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PhD Position in Biomedical Optics
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdJob DescriptionWe are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team at VU Amsterdam. The successful candidate will work on the development of novel optical systems, catheter designs, data processing algorithms, and modeling of scattering and polarization properties of tissue.The research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr....
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5 PhD positions in Cat4Cancer
1 maand geleden
Amsterdam, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam Voltijd5 PhD positions in Cat4Cancer Faculteit/Dienst: Faculteit der Natuurw., Wiskunde & Informatica Opleidingsniveau: Master Functie type: Promotieplaats Sluitingsdatum: 01.09. Vacaturenummer: The Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) is one of eight institutes of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. (UvA). HIMS performs...
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PhD Position in Biomedical Optics
22 uur geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdJob DescriptionWe are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team at VU Amsterdam. The successful candidate will work on the development of novel optical systems, catheter designs, data processing algorithms, and modeling of scattering and polarization properties of tissue.The research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr....
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Phd Position: Abrahamic Entanglements:
4 weken geleden
Amsterdam, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdPhD Position: Abrahamic Entanglements: Intersections of Religion and Philosophy **Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:24 oktober 2024**Vacaturenummer**:13322 **Full-time PhD Position: “Abrahamic Entanglements: Intersections of Religion and Philosophy in the...
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PhD Position in Political Psychology
5 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdJob DescriptionProject OverviewThe VU Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join a research project exploring the selection process of political elites in Europe. The project, funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO, aims to investigate how personality traits influence the selection process for politicians.Research ObjectivesTo analyze...
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PhD Position in Political Psychology
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdAbout the ProjectThe VU Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join a research project exploring the selection process of political elites in Europe. The project, funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO, aims to investigate how personality traits influence the selection process for politicians.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and conduct a...
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PhD Position in Biomedical Optics
2 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam VoltijdProject OverviewVrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team in the field of biomedical optics. The successful candidate will work on the development of advanced optical imaging techniques, specifically Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), with a focus on improving the resolution and accuracy of cancer...
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PhD Position in Biomedical Optics Research
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdAbout the PositionWe are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our team at VU Amsterdam in the field of biomedical optics. The successful candidate will work on the development of optical systems, novel catheter designs, data processing algorithms, and modeling of scattering and polarization properties of tissue.Key ResponsibilitiesConduct research...
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Phd Position in Experimental Physics
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Amsterdam, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdPhD Position in Experimental Physics **Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Natuurw., Wiskunde & Informatica**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:31 October 2024**Vacaturenummer**:13384 - Do you enjoy working in an interdisciplinary research setting and are you interested in the intersection between nanophotonics and heat...
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PhD position in Biomedical Optics
2 maanden geleden
Amsterdam, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdYour functionFor this project, we are looking for three PhD students who will work on optical system development, novel catheter designs, data processing algorithms, and modeling of scattering and polarization properties of tissue, with the goal of bringing these technologies to patient care. The research will be conducted at the VU University in Amsterdam....
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PhD Position in Political Psychology
2 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdJob DescriptionProject OverviewThe VU Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join a Vidi grant-funded project exploring the selection process of political elites in Europe. The project aims to investigate how personality traits influence the selection process, from the initial ambition of citizens to the survival of national MPs.Key...
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PhD Position: Simulation and Modeling
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam VoltijdAbout the JobWe are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our research team at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The successful candidate will be part of the WHAT-IF project, a European research initiative aimed at creating a digital twin of the social media environment. The project focuses on developing a simulation-based approach to examine the role...
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PhD Position in Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland AMOLF VoltijdProject OverviewAMOLF is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to contribute to the development of high-efficiency perovskite tandem solar cells. The project focuses on optimizing light management in these solar cells, which are composed of two semiconductors stacked on top of each other. The goal is to create a high-efficiency perovskite/silicon tandem...
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PhD Position in Biomedical Optics
5 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam VoltijdProject OverviewVrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team in the field of biomedical optics. Our team is working on the development of advanced optical imaging techniques for cancer diagnosis, with a focus on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescence detection.The successful candidate will work...
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Phd-position: Quantum Nano-optomechanics
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Amsterdam Oost, Nederland AMOLF Voltijd**PhD-position: Quantum nano-optomechanics**: **Work Activities**: The Photonic Forces group at AMOLF is looking for PhD students to join our team working on the intriguing physics of nano-optomechanical systems. We are fascinated by the ability of light to measure and control mechanical motion in new and powerful ways. We seek to challenge the limits of...
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland AMOLF VoltijdJob DescriptionScientific BackgroundOur research group at AMOLF is focused on the physics of complex forms of matter and the creation of new functional materials. We are seeking an experimental researcher to join our team and contribute to our project on nanomechanical computing and stochastic thermodynamics. The goal of this project is to investigate the...
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PhD Positions in Landscape Response to Retreating Glaciers
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Opportunities in Alpine GeohazardsWe are seeking highly motivated PhD candidates to contribute to our research project on the impact of climate change and mountain building on alpine geohazards. The project aims to understand the interactions among erosion, topography, and sediment fluxes over millennial timescales in the Western Southern Alps of...
