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PhD Position in Decolonising Reparations, Colonialism and Participatory Justice Research Radboud University in Netherlands
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Participatory Action Research
Funding
This is a paid, temporary 1.0 FTE employment contract rather than a scholarship. The starting gross salary is €3,204 per month based on a 38-hour working week, increasing to €4,051 in the fourth year under salary scale P. The contract is initially for 1.5 years and may be extended by 2.5 years after a positive performance evaluation, for a total four-year PhD contract. Benefits include an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, 30 or 41 annual leave days, pension and other employment be
Deadline
Nov 8, 2026
Country
Netherlands
University
Radboud University
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About this position
Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, invites applications for a four-year PhD position on Decolonising Reparations: Transforming the Legacies of Colonialism. The project is based in the Department of Political Science, Nijmegen School of Management, and is funded by the NWO.
The PhD researcher will investigate what reparations for colonialism could look like, focusing on the experiences and expectations of Indo and Indonesian communities affected by colonialism. The research will examine colonial legacies in Indonesia and the Indonesian diaspora in the Netherlands through participatory and creative research methods, including co-produced multimedia outputs, interviews with stakeholders and a vignette study with the broader population in Indonesia.
The researcher will work with Dr Sanne Weber, the main substantive supervisor and Assistant Professor, and Dr Haley Swedlund, alongside a postdoctoral researcher studying Belgium and the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa. The work contributes to debates on reparative justice, transitional justice, decolonisation, historical injustice, redress and intersectionality. Duties include developing an article-based PhD project, conducting independent qualitative fieldwork, publishing research, attending academic events, contributing to team strategy and undertaking up to 5% teaching.
Applicants need a relevant Master’s degree, strong qualitative research training, fieldwork experience, a substantive interest in justice and reparations, familiarity with Indonesia, willingness to undertake several months of fieldwork there, excellent academic English, and experience organising and presenting research. Participatory or arts-based methods, local-language skills, Dutch, community experience and basic quantitative methods are desirable.
The position is a paid 1.0 FTE employment contract, initially for 1.5 years and potentially extended to four years. Salary ranges from €3,204 to €4,051 gross per month, with holiday allowance, end-of-year bonus and university employment benefits. The application deadline is 8 November 2026; the preferred start date is 1 March 2027. Apply through the Varbi portal.
Funding details
This is a paid, temporary 1.0 FTE employment contract rather than a scholarship. The starting gross salary is €3,204 per month based on a 38-hour working week, increasing to €4,051 in the fourth year under salary scale P. The contract is initially for 1.5 years and may be extended by 2.5 years after a positive performance evaluation, for a total four-year PhD contract. Benefits include an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, 30 or 41 annual leave days, pension and other employment be
What's required
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in political science or a relevant discipline such as conflict studies, anthropology or development studies. They must demonstrate a substantive research interest in justice, transitional and reparative justice, historical and ongoing injustice, reparations and redress, theories of justice, decolonisation and intersectionality. Applicants need training in qualitative research and analysis, experience conducting fieldwork and collecting and analysing qualitative data, and familiarity with Indonesia through origin, community affiliation, work, residence or extended study. They must be willing to conduct several months of fieldwork in Indonesia, have excellent written academic English, and experience planning, taking initiative, organising events and presenting research. Desirable qualifications include training in participatory or arts-based methodologies, community-level experience, Bahasa or another relevant local language, Dutch proficiency, and basic quantitative research and analysis skills.
How to apply
Apply only through the Varbi application portal using the “Apply now” button. Address the application letter to Sanne Weber and submit the documents requested in the application form. The preferred start date is 1 March 2027; first interviews are planned for the week of 30 November and second interviews for the week of 14 December 2026.
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