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Groningen University in Netherlands invites application for vacant (26) PhD, Postdoc and Academic Positions

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Last Updated on September 17, 2026 by admin

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.

Jurist privaatrecht

De afdeling Algemeen Bestuurlijke en Juridische zaken (ABJZ) is op zoek naar een jurist privaatrecht. De afdeling zoekt momenteel privaatrechtelijke versterking.

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…een juridische werkomgeving waarin gewerkt wordt aan diverse rechtsgebieden zoals het verbintenissenrecht in algemene zin (het opstellen of beoordelen van contracten met derden, contractonderzoek en internationale contracten), aanbestedingsrecht, vastgoed-, aansprakelijkheids- en huurrecht, intellectueel eigendomsrecht en rechtspersonenrecht. Dan is de functie van jurist privaatrecht bij de afdeling Algemeen Bestuurlijke en Juridische Zaken bij de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) jou op het lijf geschreven.

This vacancy is only available in Dutch

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PhD

3-jarig PhD traject Computationele Modellen in Educatie

Wil jij bijdragen aan baanbrekend onderzoek dat de grenzen van de wetenschap verlegt? Zoek jij een PhD positie waarin je jouw nieuwsgierigheid kunt omzetten in concrete onderzoeksresultaten en een proefschrift? Dan is deze functie bij de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) precies wat je zoekt!

 

Als promovendus krijg je de kans om, onder begeleiding, je eigen inzichten te ontwikkelen, gegevens te verzamelen en je bevindingen te delen met zowel wetenschappelijke collega’s als praktijkpartners wereldwijd. Samen met een gemotiveerd team werk je aan betekenisvolle oplossingen en draag je bij aan de toekomst van jouw vakgebied. Het onderzoeksproject betreft een samenwerking tussen de Faculteit Gedrags- en Maatschappijwetenschappen en de Faculteit Science & Engineering van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Cognitieve architecturen maken het mogelijk om leren niet alleen te beschrijven, maar te voorspellen: hoe snel kennis vervaagt, wanneer herhaling het meeste oplevert, en hoe een vaardigheid zich ontwikkelt van moeizaam naar vloeiend. Bij de Faculteit GMW en FSE aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen vertalen we die modellen al jaren naar systemen die dagelijks door duizenden leerlingen en studenten gebruikt worden. In SlimStampen sturen ACT-R-gebaseerde schattingen van de individuele vergeetsnelheid de aanbieding van leermateriaal; in GraafTel gaat het om het modelleren en ondersteunen van de opbouw van vaardigheden. Beide systemen leveren grootschalige, fijnmazige leerdata op waarmee modellen niet alleen getoetst maar ook direct verbeterd kunnen worden.

This vacancy is only available in Dutch

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc in Energy-based Learning of Dynamical Systems

The University of Groningen is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on systems theory for energy-based learning. 

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Directeur Bedrijfsvoering Portefeuille Middelen

Campus Fryslân zoekt een ervaren Directeur Bedrijfsvoering die verantwoordelijk is voor de strategische en operationele aansturing van de faculteit.

This vacancy is only available in Dutch

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PhD

PhD position in the field of Organizational Behavior

The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB’s programs, academic staff, and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.

The Faculty of Economics and Business has one PhD position available in the field of Organizational Behavior. The position is embedded in FEBRI, the Faculty’s research institute.

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PhD

PhD in Adapative Regulatory Frameworks for the Hydrogen Economy

Are you an enthusiastic lawyer and/or public administration scholar with a curious research mind? Would you like to use your expertise to make a direct contribution to one of the major societal challenges of our time: the energy transition? Then we are looking for you!

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PhD

PhD Position in Systems and Control Theory for Energy-based Learning

Are you excited about developing new mathematical foundations for energy-efficient computing? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge research at the intersection of systems and control theory, optimization, circuit theory, and neuromorphic computing?

The University of Groningen is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to work on a fundamental research project on systems and control theory for learning in neuromorphic circuits. Neuromorphic computing is an analog, brain-inspired computing paradigm with the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption while enabling faster inference than conventional digital architectures. A major challenge, however, is the development and analysis of dedicated algorithms for training analog circuits directly from data.

