Assistant professor

We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues for the position of Assistant professor to strengthen our interdisciplinary research. 

The increasing need for investigating complex societal problems in a more integral way requires expertise that crosses the boundaries of a specific academic discipline. At the Tilburg School of  Social and Behavioral  Sciences (TSB) of Tilburg University, we aim to connect the expert knowledge, experience, and related research networks of the research groups in close collaboration with the School’s Herbert Simon Research Institute to obtain interdisciplinary knowledge that will increase the understanding of well-being of individuals, teams, organizations, and society and their ability to adapt to a dynamic living and working environment. Our interdisciplinary research addresses topical themes in need of both fundamental and applied interdisciplinary research and combines knowledge and insights from a selective group of disciplines: cognitive and neuropsychology, developmental and forensic psychology, medical and clinical psychology, social psychology, health sciences, human resources management, organization & management, sociology, methodology and statistics and data science.

Our School would like to further invest in the research themes Mental disorders, Social transitions and behavioral change and Social inequality and diversity. We seek to appoint six assistant professors per theme, to give the interdisciplinary research within our School a strong boost. 

Working as an Assistant professor will involve developing your own research  ideas and activities, which are related to the research theme(s) fitting your expertise. Together with the other team members that are working on the same research theme, you will define the joint research program and develop a network in and outside the School and university (team science). You will perform your teaching tasks in consultation with the head of department.