their money in tax havens, and what motivates them. Is it the super-rich with the heaviest tax burden? Are super-rich citizens of some European countries more inclined to use tax havens than others? Is such tax evasion associated with luxurious lifestyles and with places where the super-rich gather? And how do the super-rich respond when data leaks expose their secret holdings? The project concerns personal, not corporate taxation, with a focus on European countries. For the full text of the project proposal, see: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/g/l/m.e.glasius/m.e.glasius.html#Politics-of-the-SuperRich

What are you going to do
You will develop your own PhD project within the broader *Tax Averse* project: while we expect you to build upon its central questions and premises, we also encourage you to introduce new questions, case studies or methods based on your own expertise and interests.

You will:

• pursue a PhD in the social sciences and participate in the AISSR PhD programme;
• collect and analyse qualitative and/or quantative research data;
• work towards a PhD thesis either as a collection of articles or as a monograph;
• participate in meetings of the project research group and help organise project-related activities such as academic and stakeholder workshops;
• present your work at national and international conferences;
• teach (10% of your working time) within the Department of Political Science.

What do you have to offer
If the questions posed above are fascinating to you, and you love academic research and writing, you should apply. The ideal candidate for Project 1 would have

• a Master’s degree in political economy, political science, sociology or communication science;
• proven research talent in a relevant field, demonstrated by a Master thesis and/or a published article or research report;
• qualitative and quantitative research skills.

The ideal candidate for Project 2 would have

• a Master’s in political economy, political science, sociology or geography;
• proven research talent in a relevant field, demonstrated by a Master thesis and/or a published article or research report;
• familiarity with causal inference and quantitative research skills. GIS skills, experience with spatial weighting and/or social network analysis would be desirable.

What else do we offer you
We offer a temporary employment contract of 38 hours per week for a maximum term of four years. The initial employment is for one year. Following a positive assessment, this term will be extended by a maximum of three years, which should result in the conferral of a doctorate.

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.

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

Salary and conditions in line with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.

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).

In this team, you will work
You will be part of a small core team centered on the *Tax Averse* project, embedded within the programme group Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance and the Department of Political Science. While the two PhD candidates work closely together, each will develop their own academic profile. The composition of the supervisory team will be tailored to the specific thematic focus of the two PhD projects.

Senior beleidsadviseur onderwijs

Als senior beleidsadviseur onderwijs binnen de directie Studenten, Onderwijs & Onderzoek draag je bij aan universiteitsbreed onderwijsbeleid. Je voert regie op je eigen dossiers, waarbij je constructief samenwerkt met collega’s uit de faculteiten, opleidingen en ondersteunende diensten. Je overziet zowel de strategische als operationele aspecten van het beleidsterrein en hebt oog voor de raakvlakken met andere beleidsterreinen.

Je bent breed inzetbaar op de verschillende onderwerpen waar het team Onderwijsbeleid actief in is. In overleg bepalen we welke dossiers je oppakt. Je draagt in ieder geval bij aan een toekomstbestendig opleidingsportfolio: reflectie op het opleidingsaanbod van de Universiteit Utrecht en de landelijke afstemming over het opleidingsaanbod. Ook pak je diverse strategische vraagstukken op, bijvoorbeeld op verzoek van het College van Bestuur of de vice-decanen. Hierbij kun je denken aan dalende studenteninstroom, ontwikkelingen vanuit de overheid zoals de Talentstrategie of de doorontwikkeling van het kwaliteitszorgstelsel.

Als senior beleidsadviseur ben je de sparringpartner voor andere beleidsadviseurs in het team Onderwijsbeleid en stimuleer je de samenwerking tussen de beleidsadviseurs. Je rapporteert aan de teamleider Onderwijsbeleid.

Financial Controller

Do you have a sharp eye for finance and are you looking for a challenging role as a financial controller within Finance & Control? At Wageningen University & Research, we work on solutions with global impact. Would you like to use your financial expertise to contribute to a sustainable future? Then we would love to meet you.

Your role
As a financial controller, you will have plenty of room to develop yourself and actively contribute to strategic and organisation-wide projects. You will proactively support colleagues within Finance & Control, as well as management and the executive board, while engaging with various internal and external stakeholders.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Acting as an advisor and primary point of contact within the Finance & Control department for financial controlling activities (budgeting, forecasting, multi-year trends, liquidity planning, reporting to groups) at the WFBR level.
• Serving as an advisor and sparring partner for staff departments within AFSG.
• Analysing financial risks, supporting improvement projects, and providing recommendations.
• Actively collaborating with direct colleagues, contributing to knowledge sharing and strengthening team spirit.
• Contributing to the preparation of cost price calculations for tariff determinations and audit procedures.
• Helping to further professionalise the Finance & Control function within an organisation that plays a key role in addressing major societal challenges.

The team
As an enthusiastic and driven financial controller, you will join the Finance & Control AFSG team. This team includes project control, business control, and sales & acquisition control, and consists of more than 20 professionals.

Quartermaster BSc portfolio, subset Sustainable transitions society & business

Wageningen University is renewing its BSc portfolio: fewer, sharper programmes with healthier intake. The first track concerns the subset around BTO, BBC, BEB and BIN, where intake is declining most sharply. As quartermaster, you will work with a temporary curriculum committee to design new, complementary BSc programmes that together replace the current ones.

Your tasks

• You lead the design of the new programmes, in line with the regular demand-supply model, and ensure they complement each other.
• You chair the curriculum committee.
• You liaise with programme directors and chair groups, keep programme committees, study advisers, teaching staff and students informed of progress, and report to the Dean of Education.
• You work with various departments within and outside ESA, including the Teaching & Learning Centre, Policy, Student Recruitment and Quality & Strategic Information.
• The design is about more than courses and credits. We also ask: good for whom, and to what end? What kind of people are we educating, and where in the programme is there room for risk, encounter and independent judgement?

Financial Controller

Heb je een scherp oog voor financiën en ben je op zoek naar een uitdagende rol als financial controller binnen Finance & Control? Bij Wageningen University & Research werken we aan oplossingen met wereldwijde impact. Wil jij met jouw financiële expertise je inzetten voor een duurzame toekomst? Dan maken we graag kennis met jou!

Jouw rol
Als financial controller krijg je volop ruimte om jezelf te ontwikkelen en actief bij te dragen aan strategische en organisatie brede projecten. Je ondersteunt intern collega’s binnen Finance & Control, management en directie op een proactieve manier en schakelt daarbij zowel intern als extern met diverse stakeholders.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden in deze functie zijn o.a.:

• Je bent als adviseur het aanspreekpunt binnen de afdeling Finance & Control voor de financial controlling activiteiten (begroting, prognose, meerjarentrend, liquiditeitsplanning, rapportages richting groepen) op WFBR niveau;
• Je bent als adviseur het aanspreekpunt voor stafafdelingen binnen AFSG en iemand die actief meedenkt;
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• Je draagt bij aan het opstellen van kostprijsberekeningen ten behoeve van tariefbepalingen en accountantscontroles;
• Je levert een bijdrage aan het professionaliseren van de Finance & Control functie binnen een organisatie die een grote bijdrage levert aan belangrijke maatschappelijke thema’s.

Het team
Als enthousiaste en gedreven financial controller kom je te werken binnen het team Finance & Control AFSG. Dit team bestaat uit zowel projectcontrol, business control en sales- en acquisitiecontrol. Het team bestaat uit meer dan 20 medewerkers.