PhD in Modern Constitutional Democracy

PhD position Constitutional Foundation of Modern Democracies (0,9 fte)(Groningen), 38 hours per week University of Groningen (00347-489) Job descriptionPhD position Constitutional Foundation of Modern DemocraciesPhD project 'Constitutionalization in the United States and France' is a comparative research into the rhetoric of making and applying consitutions in the United States and France from the 18th century to the present.

The candidate will be expected to contribute actively to the advancement of the interdisciplinary research project as a whole.Supervisor Prof. Dr . L.W. Gormley, Professor of European Law.Co-supervisors Dr. P.A.J. van den Berg and Dr. R.G.P. Peters.

RequirementsThe successful candidate will hold a Master's degree in law, history, international relations, or political science or in a cognate academic discipline, with excellent grades. An interest in the research field of the PhD project and in modern history is required, preferably evidenced by the subject of the Master thesis and possibly other publications.

Terms and conditions of employmentThe salary for a PhD position ranges from an initial ? 1956,- to a maximum of ? 2502,- is pro-rata (under review). The researcher will be offered an initial one-year contract. Subject to satisfactory performance, the contract will converted into a temporary post for a further 3 years. The University of Groningen offers a competitive benefits package.Commencement of employment is December 1, 2007.

OrganizationUniversity of GroningenFounded in 1614. One of the best universities in Europe and the world. A wide variety of disciplines. Internationally oriented. Rooted in the North of the Netherlands. Socially active. Our researchers and lecturers are inspired academics. Ambitious students. We respect the differences in talent, ambitions and performance of the 25.000 students and members of staff.The University provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.The University is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of ArtsIn the context of the research project 'Contested Constitutions: exploring the foundations of modern democracies' in the framework of the programme 'Contested Democracy' funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen, the research team, lead by Prof. Dr. L.W. Gormley is seeking to recruit two researchers.

Conditions of employmentMaximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2502Employment basis: Temporary for specified periodDuration of the contract: 4 yearsMaximum hours per week: 38
Additional InformationAdditional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. R.G.P. PetersTelephone number: +31 (0)653448931E-mail address: r.g.p.peters@rug.nl Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.

* About the organization
* Description of the research project
* or Your application should include a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, if any) and a concise 2-page discussion in English (the official language of the project).

The interview panel anticipates that interviews with short-listed applicants will be held during the week beginning november 5, 2007.

ApplicationYou can apply for this job before 31-10-2007 by sending your application to:University of GroningenPersonnel and Organization DepartmentP.O. Box 729700 AB GroningenThe NetherlandsE-mail address: vmp@rug.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT207181.

2 PhD Fellow at University of Groningen

2 PhD fellows schizophrenia project
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Vacancy number: 207176/77

Job descriptionTOP Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has granted our proposal to set up the mechanism-based PK-PD modeling platform. This platform focuses on the transfer of knowledge from academia to the pharmaceutical industry and is a collaborative effort of 4 academic partners and 6 industrial partners. Unique to this platform is the availability of shared databases.

The aim of the platform is to provide a scientific basis for rational drug discovery and development with a strong focus on priority medicines. Challenges are to predict disease progression, the effects of ageing, combined drug effects and to translate preclinical data to clinical data through the construction of mechanism-based PK/PD models. Existing anonimized (pre-) clinical data will be analyzed with advanced data analysis software tools such as NONMEM and S+ or R.

The translational research working group addresses cardiovascular safety and schizophrenia. Within the schizophrenia project we are looking for 2 PhD fellows.

You will work as a team member of a TI Pharma project. The project team comprises academic and industrial partners. In this case, the partners are: universities of Leiden and Groningen, the University Medical Center of Utrecht, the Erasmus Medical Center and the companies Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Nycomed, Organon and Pfizer. You will attend a unique drug discovery education and training program offered by TI Pharma.

Requirements
* Master degree in Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Science and Technology, Mathematics, Statisticsor Theoretical Biology
* Preferably a background in Model Building and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Profound interest in Model Building
* Ambitious
* Creative
* Interested to perform research in a unique multidisciplinary setting

Organization

The University of Groningen is a university with a high reputation for academic teaching and research and a large international network The vacancy is at the Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery. This department is part of the University Centre for Pharmacy, and participates in the research school Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE).

of Groningen offers an appointment for a period of four years which period should be finished with a Ph.D. examination. During the first year the gross salary is ¤ 1956,= per month. This amount will increase to ¤ 2502= during the fourth year. After one year, the performance of the candidate will be evaluated to decide whether there is sufficient progress to expect a successful completion of the Ph.D. thesis within the remaining three years. A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines your teaching activities.

Additional InformationAdditional information can be obtained from dr. J.H. Proost Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery, University of Groningen ( j.h.proost@rug.nl ), tel +31 50 363 3292 (secretariat tel. +31 50 363 3272).

ApplicationApplications with curriculum vitae and the names of 3 persons that can be contacted as references should be sent before November 1, 2007, to:
University of GroningenPersonnel and Organization DepartmentP.O. Box 729700 AB Groningen, The Netherlandsemail: vmp@bureau.rug.nl