Faculty of Humanities publishes more than 40 vacancies for assistant professors

With the recruitment of no less than 44 assistant professors, Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities is investing heavily in strengthening its education and research. "We are focusing on themes that students and young researchers recognise as urgent for tomorrow's world - their world," Dean Thomas Vaessens says. 44 new vacancies for assistant professors. In total, the Faculty of Humanities is looking for 44 colleagues who will join forces across disciplinary and faculty boundaries. A part of the new vacancies are exclusively internal, while the remaining 37 are open to internal and external candidates. All these new vacancies offer the prospect of a permanent contract. "Thanks to the funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) sector plan , we are able to change things in our internal organisation, so that we can hire significantly more assistant professors on permanent positions," Dean Thomas Vaessens says.