Fully Funded PhD: Labour Migration & Digital Capitalism

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU); Nederland; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary details €3204–€4051 gross/mo.

Contract 1 year initially, extendable

Holiday allowance 8% and 8.3% bonus

Personalized benefits package

Commuting contribution

Sports facilities access

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) in the Netherlands invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position as part of the ERC Starting Grant Migrant Labor in EU’s Pivot to Digital Autonomy, led by Dr. Julia Rone within the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

The PhD project analyses how policy makers, employers, and trade unions define and treat migrant workers across digital sectors, with a cross-national comparative policy focus and qualitative methods.

Qualifications

• Has a research master’s degree in Political Economy, Political Science, Sociology, Migration Studies, or a closely related field.
• Strong interest in the political economy of digital capitalism and labour migration.
• Is familiar with qualitative semi-structured interviews.
• Has experience with qualitative research and comparative research design.
• Has experience in process tracing.
• Possesses excellent academic writing skills in English.
• Works independently and responsibly, while also collaborating well with colleagues.
• Is communicative, open-minded, and engaged in interdisciplinary research environments.

Responsibilities

• Complete a cumulative PhD dissertation within four years, consisting of four publishable journal articles.
• Work closely with the supervisory team and with the ERC project team.
• Conduct cross-national analyses on labour migration policies in the context of industrial policy.
• Perform process tracing to explain actor influence across national contexts and the EU.
• Carry out qualitative interviews and contribute to scholarly outputs and conference activities.
• Undertake research stays abroad within the project’s international network.

Skills

Qualitative methods

Interviews (semi-structured)

Academic writing (English)

Independent and collaborative

Education

Master's degree in Political Economy/Political Science/Sociology/Migration Studies

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) in the Netherlands invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position as part of the ERC Starting Grant Migrant Labor in EU’s Pivot to Digital Autonomy, led by Dr. Julia Rone within the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

The PhD project analyses how policy makers, employers, and trade unions define and treat migrant workers across digital sectors, with a cross-national comparative policy focus and qualitative methods.