Wageningen University & Research in Netherlands invites application for vacant PhD, Postdoc and Academic Positions , a public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands.
PhD, Postdoctoral and Academic Positions
Jurist / Paralegal labour law
Contribute to clear and future-proof HR policy at WUR. As a legal officer/paralegal specialising in employment law, you translate legislation and regulations into practical HR policies.
Masters degreeBachelors degreeSupporting Staff
Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing and geospatial Artificial Intelligence
We seek a tenure track (ACF) appointment at the rank of Assistant (UD) Professor in Remote Sensing of the land surface, with a strong interest in the integration of geospatial Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Chemical Analyst HRMS
Join WFSR as a Chemical Analyst HRMS and help detect and quantify contaminants using advanced mass spectrometry. Work with experts, ensure reliable food safety insights, and contribute to a trustworthy food chain in the Netherlands and beyond.
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeVocational levelTechnical & Laboratory positions
Business Analist
Are you astute, analytical and do you have a nose for improving processes? As a Business Analyst, you are the link between the business and IT. You analyze business processes and translate stakeholder needs into clear solutions.
Bachelors degreeMasters degreeIT
Postdoc in Integrated Agronomic – Genomic – Remote Sensing Data Fusion
Are you passionate about integrating agronomic, genomic, and remote sensing data to better understand plant stress, disease progression, and crop resilience? Do you enjoy working across field campaigns, laboratory analysis, and advanced data systems?
Masters degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Postdoc on food marketing, framing an misinformation
Are you motivated to investigate how food marketing, public narratives, and mis/disinformation are prevalent within our (online) food information environment?
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Field Technician Plant-Insect Interactions and Agroecology
Are you intrigued by insect community dynamics and biodiversity in natural and agricultural systems? Enthusiastic to contribute to the transition towards sustainable ecology-based agriculture?
Masters degreeTechnical & Laboratory positions
Project Manager Sustainable Agriculture
Do you want to make an essential contribution to the transition towards sustainable arable farming as a project coordinator? Do you enjoy working in an organising and supporting role for a large national research team and project partners?
Bachelors degreeSupporting Staff
Chemisch analist Samenstellingsonderzoek
As a chemical analyst specialising in composition analysis, you will contribute to ensuring safe and authentic food.
Bachelors degreeVocational levelTechnical & Laboratory positions
Security engineer
At WUR you keep our systems safe. You build smart solutions, spot problems fast and help colleagues respond well. You create, improve and protect our digital world, making it stronger and safer every day.
Bachelors degreeIT
Archive Information Specialist
Will you be our new (senior) Archive Information Specialist at Document Management & Archiving? You help us work completely digitally, think along with us about smart record management and bring fresh ideas.
Bachelors degreeSupporting Staff
Project Controller PSG
Are you ready to work as a Project Controller at the greenest campus in the Netherlands—part-time or full-time? Do you know how to combine financial precision with analytical insight? Would you like to play a key role in managing research projects and thereby contribute to important societal themes?
Bachelors degreeFinance
Coördinerend Projectleider Diagnostiek
We are looking for a Coordinating Project Leader for the Diagnostics and Crisis Organization (DCO) department of Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), to join a close-knit team with two other project leaders.
Masters degreeDoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Policy and Governance Researcher Regional Development & Land Use Team
Are you an experienced policy researcher or public administration expert who wants to contribute to research on complex issues that enable the spatial transitions the Netherlands is facing? Do you have strong project leadership skills and a broad, integrated perspective? Then apply now!
Masters degreeDoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
PhD position in Microbial Electrochemistry for Purple Phototrophic Bacteria
We are seeking a dedicated professional to advance the production of high value bioproducts from Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB) using photo-bioelectrochemical systems. Are you passionate to work on production of high-value products like amino acids, pigments and coenzyme Q10?
Masters degreePhD
Manager Finance & Control
Are you an enthusiastic finance professional and people manager who wants to make an impact together with your team? Do you see financially complex issues as a challenge, and are you able to inspire and motivate employees?
Bachelors degreeFinance
Administrative Assistant Flower Bulbs
In this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from flower bulb companies for the Business Information Network (BIN).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant Pig farming
In this role, you will collect and manage sustainability data from dairy farms for the Agricultural Business Information Network (BIN). You will be responsible for a set of pig farms, complemented by farms from another agricultural sector (e.g., poultry, dairy, or arable farming).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Vacatures Postdoc socio-environmental data integration
Are you motivated by the critical yet complex challenge of developing a spatiotemporal data integration framework to support human action-taking in complex land systems? If yes, this postdoc position at Wageningen University is just right for you!
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
The renewable energy transition on farms
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Full Professor and Chair of Global Nutrition
Wageningen University & Research invites applications for the position of Full Professor and Chair of Global Nutrition. The chair group is embedded within the Division of Human Nutrition and Health, an internationally renowned centre for research and education in nutrition and health
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant Arable, Agriculture or Horticulture
In this role, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses and/or fishing vessels for the Business Information Network (BIN). You will maintain your own portfolio of agricultural businesses and/or fishing vessels.
