Functiebeschrijving
The Department of Political Science at the Nijmegen School of Management (Radboud University) is looking
for a Full Professor in the field of International Relations (IR).
The Department of Political Science [hyperlink] employs some 30 fte tenured staff. The department is responsible
for the Dutch language BSc programme in Political Science, as well as seven English-language specialisations
within the MSc programme in Political Science.
The department also contributes to a two-years' Dutchlanguage
Master's programme 'Maatschappijleer & Maatschappijwetenschappen'. The department participates
in dual MSc degree programmes with the University of Glasgow (UK), the University of Bamberg (Germany
), and American University (Washington, DC). Our doctoral candidates operate within the context of
The department participates with a dual degree PhD program
in the Doctoral School in Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy).
The Department of Political Science conducts high-quality research that addresses the complexity of 21stcentury
politics. This has been recognized in the 2025 external research assessment.
department capitalize on disciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to tackle some of the most pressing
issues of our day, including democratic backlash and the rise of authoritarian politics, AI and the changing
nature of warfare, and the political economy of climate change. The department currently organizes its research
program around two mutually reinforcing themes: (1) Sustainable Democracy and (2) Conflict at the
The first theme focuses on the conditions underlying (or threatening
) sustainable democracy.
resolution of violent conflict - both within and between states - and the achievement of sustainable cooperation
. Both areas of interest raise normative questions of desirability and feasibility within different national
The IR-group presently consists of nine tenured scholars...