PhD and Academic Jobs at Wageningen University & Research , a public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PhD position – Tree-based restoration in biodiversity hotspot MadagascarAre you passionate about understanding the drivers of effective forest restoration in a biodiversity hotspot? Do you aspire to contribute to cutting-edge restoration scienc…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

PhD position – Where there is change, there is resistance: Understanding the relationship between resistance to change and social norms in meat reduction over-timeAre you interested in driving the future of health and sustainability? Are you an ambitious researcher who is interested in being part of an interdisciplinary team to s…

Academic

Behavior and society

PHD

Academic

Head of Department for Bacteriology, Host-Pathogen Interaction and DiagnosticsAre you seeking a position where you can continue developing your leadership skills? A role where you can help prevent the spread of animal diseases and promote animal heal…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

Management

Graduate

Manager business developmentAs the manager of the PSG Business Development team, you and your team are responsible for developing and implementing the business development strategy for the Plant Sciences Grou…

Academic

Natural sciences

Research / Innovation

Academic

Postdoc position ‘Everyday political economies of agricultural markets and livelihoods in Northeast India’The Rural Sociology Group of Wageningen University is looking for a postdoctoral researcher who will join the project “Everyday political economies of agricultura…

Academic

Behavior and society

Postdoc

Graduate

Campaign marketerPlease note that an excellent command of the Dutch language is a requirement!We are looking for a hands-on campaign marketer to start immediately, who, together with ou…

Non-academic

Behavior and society

Marketing / Sales / Communication

HBO

Postdoc Spatial and single cell seed transcriptomicsAre you a bioinformatician with an interest in spatial and single cell transcriptomics? Would you like to apply your knowledge to contribute to investigating gene expressio…

Academic

Agriculture

Postdoc

Graduate

Senior Hydrologist/Project leaderAre you experienced in hydrology and project management with a focus on innovation? Do you have a background in scientific research related to societal challenges for which…

Academic

Agriculture

Research / Innovation

Graduate

Team leader Vegetation and Landscape EcologyAre you an entrepreneurial and connecting team leader with a passion for nature conservation, restoration, and development? Do you want to work on the most urgent topics of o…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Management

Academic

Technician SpectroscopyAs a Technician Spectroscopy you will be engaged in various educational activities and support the research of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry.Your teaching a…

Academic

Natural sciences

Research / Innovation

Academic



Administrative assistant (glass) horticultureIn this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from (glass) horticulture companies for the Business Information Network (BIN). You maintain y…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

MBO+

Administrative Assistant Arable FarmingIn this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from arable farming companies for the Business Information Network (BIN). You maintain your ow…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

MBO+

Administrative Assistant Flower BulbsIn this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from flower bulb companies for the Business Information Network (BIN). You maintain your own p…

Academic

Agriculture

Research / Innovation

MBO+

Administrative assistant for fisheriesIn this position, you will manage financial and sustainability data for trawlers and other fishing vessels for the Business Information Network (BIN). As an assistant, …

Non-academic

Economics

Support staff

MBO

Administrative Assistant in AgricultureAs an Administrative Assistant in Agriculture, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses for the Business Informatio…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

MBO+

Administrative assistant in agriculture or horticultureIn this role, you will manage financial and sustainability data of agricultural or horticultural companies for the Business Information Network (BIN). As an assistant, you …

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

MBO

Administrative Assistant in Arable, Agricultural, Horticultural, or FisheriesIn this role, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses and/or fishing vessels for the Business Information Network (BIN…

Academic

Agriculture

Research / Innovation

MBO+

Administrative Assistant in FisheriesIn this role, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from cutters and other fishing vessels for the Business Information Network (BIN). You wi…

Academic

Agriculture

Research / Innovation

MBO+

Full Professor and Chair of the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour GroupWageningen University is recruiting an inspiring professor to lead the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour chair group. The Marketing and Consumer …

Academic

Behavior and society

Professors/lecturers

Graduate

Managing Director, Environmental Sciences GroupOn behalf of Wageningen University & Research, Perrett Laver is recruiting for this position. For more information, please visit: 

