• You must have a professionally relevant background in Human Movement Sciences, Public Health, Health promotion or a closely related discipline
• Must not already hold a doctoral degree
• Must comply with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action mobility rule: not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Belgium for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date
• Your education must correspond to a Master program
• You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade of a first- or second-class honours degree (or equivalent compared with the institutional grading scale). If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education.
• You must meet the requirements for admission to the institutional doctoral program
• Good communication and collaboration skills and fluent in English
• Good communication skills in Dutch

• Preference to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment
• Previous experience in qualitative research
• Previous experience in participatory research
• Previous experience in dissemination activities

Personal characteristics

In the doctoral candidate selection process, emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities. Important elements to be considered are:

• Be scientifically curious and open to new research challenges, demonstrate persistence in addressing technical problems
• Excellent communication and dissemination skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in cross-disciplinary teams
• Be self-motivated, focused, and goal-oriented, be committed and keep deadlines, be flexible, reliable, and solution-orientated, be innovation-driven, enthusiastic, and ambitious
• Ability and be eager to interact and collaborate with actors in academia and public sector
• Be an enthusiastic and dynamic person, who likes working with adolescents and enjoys physical activity and sports.

All candidates will be employed by the host institution, and will be required to register on a PhD programme within this institution, according to the MSCA Doctoral Network rules, following the regulations of the hosting institution. A financial package will consist of a Living Allowance, Mobility Allowance (for moving to a new country) and a Family allowance (where applicable). Please refer to the detailed individual project descriptions provided at www.indeep-project.eu/images/UGHENTINDEEP2.pdf, where benefits are provided for each individual project, relating to each individual institution. For any additional information, please contact the project supervisor (listed under general information on the job advertisement) or email INDEEPRecruitment@tus.ie. 

Please refer to the detailed individual project descriptions provided at www.indeep-project.eu/images/UGHENTINDEEP2.pdf. All eligibility criteria are provided for each individual project, relating to each individual institution. For any additional information, please contact the project supervisor (listed under general information on the job advertisement) or email INDEEPRecruitment@tus.ie. Candidates must comply with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action mobility rule: not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.