PHD Candidate

Logo of EURAXESS Job offer - JOB - Netherlands - Radboud University Nijmegen via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 23 September 2026 23 Sep 2026 Radboud University Research Field Anthropology » Cultural anthropology Anthropology » Social anthropology Political sciences » Governance Political sciences » Policy studies Sociology » Social changes Sociology » Socio-economic research First Stage Researcher (R1) Type of Contract Not Applicable Hours Per Week 38.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description What could reparations for colonialism look like? As a PhD candidate, you will explore this urgent question, using participatory and creative research methods to foreground the experiences and expectations of Indo and Indonesian communities affected by colonialism. Recent developments like the Rhodes Must Fall movement have highlighted the need to address historical injustices and global inequalities, but responses so far have often been superficial. Apologies, like the apologies the Dutch government offered to the Moluccan population in the Netherlands last summer, are often made, but more material forms of redress are slow to follow or remain absent altogether. Current scholarly debates in relation to historical injustices concern the potential and scope of reparations, which are often prioritised by survivors but politically sensitive. So far there is no consensus or empirical data on how reparations could address colonial legacies. This important question will guide your PhD research in the NWO-funded project 'Decolonising Reparations: Transforming the Legacies of Colonialism', led by Dr Sanne Weber, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science. You will use participatory and creative research methods to investigate the impact of colonialism on affecte...