[AISWorld] PhD Position on IT governance, hosted by Tilburg University, Netherlands

[Murat Tunç]

PhD Position at the Management Department, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Job post: https://tiu.nu/19022
Institution: Tilburg University, Netherlands
Employment type: PhD candidate
Duration of employment agreement: 4 years fulltime
Applications sought: from around the world
Application deadline: February 15, 2022
Start date: aim at April 15, 2022

*The NWO/NGinfra VIA AUGUSTA project*
Tilburg University is looking for an IT Governance PhD candidate to join the NWO/NGinfra VIA AUGUSTA project which aims at developing IT governance frameworks to coordinate the operators of large Dutch infrastructures such as the roads, rail- and waterways, ports, and electricity networks toward a ‘system-of-systems’ (SoS) approach, as if they were one infrastructure.  The focus lies on digitalisation, which on the one hand attempts to speed up this coordination in a cost-effective manner, but which also entails many governance challenges. These challenges are related to IT (e.g., deciding on and coordinating systems, content, and flows), the organisations involved (e.g., dealing with differing objectives, sharing investments versus returns), and the regulatory frameworks under which the various infrastructures operate (e.g., dealing with sector-specific laws and regulations, especially in relation to broader welfare aspects of activities and investments). The project furthermore involves close collaboration and co-creation with multiple infrastructure operators, i.e., Alliander, Port of Rotterdam, Prorail, and Rijkswaterstaat.
 
*Position*
The VIA AUGUSTA project involves two PhD positions in the areas of regulatory governance and IT governance, as well as two postdoc positions in the areas of regulatory governance and inter-organizational governance. The two PhDs will focus specifically on digitalisation in the SoS context.

More specifically, the department of Management at TiSEM is looking for an IT governance PhD who will focus on effective IT governance models and associated governance frameworks for information and communication under a SoS approach across various sectors, adopting a socio-technical angle and a multi-method approach. The PhD project will be supervised by Prof.dr. Carol Ou and Prof.dr. Henk Akkermans.

*Application Requirements and Application Procedures*
To apply for this position, please read the application requirements and submit the application via https://tiu.nu/19022  by February 15, 2021. The only way to apply is online. Early applications are encouraged. Interviews are expected to take place in February 2021.

*Terms of employment*
PhD candidates will be employed by Tilburg University, Netherlands, which is one of the best non-profit employers in the Netherlands and has an excellent policy concerning terms of employment. The appointment is intended to lead to the completion of a PhD dissertation.

During the first year, you will receive extensive training in theory and methods by taking several PhD-level courses, with no teaching responsibilities.  For the remaining three years, 80% of the position’s time will be dedicated to the completion of your PhD research, and 20% to the acquisition of academic skills through teaching courses and supervising master/bachelor theses within the department.

Appointed PhD candidates are employees of Tilburg University.  The salary for the PhD position amounts € 2,443 per month gross in the first year, rising to € 3,122 per month in the fourth year.  You are entitled to a holiday allowance amounting to 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% of your gross yearly income.  Employees recruited from abroad may be eligible for the 30% tax facility, which means that 30% of your salary will be paid as a tax-free reimbursement.  The university will apply for such tax facility on their behalf.  All university employees are covered by the so-called civil servants pension fund (ABP).  The university offers very good fringe benefits, such as an options model for terms and conditions of employment and reimbursement of moving expenses.

*Tilburg University and TiSEM*
Tilburg University has been ranked as #1 Dutch general university in the National Student Survey over the past years. Tilburg University is one of Europe’s leading universities in the fields of business and economics.  It ranks #37 worldwide in Business and Economics (Times Higher Education Ranking 2021) and #48 globally in research productivity of UT Dallas journal publications 2016-2020.


Murat M. Tunc, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Tilburg University, Netherlands
Phone: +31-134-664-755
E-mail: m.m.tunc at tilburguniversity.edu
Web: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/m-m-tunc