The Department of Geography, Planning and Environment is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate to explore the social, technological and cultural dimensions of space exploration and colonisation. If you have a strong background in social sciences or humanities, with a particular interest in the study of outer spaces, they want to hear from you! […]
PhD – AI Driven Innovation in Higher Education – Netherlands
Utrecht University is searching for a PhD candidate to explore how adaptive AI can enhance innovative teaching and learning. This interdisciplinary project investigates responsible AI integration in higher education from both teacher and student perspectives. Duties This PhD project explores how adaptive AI tools can enhance innovative pedagogies such as Challenge-Based Learning and complex learning […]
PhD – Cell Biology and Microscopy – Netherlands
The University of Amsterdam is looking for a PhD candidate to study the molecular and cellular control of the barrier function of endothelial cells. Specifically, they want to study the dynamics of the cellular junctions and the connected cytoskeleton using super resolution microscopy. You will be part of the team of Molecular Cytology at the Swammerdam […]
PhD – Position on the atmospheric dynamics of seasonal transitions – Netherlands
Atmospheric science and climate change assessments often focus on winter and summer. In this fully funded PhD position you will instead study the weather of spring and autumn. Your aim is to improve our understanding of (the physics of) the transition seasons, by looking at the atmosphere as a dynamical system in perpetual adjustment to […]
PhD – Position in Language Evolution – Netherlands
The PhD project will focus on testing the social, environmental, and/or cognitive pressures that shape the evolution of human language as well as its ongoing diversification and change in present day. The exact research topic is flexible (under consultation and as long as there is a focus on language evolution and adaptation), meaning that candidates […]
PhD – Position in microbial ecology and health during the first 1000 days of life – Netherlands
This project, called MetaHealth, examines how socio-economic, behavioral, and biological factors within and between families influence oral, metabolic, and systemic health, in an effort to reduce overweight and dental caries in early childhood. Specifically, we focus on the role of the oral and gut microbiome development during the first 1000 days of life in shaping […]
PhD – Position Computationally Efficient Modeling to Evaluate Energy Market Organisation – Netherlands
This PhD position is part of the research project MODES (Market Organisation of the Dutch Energy System), which is funded by the Dutch Research Council within the framework of the National Research Agenda programme. The position is embedded in an interdisciplinary research team composed of researchers in engineering, economics, law and public policy from seven Dutch universities, […]
PhD – Union Politics: Organized Labor in Democracy – Netherlands
Applications are invited for a fully-funded four-year PhD position in international relations at the University of Groningen, focusing on the transnational role of unions and the effects of unionization in the democratic public spheres of the industrialized states of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the PhD project, jointly supervised by dr. Peter Verovšek (International […]
PhD – The Organization of Innovation for Sustainability Transition – Netherlands
This PhD position is part of an interdisciplinary team of three PhD researchers, one postdoc, and two senior researchers in the project ‘EXTRA’: From EXperiment to sustainable change: TRAnsformative methodologies for innovation and learning. EXTRA is a collaboration between multiple universities and public and private partners to research and advance physical and experimental environments as enabling […]