Non-academic

Agriculture

Management

Graduate



PhD in Modelling mechanical stress patterns in plant tissuesAre you a computational scientist who wants to study how plant tissues respond to mechanical forces? Then this PhD position may be for you!…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

Teamleader Wageningen Pre-University en WetenschapsknooppuntAre you a coaching team leader who knows how to ensure the continuity of the organization, put the organization on the map and connect with both internal and external developments?…

Non-academic

Behavior and society

Management

Academic

Project manager for Measurement and Control TechnologyAre you looking for a dynamic role with room for personal development, challenging projects and a strong focus on sustainability? Then join our team as project manager for Measu…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

Management

HBO

Computational Research TechnicianAre you interested in unravelling the mysteries of life and contributing to groundbreaking research? The Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology at Wageningen Unive…

Academic

Natural sciences

Research / Innovation

Academic

PhD on the effect of nutrition on children with ADHDAre you a curious and enthusiastic person? Do you enjoy working with children in a clinical environ…

Academic

Behavior and society

PHD

Academic

Legal CouncilDo you enjoy working as a legal council in an international environment focused on addressing major societal issues of our time? On a beautiful green campus with great …

Non-academic

Law

Legal

HBO

PhD: social sustainability assessment of complex supply chainsAre you interested in the impact that global and local supply chains have on social aspects? Are you puzzled by the intricacies of real supply chain networks? Do you en…

Academic

Behavior and society

PHD

Academic

Post-Doctoral Researcher Position: Exploring AI in Consensus-Building and Conflict Resolution at Wageningen UniversityThe Information Technology Group within the Social Science Department at Wageningen University is seeking a talented post-doctoral researcher for a one-year position to work on a c…

Academic

Behavior and society

Postdoc

Graduate

Projectcontroller AFSGAre you looking for a challenging job where you can grow? Do you want to deepen your knowledge of subsidy schemes and everything that comes with it? Do you want to w…

Non-academic

Economics

Finance

HBO

Three PhD positions for the ERC project, ‘The generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism’Do you want to contribute to a critical understanding of how tourism intersects with slavery and colonial heritage in the context of increasing cultural memory politics? Do y…

Academic

Behavior and society

PHD

Academic



IT TraineeIT Traineeship; A kickstart as of February 2025! Please note: you must be fluent in Dutch!Are you gradu…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

ICT

HBO

SCCM-MECM Admin / Desktop EngineerSCCM-MECM Admin / Desktop EngineerAre you, as a workplace specialist, excited to offer researchers and colleagues in education the most suitable innova…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

ICT

HBO

Chemical Analyst in our PFAS teamAs a chemical analyst in our PFAS team, you are responsible for determining the presence of PFAS in food and the environment. You use LC-MS equipment in our lab in Wage…

Academic

Food

Research / Innovation

HBO

Policy Advisor on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS)As a Researcher/Policy Advisor on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), you are responsible for providing information and guidance on ABS regulations to users in the Netherlands. Yo…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Policy / Staff

Academic

Management AssistantAre you an organizational and administrative talent with a drive for keeping everything on track? Do you enjoy working in an international environment with a passion for ou…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

MBO

Researcher salt marsh ecologyAs a salt marsh ecology researcher, you will work on salt marsh research at Wageningen Marine Research (WMR). Together with the salt marsh team, you will conduct measurements an…

Academic

Natural sciences

Research / Innovation

Academic

sr. HR Business PartnerAre you an innovative, proactive Sr. HR Business Partner who enjoys initiating (organizational) changes? And do you want to help shape HR’s service delivery? Then we are lookin…

Non-academic

Behavior and society

Human resources

Academic

PhD position: Exploring management options to affect Basal Stem Rot in Oil Palm in IndonesiaWe are seeking four highly motivated PhD students to join our team as part of the interdisciplinary Oil-Clips program (OIL-CLi…

Academic

Agriculture

PHD

Academic

Post-doc in Crop EcologyWe are looking for a Post doc researcher in the Centre for Crop Systems Analysis of Wageningen University, Plant Sciences. This position is part of the NWO funded CropM…