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PhD Position in Graphic Medicine
5 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam VoltijdJob DescriptionVrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our team in the European Research Council (ERC) project "Where are the Humanities in the Medical Humanities? How Comics Can Improve Healthcare Training, Practice, and Dissemination". The project, led by Dr. Erin La Cour, aims to critically evaluate and develop the...
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PhD Position in Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells
2 dagen geleden
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland AMOLF VoltijdProject OverviewThis PhD project focuses on optimizing light management in perovskite tandem solar cells to achieve high-efficiency solar cells. The project involves designing and optimizing metallo-dielectric back reflector geometries to scatter and redirect light in specially tailored ways, replacing surface texture on the Si cell and enhancing the...
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Phd and Postdoc Positions at Vusec
3 maanden geleden
Amsterdam Zuid, Nederland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Voltijd**Your function**: VUSec performs world-leading research in the broad area of systems security. We work on attacks, defenses, reverse engineering, and formal verification of security. We cover all major areas where security is important, especially software security, hardware security, and network security. We love to work on low-level stuff, for example...
PhD Position
3 maanden geleden
Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the Artificial Intelligence: Power Asymmetries and Data Justice project led by principal investigators Dr Lonneke van der Velden and Dr Claudio Celis Bueno. ASCA is one of the five Research Schools within the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).
ASCA is a research community devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture (in all its forms and expressions) from a broad humanities perspective. ASCA is home to more than 120 scholars and 160 PhD candidates and is a world-leading international research school in Cultural Analysis. ASCA members share a commitment to working in an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates.
Candidates can work on a research of their own choosing within the broader scope of the project (critical AI studies, AI and power asymmetries, and data justice). Candidates are encouraged to think creatively in terms of research design. We welcome projects that are original, conceptually rigorous, and critical. We invite interested candidates to prepare short proposals (details below) that could, for instance, examine:
The (invisible) labour behind artificial intelligence; Bias and discrimination in AI applications; AI and Epistemic Injustices; AI and educational equity; Environmental cost and extractivist logics of AI; AI, automation, and the transformation of labour; Feminist and/or decolonial approaches to AI.What are you going to do?
Your research will be part of the Artificial Intelligence: Power Asymmetries and Data Justice project, which explores AI technologies from a critical perspective. You will be working under the supervision of Prof Dr Stefania Milan, Dr Lonneke van der Velden, and Dr Claudio Celis Bueno. Special focus on asymmetric power relations and/or data justice is encouraged. Once appointed for the position, your final PhD proposal will be developed in a productive dialogue with the ongoing research of Dr Lonneke van der Velden and Dr Claudio Celis Bueno.
Tasks and responsibilities:
submission of a PhD thesis within the period of appointment; participating in meetings of the project research group; publishing of single-authored and/or co-authored outputs derived from your doctoral research, including peer-reviewed academic articles; presenting intermediate research results at workshops and conferences; organising knowledge dissemination activities within the research group and the research school; (co-)teaching courses at BA-level in the second and third year of the appointment (maximum 0,2 fte per year); Participating in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities PhD training programmes.What do you have to offer?
We are looking for candidates who are interested in the intersection between technology and politics, power relations and social justice, and capable of developing a critical, conceptually rigorous, interdisciplinary, and situated analysis of some form of AI application. The ideal candidate is able to formulate an original research question and contribute to ongoing debates around the social and political effects of AI.
Your experience and profile:
Candidates need to have the following qualifications:
a completed Master's degree in Media Studies, Communication Science, Science and Technology Studies, Political Science, Philosophy of Technology, or related discipline. You may apply if you have not yet completed your Master's degree only if you provide a signed letter from your supervisor stating that you will graduate before 31 December 2024; excellent and independent research skills demonstrated by an outstanding Master's thesis and a demonstrable capacity to develop an outstanding publication record; a strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research; enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences; excellent command of the English language.Critical technical literacy and societal engagement will be considered of added value.
Please note that if you already hold a doctorate/PhD or are working towards obtaining a similar degree elsewhere, you will not be admitted to a doctoral programme at the UvA.
What can we offer you?
We offer a temporary employment contract for the period of 48 months. The first contract will be for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months, contingent on a positive performance evaluation within the first 12 months. The employment contract is for 38 hours a week. The preferred starting date is 01 February 2025.
Your salary, depending on relevant experience on commencement of the employment contract, ranges from € 2,770 up to a maximum of € 3,539 gross per month on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. Favourable tax agreements may apply to applicants moving from abroad. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.
What else do we offer?
PhD candidates receive a tuition fee waiver; PhD candidates have free access to courses offered by the Graduate School of Humanities and the Dutch National Research Schools; excellent possibilities for further professional development and education; an inspiring academic and international work environment in the heart of Amsterdam; an enthusiastic and professional academic team.About us
The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 42,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds.
The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strong international profile in a large number of disciplines in de field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Research and teaching staff focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are active in several teaching programmes.