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant (Greenhouse) Vegetables
In this role, you will collect and manage sustainability data from dairy farms for the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). You will be responsible for your own portfolio of companies producing (greenhouse) vegetables, supplemented by businesses from another horticultural sector.
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant Fisheries
In this role, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from cutters and other fishing vessels for the Business Information Network (BIN). You will maintain your own portfolio of vessels. Additionally, you will be responsible for relationship management with these fishermen.
Bachelors degreeVocational level +Academic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative Assistant Poultry
In this role, you will collect and manage sustainability data from dairy farms for the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). You will maintain your own portfolio of poultry farms, supplemented by businesses from another agricultural sector (e.g. pigs, dairy, or arable farming).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative Assistant Dairy Farming
In this role, you will collect and administer sustainability data from dairy farms for the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN, or in Dutch: Bedrijveninformatienet).
Bachelors degreeVocational level +Academic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative Assistant Cut Flowers and Potted Plants
In this position, you will collect and administer financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses for the Business Information Network (BIN).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant Agriculture
As an Administrative Assistant in Agriculture, you will collect and manage financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses for the Business Information Network (BIN).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Administrative assistant (Glass) Horticulture
In this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from (glass) horticulture companies for the Business Information Network (BIN).
Vocational level +Bachelors degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Techlead ServiceNow
Join WUR and help shape our digital campus! As our Techlead ServiceNow, you design smart, safe, and easy-to-use solutions that help students, teachers, and staff every day. You lead the way, improve our platform, and help others grow.
Bachelors degreeIT
Remote Sensing (RS) Scientist
We are looking for a remote sensing (RS) scientist with passion for environmental & biodiversity monitoring across different scales with Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Earth Observation (EO) classifications, in-situ data, EO time series analysis, and knowledge development.
Masters degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Project manager for structural maintenance
As a building engineer at WUR, you keep our green, innovative campus in top shape. You manage big and small jobs, support colleagues with building questions, and review plans. You work with smart people, grow your skills, and help keep our buildings future-proof.
Bachelors degreeMasters degreeBachelors degree +Supporting Staff
Senior Ecologist – Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
Are you an experienced ecologist with in-depth knowledge of Dutch flora, vegetation, and landscapes? Do you thrive on applied research and enjoy staying at the forefront of ecological science? Then we’re looking for you!
Masters degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Subsidieadviseur
Are you an energetic and structured grant advisor or paralegal who assists our researchers in applying for grants and guides them throughout the entire acquisition process? Would you like to be part of the world of research funding? Then there is a good chance that we are looking for you!
Bachelors degreeSupporting Staff
Senior Nematologist
We, the Unit Field Crops of Wageningen Plant Research (WPR), have a vacancy for an Applied Scientist – Nematology in Lelystad. Will you join our team?
Masters degreeDoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
PostDoc in Consumer and Stakeholder Studies
An enthusiastic postdoc to examine (end) users response to the new concept of ‘Regenerative plastic’, part of the NOW project ‘Dynamic Branching for Circularity (DYNABRANCH)’.
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Environmental Fate Modeller
Are you passionate about modelling the behaviour of chemicals in soil and water to support sustainable agriculture and environmental protection?
DoctorateMasters degreeAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
PhD candidate: Incorporation of flood types in tailored rainfall-runoff models
Are you interested in the prediction and modelling of extreme flood events? Do you want to understand how extreme events manifest and which are the most relevant processes? Do you want to bring together deterministic modelling and stochastic classification?
Masters degreePhD
PhD candidate: ML-based prediction of flood types
Are you interested in how floods are generated and which processes can lead to floods? Do you want to understand how extreme events manifest and how they differ in space and time? Do you want combine statistical and physical knowledge to understand patterns and coherences of these events?
Masters degreePhD
Senior Researcher / Acquisition Specialist in Agriculture and Energy
Do you want to play a key role as a Senior Researcher / Acquisition Specialist in making agriculture more sustainable and driving the energy transition?
Masters degreeDoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Laboratoriumanalist Pré-analyse (DSU) – Diagnostiek & Crisisorganisatie
Are you ready for a new challenge as a laboratory analyst in an inspiring and dynamic workplace? Do you want to contribute to a healthy society where animals and humans live together safely? Then we are looking for you!
Vocational levelVocational level +Bachelors degreeTechnical & Laboratory positions
Researcher Policy, Governance and Society Regional Development & Spatial Use
Are you an experienced researcher in the field of governance and policy with a social-scientific background who wants to contribute to research on complex issues to enable the regional transitions facing the Netherlands and Europe?
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Project Controller ESG
Would you like to work as a Senior Project Controller on the greenest campus in the Netherlands? Do you know how to combine financial precision with analytical insight? Do you want to play a key role in managing research projects?
Bachelors degreeFinance
Team leader International Policy
Are you an experienced, content-driven people manager who wants to make a real impact on global challenges? As Team Leader of our International Policy group, you’ll guide a team of innovative socioeconomic researchers shaping evidence-based policy on food, climate, and sustainability.
