About this role
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...