Groningen University in Netherlands invites application for vacant PhD, Postdoc and Academic Positions, a public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Post-doc Researcher
A sense of touch allows us to handle objects with fine motor skills and navigate the complexities of everyday life. Robots struggle with even simple tasks, because their sensing capabilities remain limited. It is incredibly hard to achieve the level of sophistication and high-density integration of sensing, signal processing, and movement that comes so naturally to us. This project, funded by an European Starting Grant, aims to develop a new class of chemical touch sensors that can be incorporated into robotic prototypes.
As an experienced chemist with a track-record in systems chemistry and microfluidics and skills in kinetic modelling, you will pioneer new concepts in chemically-driven robotics. In this 2-year project, you will develop innervated soft robotic hands and study how chemical reaction networks propagate signals within these robotic components. Work in a state-of-the-art laboratory together with experts in mechanochemistry, materials, and actuator design.
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PhD
A sense of touch allows us to handle objects with fine motor skills and navigate the complexities of everyday life. Robots struggle with even simple tasks, because their sensing capabilities remain limited. It is incredibly hard to achieve the level of sophistication and high-density integration of sensing, signal processing, and movement that comes so naturally to us. This project, funded by an European Starting Grant, aims to develop a new class of chemical touch sensors that can be incorporated into robotic prototypes.
Join a rapidly expanding team of PhD students and Postdocs, shape a rapidly emerging field with your insights, and become a forerunner in chemically-driven robotics. The core objective of this PhD project is to synthesize novel mechanophores – molecules that respond to mechanical force – and incorporate them into soft robotic hands to enable a sense of touch in robots. Leverage your synthetic chemistry background and learn more about polymer chemistry, rapid prototyping, and cutting edge analytical techniques.
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Post-doc Researcher
The Solid-state NMR group at the University of Groningen is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with experience in solid-state NMR spectroscopy and/or dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP).
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Post-doc Researcher
This postdoc position will interact with the several PhD positions hired on this project in Germany and The Netherlands. Collaborative work with the broader project team is expected.
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Post-doc Researcher
The project SUNRISE (SU pporting the agroecological traN sition thR ough livI ng labS nE tworks) aims to foster the agroecological transition by establishing a network of agroecological living labs (AELLs) across 10 European countries, building upon already existing living labs or situations that have great potential of becoming active AELL within the time span of the project.
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Post-doc Researcher
Are you interested in what motivates people to collaborate on sustainability issues, and passionate about social sciences and interdisciplinary research? In that case, this vacant postdoc position might be something for you!
This position aims to generate new insights into the factors that could stimulate and support collaborations on sustainability topics, particularly within the energy domain. To achieve this, the postdoc will conduct social and environmental psychological research on interpersonal and group processes (e.g., second-order and meta beliefs, identification processes), and integrate insights from other disciplines, including spatial sciences, business and economics, law, and engineering.
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PhD
The geography group of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen is looking for a talented and motivated PhD researcher to carry out a PhD project within the umbrella theme ‘Social Innovation Initiatives in Rural Areas’. This position is part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) programme EPHEMERAL.
PhD
The geography group of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen is looking for a talented and motivated PhD researcher to carry out a PhD project within the umbrella theme ‘Small Island entrepreneurship and digital transitions’. This position is part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) programme EPHEMERAL.
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PhD
PhD
In the NWO-Vidi project ‘Healthy sugars for a healthy gut’, a fully funded 4-year PhD position is available in the Chemical Glycobiology group of Prof. Marthe Walvoort, in the division of Chemical Biology at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen. Research in the Walvoort group is dedicated to understanding the structure-activity relation of carbohydrates, combining the powers of synthetic chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology. One area deals with synthetic method development and production of health-beneficial oligosaccharide structures. The other area is dedicated to the investigation of bacterial protein glycosylation to the point where we can start exploiting it to generate novel antibacterial therapies.
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PhD
The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) invites applications for a fully-funded four-year interfaculty PhD position (1.0 FTE) in the field of cognitive science, (computational) psycholinguistics and artificial intelligence. The PhD candidate will work on the project “Computational cognitive modeling of language processing strategies”. This PhD project is part of the NWO project “Unraveling Language Learning in Autism” and is jointly supervised by Prof. Petra Hendriks (Linguistics) and Dr Jacolien van Rij (Artificial Intelligence).
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PhD
In this PhD research project, jointly supervised by Dr Anna Moles (Human Osteoarchaeology and Mediterranean Archaeology and Head of the Human Osteoarchaeology Lab at the University of Groningen) and Dr Hayley Mickleburgh (Forensic, Mortuary and Digital Archaeology and Head of the 4D Research Lab at the University of Amsterdam) and with Prof. Sofia Voutsaki (Greek Archaeology) as promotor, the selected candidate will investigate social and health inequality in Hellenistic-Roman Greece through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates osteoarchaeological analysis, archaeothanatology, and digital archaeology techniques.
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PhD
Are you a motivated researcher with a strong affinity for material culture or paper history, and eager to explore how an innovative form of paper-based taxation shaped early modern political and financial institutions? Would you like to contribute to a comparative study of global empires that considers metropolitan as well as colonial contexts? The University of Groningen invites you to apply for a joint PhD position in History and American Studies.
PhD
For the National Growth Fund (NGF) project “Groeien met Groen Staal” (GGS), a PhD position for the period of 4 years is available in the context of modelling green steel mechanics from the atomic scale. In this project, the University of Groningen will investigate atomic-scale mechanism of martensitic, bainitic and ferritic atomic-scale interface motion for multi-component alloy systems that are relevant for the new green steels compositions, including impurities and tramp elements. These models should inform higher-scale (microstructural) models of microstructure formation for green steels.
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EngD
The University of Groningen is committed to strengthening the Northern Netherlands by addressing modern challenges such as energy transition and sustainability. The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) contributes to this mission by training skilled professionals through our new EngD programme in Sustainable Process Design. This 2-year post-master design programme, closely collaborating with local companies, focuses on the direct needs of the industry.
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PhD
The candidate will be based in the group of Dr Tom Oosting (Ecological Genomics Lab – https://www.rug.nl/staff/t.oosting/research ).
Faculty of Science and Engineering
1 – 1 FTE
2 december 2025
€3.059 – €3.881
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Post-doc Researcher
As part of a drive to expand our targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) research portfolio, we recently installed a dedicated small animal SPECT scanner in our GronSAI small animal imaging laboratories at UMCG. This project is a HTS funded project, in collaboration with MILabs.
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Associate Professor
The Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance of the University of Groningen is looking for a Career Track Assistant Professor in Finance.
PhD
Are you a (nearly) graduated law student with an interest in scientific research? If so, this position could be a great opportunity for you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student who wants to do research within the topic of legal pluralism and corruption in Central Asia.
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