The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), presented for the first time by the European Commission in March 2023, considers the production of green hydrogen to be a strategic industry. Hydrogen could account for 20% of the EU’s energy mix by 2050, including 20-50% of energy demand in transport and 5-20% in the industry. Water electrolysis […]
2 PhD’s on Laboratory experiments on the fundamentals of lightning, Netherlands
This research is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project Bottled Lightning, which in total comprises four PhD positions and two PostDocs, as well as a large investment in equipment. This project is embedded in the PI-group of Sander Nijdam, called ‘Extreme non-equilibrium plasmas’, while most activities will be located in the Electrical Energy Systems lab at TU/e. This […]
PhD: Agent-based modelling for reconstructing the history of culture & language in Netherlands
The aim of this project is to understand and quantify the roles of sociocultural and biophysical factors in the evolution of linguistic diversity using an agent-based modelling approach. The spatial agent-based model should simulate how and where languages (agents) change, merge, and split over time. You will use linguistics theory in combination with large datasets […]
Assistant Professor of Exoplanets and their stellar environments in the Netherlands
Radboud University is offering a position as an assistant professor on the topic of exoplanets and their stellar environments. Duties of the position The appointee will be expected to encompass plasma physics, stellar structure and evolution, planet formation, and atmospheric chemistry (including laboratory experiments at the FELIX laboratory); develop into a leading role in their […]
Postdoctoral Researcher specialized in Art History within the project “Museum Lab” in the Netherlands
This project is intended to raise core conceptual questions about the ongoing value of museums in contemporary society. Through a robust range of projects, including enquiry-based (hands-on) learning workshops, an international conference entitled “Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter,” and the publication of an edited volume on the Rise of museums of modern art in the […]
Eurostat: do you know in which EU country people work the longest hours?
In 2023, the actual weekly working hours for people aged 20-64 in their main job, in the EU, averaged 36.1 hours. A closer look at EU countries reveals notable differences. The longest working weeks were recorded in Greece (39.8 hours), Romania (39.5), Poland (39.3) and Bulgaria (39.0). By contrast, the Netherlands had the shortest working […]
European Commission approves up to €1.4 billion for fourth major project of common European interest in the hydrogen value chain
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a fourth Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI’) to support research, innovation and the first industrial deployment in the hydrogen value chain. The project contributes to the EU’s target of 90% reduction of emissions from the mobility and transport sectors, in order for the […]
Eurostat: Spain recorded the highest life expectancy in the EU in 2023
According to preliminary 2023 data, life expectancy at birth in the EU was 81.5 years, up by 0.9 years from 2022, and 0.2 years compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019. This information comes from the provisional data on life expectancy published by Eurostat. In 15 countries, life expectancy exceeded the EU average, with the highest life expectancy recorded for […]
PhD position in 20th-Century French Philosophy of Science and Technology in the Netherlands
The recent pace and scale of new developments in science and technology have presented our societies with an ever-expanding set of social and political challenges. At the same time, there is a long tradition of philosophers who have critically engaged with science and technology. This history contains valuable but often forgotten insights and tools for […]