Postdoctoral Scholarships at The University of Groningen, a public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Post-doc Researcher
Are you passionate about shaping the future of energy? We’re looking for an energetic Postdoctoral Researcher to join us in collaborative, leading-edge projects within expansive energy consortia. The focus involves expertise in energy modeling, optimization and analyzing diverse energy mixes, primarily emphasizing hydrogen-based systems.
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Post-doc Researcher
For the NWO-funded research project “Beyond Boardrooms: The Impact of Corporate Quota on Gender Equality in Organizations,” we are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with excellent research skills and a strong interest in examining how national policy changes affect gender inequalities in organizations.
The Beyond Boardrooms team consists of the PI, one postdoc, and a PhD student. Together, we investigate the extent to which corporate quotas—a novel policy instrument used across Europe to achieve balanced representation of women in corporate leadership—contribute to broader gender equality goals. The project addresses three interrelated questions:
1. How quotas affect women’s access to managerial positions and firms’ hiring and diversity practices.
2. Whether these effects spill over into gender pay inequality and occupational segregation.
3. Whether quota effects extend across firms.
The project focuses on two previously unstudied quota schemes: the Corporate Diversity Target (2013–2020) and the Corporate Quota (2022–2024). We combine large-scale Linked Employer–Employee (LEE) data on earnings, occupations, and employment histories with firm characteristics from business registers. In addition, we conduct interviews and in-depth document analyses to capture stakeholders’ perspectives on how firms adapt their hiring and career strategies and practices and the efficacy of these efforts.
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Post-doc Researcher
The Social Psychology Group of the University of Groningen invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position. This new position is part of the Vidi project of Namkje Koudenburg “The conversational dynamics of polarization: bottom-up drivers of societal division and democratic resilience”, funded by NWO. The successful candidate will work together with Prof. Koudenburg and Prof. Mike Huiskes.
Polarization is one of the most urgent challenges facing Western democracies today. The Vidi-project investigates how conversational dynamics contribute to radical polarization, and how they can be harnessed to promote healthier democratic discourse. This part of the project focuses on online conversations. Building on social-psychological theorizing, but integrating insights from political, cultural, and communication studies, this project aims to analyse how micro-level dynamics in everyday conversations shape perceptions of polarization and influence public discourse. The core aims are to explain the principles of bottom-up polarization and develop guidelines for de-escalating discussions on online platforms. Through partnerships with government bodies and media platforms, the applicant will co-develop interventions to improve democratic discourse—particularly in online environments.
The postdoc will work on two sub-projects. Sub-project 1 assesses polarized conversational dynamics in existing datasets of online text-based conversations in The Netherlands and the United States on immigration. We are interested in how perceptions of polarization impact conversational dynamics. Using discourse analysis (DA), we will analyze positioning, alignment and sequence of interactional turns, as well as the construction of group identity through the use of categorization devices. Unique to this project is the integrated approach in which micro-analytic practices identified with DA are related to self-reported moralization and polarization—attitudinal, structural, and affective.
Sub-project 2 examines interventions to de-escalate online discussions. In two studies, we experimentally manipulate conversational dynamics that disrupt flow and signal conflict in online interactions to improve constructive discourse. We collaborate with an existing online discussion platform.
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Post-doc Researcher
As part of the Precision Psychiatry Roadmap, two postdoctoral researchers will jointly conduct a large-scale biomarker mapping exercise focused on anxiety disorders, depression, and psychosis. Under the direct supervision of Prof. Martien Kas, the postdocs will systematically identify, categorize, and analyze established and ongoing international biomarker studies, including biological, behavioral, social, and digital biomarkers.
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Post-doc Researcher
The project SUNRISE (SUpporting the agroecological traNsition thRough livIng labS nEtworks) 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 passionate about interfacing state-of-the-art sequencing techniques with deep learning approaches to accelerate the directed evolution of tailor-made (bio)catalysts and drugs? Supported by the Machine-Learning Guided Directed Evolution (ML-GUIDE) consortium, we are offering a fully funded Postdoctoral Researcher position at the University of Groningen.
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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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