Vacatures: Positions for a PhD, Postdoc and Researcher Economic and Social History, Utrecht University

PhD position
As a Phd you will work within the ERC-funded project “Coordinating for life. Success and failure of Western European societies in coping with rural hazards and disasters, 1300-1800”, which aims to explain why some societies are successful in preventing the effects of major hazards and buffering threats, or in recovering quickly, while others prove highly vulnerable. A main element in the project is a comparative analysis, using selected Northwestern European regions as test areas. The project is funded by the European Research Council, by way of an Advanced Grant awarded to project-coordinator Prof. Bas van Bavel.
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Postdoc position
As a postdoc you will work within the ERC-funded project “Coordinating for life. Success and failure of Western European societies in coping with rural hazards and disasters, 1300-1800”, which aims to explain why some societies are successful in preventing the effects of major hazards and buffering threats, or in recovering quickly, while others prove highly vulnerable. A main element in the project is a comparative analysis, using selected Northwestern European regions as test areas. The project is funded by the European Research Council, by way of an Advanced Grant awarded to project-coordinator Prof. Bas van Bavel.
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Reseacher
As a reseacher you will work within the ERC-funded project “Coordinating for life. Success and failure of Western European societies in coping with rural hazards and disasters, 1300-1800”, which aims to explain why some societies are successful in preventing the effects of major hazards and buffering threats, or in recovering quickly, while others prove highly vulnerable. A main element in the project is a comparative analysis, using selected Northwestern European regions as test areas. The project is funded by the European Research Council, by way of an Advanced Grant awarded to project-coordinator Prof. Bas van Bavel.
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Additional information
Are you interested? For more information about the project please contact the project leader prof.dr. Bas van Bavel, email: b.j.p.vanbavel@uu.nl. For practical information and questions please contact Linda Westerink, email: a.h.westerink@uu.nl. Applicants are also advised to consult the project description: vkc.library.uu.nl/vkc/seh/research/Lists/Research%20Desk/Attachments/11/project_description.pdf. Deadline for application: 18 December 2014.