PhD Candidate in Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Healthcare Systems

You will conduct international comparative research in collaboration with researchers and other partners within the GOV4CARE consortium.

Your duties include

• Systematically mapping and comparing national strategies, policy measures, and instruments for ecological sustainability and climate resilience of healthcare systems in 31 European countries.
• Contributing to the implementation of comparative case studies on various specific topics regarding the implementation of climate mitigation measures in healthcare institutions throughout Europe.
• Analyzing international differences and patterns in the performance of healthcare systems, based on existing indicators and datasets developed within GOV4CARE.
• Investigating to what extent policy choices, financing, the organization and governance of healthcare systems, and broader contextual factors can explain differences in performance between countries.
• Analyzing synergies and potential tensions between ecological sustainability, climate resilience, and other healthcare system goals.
• Developing typologies of European healthcare systems based on similarities and differences in policy, performance, and underlying explanatory factors, and translating these insights into policy recommendations and implications for the organization and practice of care, and input for scenario modeling within GOV4CARE.
• Writing and publishing approximately five scientific peer-reviewed articles, which collectively form the basis for your dissertation, and presenting research results at national and international congresses and meetings.
• Collaborating with researchers, policymakers, and other international partners within the GOV4CARE consortium.
• Contributing to education within the Department of Public and Occupational Health.

• A completed university master's degree in health sciences, public health, health policy, healthcare research, health economics, political science, epidemiology, environmental sciences, sustainable development, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable interest in healthcare systems, health policy, and issues surrounding ecological sustainability and climate change.
• Knowledge of and experience with quantitative and/or qualitative research methods and associated software, preferably gained during your master's research, and interest in combining quantitative and qualitative methods (mixed-methods research). Experience with international comparisons and statistical analyses is an advantage.
• Excellent command of English, both oral and written, and a good command of Dutch.
• Strong analytical and scientific writing skills, a critical attitude, and the ability to investigate complex issues systematically and independently.
• A proactive, careful, and collaborative working attitude, with good communication skills and enjoyment in working within a multidisciplinary and international research team.
• You speak and write Dutch at a minimum of level B2.

• You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
• A contract for a duration of 12 months, with the intention to extend to a total of four years. The PhD Candidate Directive applies to this vacancy.
• Classification in salary scale OIO: € 3,217 to € 4,077 gross for full-time employment (depending on experience). Additionally, you will receive an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you come by bike? Make use of our good bicycle scheme.
• Pension accrual at BeFrank, a modern, understandable, and fairly priced pension.

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