Academic

Agriculture

Postdoc

Graduate

Senior Research Analyst with broad LC-MS experienceDo you have experience with LC-MS-based techniques? And are you eager to apply this to contribute to safe food and feed for public health? Do you want to know everythin…

Academic

Food

Research / Innovation

HBO



PhD position: Standing strong together? The impact of collective disease management on plant pathogen epidemics.We are seeking four highly motivated PhD students to join our team as part of the interdisciplinary Oil-Clips program (OIL-CLi…

Academic

Agriculture

PHD

Academic

Laboratory manager/Technician in Plant Ecology and Nature ConservationJoin Our Team as a Laboratory manager/Technician in Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation!Do you have a passion for plant analysis, soil chemistry, and nature? Are yo…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Technical / Laboratory

HBO

Senior Marketing & Communications AdvisorWould you like to work for a leading international knowledge institution and do you value making a societal and social impact? Are you fluent in Dutch and English and are y…

Non-academic

Food

Marketing / Sales / Communication

Academic

PhD on Political ecology of oil palm disease control: Human action, resource distribution, narratives, and institutionsWe are seeking four highly motivated PhD candidates to join our team as part of the interdisciplinary Oil-Clips program (OIL-C…

Academic

Behavior and society

PHD

Academic

PhD position Understanding and applying soil microbiome-mediated control of parasitic weedsAre you interested in understanding and applying soil microbiome effects on (parasitic) weed seed germination and viability? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you at…

Academic

Agriculture

PHD

Academic

PhD project: Metabolic Modelling and Cultivation of Bacteria from Marine SpongesDo you like bioinformatics and the laboratory? Would you then want to use your bio-informatics skills to reverse engineer cultivation conditions for currently uncultiva…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

PhD student Plant root developmentAre you an enthusiastic plant scientist who wants to investigate how root development contributes to plant resilience? Do you like to study molecular and biochemical pa…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

PhD student: Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants (Two available PhD positions)Are you passionate about cytoplasmic genetics in plants? Excited to uncover the mechanisms underlying the maternal inheritance of plastids and mitochondria? If so, we invit…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

Educational Support Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences.As an educational support assistant for the Department of Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, you will support various chair groups. You will collaborate wi…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Support staff

HBO

Lecturer position in Behavioural EcologyThe chair group Behavioural Ecology at Wageningen University is offering a position as Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology. As a lecturer, you will co…

Academic

Agriculture

Professors/lecturers

Graduate



PhD position: Effects of climate extremes and bud rot incidence on oil palm performance: Implications for economic sustainability.We are seeking four highly motivated PhD students to join our team as part of the interdisciplinary Oil-Clips program (OIL-CLi…

Academic

Agriculture

PHD

Academic

PhD in Combining physics of food science with data sciences for functionality predictionAre you interested to combine the physics of food science and data science? Do you want to contribute to a multidisciplinary project that will improve our future food s…

Academic

Engineering

PHD

Academic

Programme director BSc & MSc Animal SciencesAs program director you are responsible for the integral quality of 2 programs on Animal Sciences, the Bachelor (3 years) and the Master (2 years) in Animal Sciences. Both programs…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

Management

Academic

PhD position: Behavioural and ecological determinants of social strategies in great titsWe offer a 4 year PhD Position (1.0 FTE) to undertake research on the behavioural and ecological determinants of social strategies in great tits in wild great tits…

Academic

Natural sciences

PHD

Academic

Operational TechnicianDo you like working in a dynamic environment?Is your motto “I solve technical problems for you” and are you a team player?…

Non-academic

Natural sciences

Support staff

MBO

Electrical engineerAre you the electrical engineer who will keep our installations in top shape?In the high-tech greenhouses of our experimental farm in Bleiswij…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Technical / Laboratory

MBO+

PhD position: Acoustic sensing of underwater plastic pollution in rivers and estuariesAre you interested in tackling the global plastic pollution problem through science? Do you want to develop and test new measurement methods to quantify plastic pollution i…

Academic

Engineering

PHD

Academic

Technicial Service EmployeeDo you have a technical background, preferably with experience in the pharmaceutical or hospital environment? Are you ready for a new challenge in an inspiring and tech…

Non-academic

Agriculture

Technical / Laboratory

MBO