Are you a socially engaged student with an interest in popular culture, representation and belonging? Join our team and help coordinating this multifaceted project.

We have two student assistantship opportunities at Re/presenting Europe: A communications student assistant and an administrative student assistantships.

These positions are part of a broad research project in the Dutch Research Agenda: ‘Re/Presenting Europe: Popular Representations of Diversity and Belonging.’ We focus on positive examples of diversity and belonging in society. We examine how they contribute to a sense of belonging across various ‘othered’ (minority/of migration background) communities in Europe. This means we engage with popular sports like football and baseball, and arts and culture with a focus on hip-hop. In the project we collaborate with several universities and societal and grassroot organisations in the Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The goal of the project is to come to a more inclusive understanding of Europe.

Communication student assistant responsibilities:

• Post weekly on and manage our social media channels (Instagram & LinkedIn)
• Collect and edit textual and audiovisual contributions for the website and social media.
• Co-write news pieces about the project on the website.
• Brainstorm marketing plan for events.
• Co-author the monthly Newsletter.

About you:

• You have an affinity with the project and the project research aims; thinking in terms of belonging, inclusion and diversity is important to you
• You are a highly organized individual who can take on many tasks at once
• You have a good working knowledge of various social media channels, and you have worked with WordPress before.
• You speak fluent English. Fluency in Dutch is a big advanatge
• You are a second – or third–year bachelor student at UU/UCU enrolled for the academic year of 2025-2026

Administrative student assistant responsibilities

• Assist the project manager and project leader with the daily tasks of the project; this includes managing the mailbox, taking minutes of work meetings, archiving documents, and scheduling meetings.
• Maintaining project timelines and task lists through Asana
• Assisting with internal communications, including: following up with our various community partners & stakeholders, drafting emails, and sending out minutes
• Think along and coordinate events happening throughout the project, including our
• yearly project wide meeting.

About you:

• You have an affinity with the project and the project research aims; thinking in terms of belonging, inclusion and diversity is important to you.
• You are highly organized individual who can take on many tasks at once
• You speak fluent Dutch & English
• You are a second – or third–year Bachelor student enrolled at UU/UCU enrolled for the academic year of 2025-2026.

What we offer:

We offer an employment of 0.2 fte for the duration of 6 months (with possibility of extension). The salary is € 2,618.(scale SA CAO Dutch Universities) gross per month, for full-time employment. You will also receive 8% vacation allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. Utrecht University also offers an attractive package of employment conditions, including a good work-life balance (including a good leave scheme), development opportunities and an excellent pension scheme. Look here for more information about working at Utrecht University

University.

How to apply:

Please send your CV + motivation letter (1 page) to i.w.a.hallallen@uu.nl by August 25th.