As a PhD candidate, you will research health taxes and responsible retailing more generally. The PhD position is part of an NWO Vidi grant.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Identifying novel research questions based on real-world phenomena or extant theory;
• writing code to analyse secondary data;
• writing up findings for publication in leading journals;
• attending classes and seminars (including those offered at other universities) to develop thinking and research skills further;
• teaching-related activities (to a limited degree), including undergraduate tutorials and supervising MSc and/or BSc thesis projects.

The PhD student will generate research that can be published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals in marketing, such as the Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Journal of Marketing. The research group has a strong record of publishing in these and other top journals in related fields. The final results of the PhD project are published in a PhD dissertation, and most marketing PhD dissertations at ABS aim to be published in top-tier academic journals.

Your experience and profile

Formal requirements:

• Masters’ degree (preferably a Research Master´s or MPhil degree) in Marketing or a related field;
• GMAT or GRE score of no more than five years old (for students with a Master’s degree from a non-Dutch university). An indication of the minimum score required is 85%;
• proof of English proficiency through a TOEFL test (score of at least 100 on the internet-based test and 600 on the paper-based test) or IELTS test (minimum score of 7.5), where the scores were obtained no more than two years before the application.

Task-related requirements:

• Excellent speaking and writing ability in fluent English, ideally with experience writing for a scientific audience;
• willingness and motivation to independently formulate research projects and carry them through to completion;
• excellent organizational skills;
• experience conducting empirical research;
• Statistical skills and command of standard software packages for analyzing data (e.g., R, Julia, Python, Stata), and a strong willingness to develop these skills further.

Additional requirements:

• Strong motivation to pursue an international career as a leading scholar;
• strong commitment to methodological rigor and scientific integrity;
• energy and passion for quantitative methods that allow for inferences on marketing phenomena (i.e., shown by choice of thesis topic or course specialization);
• intellectual curiosity, eagerness to learn, and openness to criticism;
• proof of “good citizenship” beyond academic achievements (i.e., volunteering experience).

We offer an employment contract for 38 hours a week with an initial period of 18 months, and after an intermediate evaluation after 18 months there is the possibility to extend it for 30 months (in total the contract will be for four years), preferably starting February 1st, 2025 (earlier or later possible). The end-result should be a PhD thesis. An educational plan will be drafted that includes attendance of courses and (international) conferences.The gross monthly salary will range between €2,872,- in the first year to  €3,670,- in the last year for full-time employment (38 hours per week), excluding holiday allowance (8%) and year-end bonus (8.3%). The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities is applicable.

In addition, the UvA offers excellent study and development opportunities and encourages employees to continue to professionalise;

The compensation package is competitive at the European level and includes several secondary benefits. Favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. To know more about working at the University of Amsterdam, please check uva.nl/working-at-eb.