Masters degreeBachelors degree +Academic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Project Controller
Are you a professional in project financial management? Are you the go-to person for colleagues from the initial proposal phase to the final financial settlement? Are you proactive, flexible, and skilled at building connections? Do you enjoy working in an innovative environment?
Bachelors degreeFinance
WaterTechLab coördinator
Are you excited about taking the lead in the daily operations in two of our labs in the WaterTechLab? And do you enjoy contributing to the design, development, and upkeep of state-of-the-art research facilities? If so, you may be the coordinator we are looking for.
DoctorateTechnical & Laboratory positions
Absenteeism & Prevention Advisor
Are you an expert in the field of Absenteeism & Prevention? Are you looking for a position where you not only advise and support managers in (prevention of) absenteeism, but you are also passionately committed to a vital and healthy working environment within an innovative organization?
Bachelors degreeSupporting Staff
Project Controller
Would you like to work as a Project Controller on the greenest campus in the Netherlands and contribute to today’s most pressing societal challenges? Are you financially savvy, analytical, and precise? Are you looking for a challenging role with room for personal growth?
Bachelors degreeFinance
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Are you seeking a challenging role in a nurturing and collegial setting that supports rigorous philosophical teaching and research as well as opportunities for productive collaborations with social and life scientists?
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Technician cell culture and molecular biology
Do you want to work with cell models, advanced molecular biology techniques and microscopy? Contributing to in-depth investigation of chemicals in our food and environment, and their potential health risks? Then you may well be the lab technician in in vitro toxicology we are looking for.
Bachelors degree +Bachelors degreeTechnical & Laboratory positions
PhD position – Decoding One-Carbon Metabolism in Synthetic Acetogenic Cocultures
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated PhD candidate with a strong background in microbiology and a keen interest in the physiology and metabolism of anaerobic one-carbon-utilizing microorganisms.
Masters degreePhD
Project Leader Radioactivity
Do you have knowledge of radioactivity and its analysis? Are you able to find a good balance between organizational and team needs? Are you someone who can connect stakeholders? We, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), are looking for a Project Leader Radioactivity. Will you be our new colleague?
Bachelors degree +Masters degreeTechnical & Laboratory positions
Experimental farm staff
To strengthen our teams in Lelystad, Westmaas, Vredepeel, and Valthermond, we are looking for experimental farm staff.
Vocational levelSupporting Staff
Software Engineer
As a software engineer, you will join a team of enthusiastic researchers and developers working on a variety of projects to develop precision farming systems, to test agroecological practices and to facilitate monitoring of key performance indicators for sustainable agriculture.
Bachelors degreeBachelors degree +Masters degreeIT
Lecturer Plant Ecology & Nature Conservation
Do you have a passion for ecology and education? Do you enjoy teaching students how plant- and animal species interact with their environment? Do you enjoy showing them how we can apply this knowledge to predict consequences of climate and land-use change and safeguard biodiversity?
DoctorateAcademic & Research positions (incl. postdoc positions)
Coordinator External Collaboration Health
Do you want to make a strategic impact in the transition toward healthier and more sustainable food? As a Coordinator External Collaboration (CEC) Health, you are the strategic connector between WFBR and key stakeholders in the domain of Food for Optimal Diets.
DoctorateSupporting Staff
Team leader for the Natural Toxins team
Do you have a passion for healthy and safe food, along with an affinity for working in a chemical-analytical laboratory? If so, you might be the colleague we’re looking for. Due to the retirement of one of our colleagues, we are seeking a new Team Leader for the Natural Toxins Team.
Masters degreeTechnical & Laboratory positions
Platform Engineer Linux & Kubernetes
Become a Platform Engineer at WUR! Build and enhance our Internal Developer Platform on Kubernetes, automate environments, and boost developer experience. Work on scalable cloud-native solutions for cutting-edge research. Challenging work, strong teams, and flexible working from home options.
Bachelors degreeIT
Administrative assistant Arable Farming
In this role, you collect and manage financial and sustainability data from arable farming companies for the Business Information Network (BIN). You maintain your own portfolio of arable farming companies and/or another agricultural sector (dairy cattle, poultry, pigs, goats, or sheep).
Bachelors degreeVocational level +Finance
Receptionist
Are you the enthusiastic, flexible receptionist who puts a smile on the face of every visitor with your natural hospitality? Then we are looking for you!
Vocational levelSupporting Staff
Sr Consultant Service Now
Join WUR and make our IT smarter! As a Senior ServiceNow Discovery Specialist you create clarity, security and innovation. Enjoy real challenge, a great team atmosphere, and plenty of flexibility to work from home.
Bachelors degreeIT
Chemical Analyst Pesticides
Are you passionate about lab work? Would you like to contribute to making our food safer? And do you enjoy being part of a friendly team where people work hard and have fun together? Then we’d love to meet you!
Vocational levelBachelors degreeVocational level +Technical & Laboratory positions
