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The Department of Political Science is looking for a PhD candidate to work in the “Doctoral Network Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe (DIViNE)” project, funded by the HORIZON MSCA action. The candidate will be supervised by Dr. Ursula Daxecker (University of Amsterdam and Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science) and...

PhD Position in Single-Molecule BiophysicWe are seeking a motivated PhD student to use single-molecule techniques and computational tools to explore molecular interactions and apply them for therapeutic applications.We are looking for a PhD student passionate about understanding molecular mechanisms in biological systems. This position involves applying...

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications. Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and research institutions has united to spearhead specific aspects of 6G: (1) software...

Challenge: How do we watch material surfaces evolve? Change: Building a surface-sensitive diffractive microscope. Impact: Enabling high-resolution imaging of surfaces during operation. Job description We are looking for two PhD candidates to join the Curious Beams Lab at Delft University of Technology and develop a new approach to imaging materials...

Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen, Sectie_Politicologie, CICAM Nijmegen School of Management At Nijmegen School of Management, one of the seven faculties within Radboud University in the Netherlands, we have a clear aim: we enable students, institutions and companies, social actors, and governments to play their part in the...

Are you interested in the neurobiological processes of learning and memory, and how we can use this knowledge to make the brain more resilient to the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? Then this position might be perfect for you. Join us! Join us! Glutamatergic synapses are critical for synaptic plasticity and memory formation. The...

PhD Position on Twin Transition of Infrastructure: Paradoxical LeadershipHow do leaders make responsible decisions when digitalisation and sustainability goals pull in opposite directions? This PhD studies strategies on how infrastructure leaders navigate these tensions.Job descriptionDigitalisation and sustainability are both transforming infrastructure,...

PhD Position on Twin Transition of Infrastructure: Paradoxical Leadership How do leaders make responsible decisions when digitalisation and sustainability goals pull in opposite directions? This PhD studies strategies on how infrastructure leaders navigate these tensions. Digitalisation and sustainability are both transforming infrastructure, but they do not...

How can public and private infrastructure actors align digitalisation and sustainability goals? This PhD studies how infrastructure projects can be organised amid long-term, interdependent pressures. Job description Infrastructure organisations do not navigate the twin transition alone. Digitalisation and sustainability are shaped across wider ecosystems...

This PhD position will advance our knowledge regarding environmental pesticide exposure and cognition in children. The project does two things: It analyses biomonitoring data of pesticide exposure with tests of brain function of the children. It also examines the full Dutch population to understand risks of pesticide exposure to cognitive development and...

Radboud Universiteit Faculty of Social Sciences At the Faculty of Social Sciences, humanity and society are our focus; we study how people behave, think and feel. Within this context, we look at themes such as human behaviour and the human psyche, education and upbringing, communication, society and culture. The faculty provides education to...

Job Description The challenge: In the past decades, photographs and videos of events were regarded as reliable evidence for both news media and forensic investigations. However, recent developments in AI technology now make it possible, with minimal technological knowledge or skills, to create extremely convincing manipulated or synthesised images, audio...

Do you want to pursue a PhD in political ecology, development studies or environmental humanities? Are you interested in (ground-)water? This PhD project – that examines the practices that individuals and communities in Peru engage in to care for, protect, rejuvenate and/or recharge the groundwaters they rely on for irrigating their crops – might be of...

Do you want to pursue a PhD in political ecology, development studies or environmental humanities? Are you interested in (ground-)water? This PhD project – that examines the practices that individuals and communities in India engage in to care for, protect, rejuvenate and/or recharge the groundwaters they rely on for irrigating their crops – might be of...

Would you like to develop new theory and algorithms for problems with multiple interacting actors? Are you interested in working at the intersection of game theory and mixed-integer optimisation? Job description Transport and logistics systems consist of many players with potentially conflicting objectives that continuously strive to maximize their...

The super-rich avoid and evade personal taxation a great deal, but why are they so tax-averse? Is it simply what anyone would do, given the opportunity? Or is it their social environment that makes them think avoiding and evading is appropriate? UvA’s Political Science department has two vacancies for PhD candidates to tackle these questions. ‘Why Are...

The Department of Political Science is looking for a PhD candidate to work in the “Doctoral Network Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe (DIViNE)” project, funded by the HORIZON MSCA action. The candidate will be supervised by Dr. Abbey Steele (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Juan Masullo (University of Milan) and join a network of 10...

Creating quantum networks with rare-earth ions Job description Silicon-based microchips are the essential building block of modern electronic hardware, such as computers and cell phones. Can silicon also play a critical role in building the next generation of the internet - the quantum internet? In order to realize a fully functional and scalable quantum...

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications. Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and research institutions has united to spearhead specific aspects of 6G: (1) software...

Why apply? This multidisciplinary project integrates electrochemistry, metal–organic framework-based materials, and membrane chemistry to develop the next generation of high-performance membranes and unlock new possibilities for advanced molecular separation and transport. Can you design the membrane that powers the next generation of...