Assistant Professor Behavioural and Social Sciences

**Functiebeschrijving**: The UD and UHD appointed will strengthen collaborative efforts on (active) lifestyle and prevention from a broad and integrated perspective (including physical activity behaviour in context, lifestyle factors, underlying mechanisms, and "exercise as medicine") within the UMCG, and establish connections with healthcare, regional...

Job description We are looking for an Assistant Professor to strengthen our position in the field of Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD). This discipline plays an increasingly important role in the process of drug discovery and aims to reduce the costs in both time and resources in the drug discovery process, also facilitating higher success rates in...

As Assistant Professor with a focus on research you will have the opportunity to develop your own research line and research group, contribute to our English-taught Chemistry & Chemical Engineering BSc & MSc programs, supervise PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, acquire external funding, and promote the societal relevance of your research. With our...

The Board of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) is recruiting a Professor of Practice in Investment Management and Asset Pricing. The chair is part of the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (EEF). This Department is the largest Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business, with about 110 staff members and over 50 PhD students....

Job description Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has established an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative university offering high-quality teaching and research. Its 34,000 students are encouraged to develop their own individual talents through challenging study- and career paths. The University of Groningen is...

Job description We have an opening for an Assistant Professor to strengthen our position in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) higher education. STEM education is primarily concerned with the theories, tools, methods, and approaches that facilitate the practice of STEM or the study of STEM through an interdisciplinary...

Job description Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has established an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative university offering high-quality teaching and research. Its 34,000 students are encouraged to develop their individual talents through challenging study- and career paths. The University of Groningen is an...

Job description We have an opening for an Assistant Professor who is interested to start a career that focuses on education and who can strengthen our teaching and research in the field of (applied/pure) mathematics. The position is opened to teach mathematics to non-maths students (in science and engineering) as well as to conduct research in...

We are offering a full-time position within our faculty's Career Paths in Science and Engineering system, providing an excellent pathway for career development. We offer the opportunity for a permanent appointment (tenure) within one to three years, with the potential to advance to Full Professor within approximately ten years. This system is designed to...

Job description The research area of Software-intensive systems includes any system where software influences the design, construction, deployment, operation and evolution of the system as a whole. This includes systems of systems, mobile applications, embedded systems, product lines, business processes, scientific computations and even whole...

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has established an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative university offering high-quality teaching and research. Its 34,000 students are encouraged to develop their individual talents through challenging study - and career paths. The University of Groningen is an international centre of...

Job description We are looking for an early career researcher with an interest in family dynamics and social development, intergenerational transmission, or gene-environment interplay to work with existing data from the TRAILS and TRAILS NEXT study. The focus of the research is flexible within the larger context of social development but should show...

Our intricate social brain is implicated in a range of brain disorders, where social dysfunction emerges as a common neuropsychiatric feature cutting across diagnostic boundaries in anxiety disorders, major depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and Schizophrenia. Understanding the underlying neurocircuitry mechanisms responsible for social dysfunction...

There has been a significant change in the risk landscape in recent years. Climate change is only one of the many factors that increase the likelihood and magnitude of extreme events, triggering compound disasters with unforeseeable consequences. A single disaster, such as an unexpected flood, can turn into a cascading event if an earthquake happens, causing...

Project Description The PhD researcher will work in the project ‘The roles of siblings and school peers in young adults’ life-course events’, led by Principal Investigator Clara H. Mulder and funded by an Open Competition Large grant from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). The research team will further include a postdoc researcher, an assistant...

Job description The Board of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) aims to create a new full-time chair in Macroeconomics. The University of Groningen, founded in 1614, has a strong focus on research. We are in the top 100 of several influential university ranking lists. The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) is one of the largest faculties...

Project Description The Postdoc researcher will work in the project ‘The roles of siblings and school peers in young adults’ life-course events’, led by Principal Investigator Clara H. Mulder and funded by an Open Competition Large grant from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). The research team will further include a PhD researcher, an assistant...

Forgetting is a natural process that occurs in the life of every individual. In most cases it is functional and prevents the storage of unnecessary information. However, it can be maladaptive, for example in aging or pathological conditions such as in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Despite the high burden of amnesia in the ever-growing elderly population and...

**Wat vragen wij**: - Has a proven track record of conducting high quality and creative fundamental research. - Pursues an independent line of research, using innovative approaches, research model systems and/or technologies. - Has been successful in acquiring external funding. - Has a broad (international) network. - Has a collaborative spirit and interest...

The Postdoc researcher will work in the project ‘Action plan for ecosystem-based land-sea transition zones [WADWAD]’ funded by the Dutch NWO and the German BMBF. The research team is international and transdisciplinary. Associate professor Frans J. Sijtsma is the Principal Investigator for the University of Groningen work package in the WADWAD project....