In this PhD project, you will develop a novel system-theoretic framework for learning in analog circuits and dissipative networks. We will view learning as a feedback interconnection of continuous-time (circuit) dynamics and an optimization algorithm. The key idea is to develop algorithms that minimise cost functions inspired by notions of energy, leading to highly efficient, local learning rules. 

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher Socio-Cultural Aspects of Rural-Urban Interactions

Are you interested in the spatial and socio-cultural interactions between the rural and the urban, how these relate to representations and senses of rural and urban places, and how life course and generational differences may influence this? And would you like to conduct research in an interdisciplinary consortium of Dutch universities, universities of applied sciences and societal partners? Then this postdoc position is perfect for you.

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ESO scientific software pipelines Research Software Engineer

The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen invites applications for a research software engineer position.The vacancy is for a temporary project-specific position with the OmegaCEN Astronomical Science Data Center, with an initial appointment until December 2028. The research software engineer will be part of a 6 person team that will perform maintenance and development of operational science data reduction pipelines for the ESO La-Silla Paranal observatories.

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PhD

PhD position Fair Climate Policy

Do you want to contribute to groundbreaking research that pushes the boundaries of science? Are you looking for a PhD position where you can translate your curiosity into concrete research results and a dissertation? Then the position of PhD candidate in Fair Climate Policy at the University of Groningen (RUG) and the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) is exactly what you are looking for!

 

As a PhD candidate in Fair Climate Policy, you will have the opportunity, under supervision, to develop your own insights, collect data, and share your findings with both academic colleagues and practice and societal partners. Together with a motivated team, you will work on meaningful solutions and contribute to the future of your field.

 

Research project. The Netherlands faces major challenges in the field of sustainability. The current intensive use of natural resources leads to irreversible environmental damage, resource depletion, and further climate change. At the same time, climate action entails distributional effects and can exacerbate existing inequalities and impact the lives of citizens. This manifests itself in concerns regarding both the consequences of climate change and the impact of climate policy on social inequality and the quality of life of specific groups. Many citizens consider it important to protect the climate, the environment, and nature, and recognize climate change as a societal issue. However, there is disagreement regarding which solutions are most suitable. It is therefore important to understand how climate policy can be developed that is effective, but is also perceived as just, fair, and acceptable, and contributes to people’s quality of life. Policy that does not exclude people, but connects them. The project aims to develop psychological and sociological insights into what citizens view as fair and just solutions to climate change and the factors and circumstances that influence these perceptions. Additionally, the project aims to provide guidelines for policymakers for the development of policy that is perceived by citizens as (more) just, fair(er), and (more) acceptable, and contributes to the wellbeing of society.

 

Collaboration. This research project is a collaboration between the Environmental Psychology expertise group at the University of Groningen (RUG), specifically research into public acceptance of sustainable transitions, the Citizens and Government programme at the SCP, and the chair of Prof. Dr. Maroesjka Versantvoort on the role of values and meaning in people’s sustainability trade-offs (previous research by the SCP, “Between Sustainable Thinking and Sustainable Action”). The PhD candidate will receive a full-time appointment for 2 years at the RUG in Groningen (years 1 and 2) and subsequently a full-time appointment for 2 years at the SCP in The Hague (years 3 and 4). This collaboration offers a unique opportunity to leverage the knowledge and expertise of both organizations and to build rich experience in cross-institutional collaboration.

 

Why would you want this position?

  1. Making an impact: in this role, you contribute directly to scientific insights that address societal issues. Your research translates not only into publications but also into concrete solutions, ensuring a tangible impact.
  2. Personal development: you get the opportunity to develop yourself into an expert, with the support of experienced scientists. This combination of research and education offers ample opportunities for professional and personal growth.

The SCP works for the entire society. To do this as effectively as possible, we strive for a diversity of qualities, perspectives, and backgrounds in our teams. We also actively work on an organizational culture in which everyone feels welcome and can be themselves. For more information about the organization, see About the SCP | Netherlands Institute for Social Research.

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Senior project manager research

Are you a positive, result-driven senior scientist who thrives on managing and conducting research & development projects and bringing them to insightful & successful completion? Do you have a passion for advancing astronomical instrumentation? The NOVA Sub-mm Group at the University of Groningen is looking for a project manager research to advance the group’s research and development of sub-millimeter receiver technology for astronomy.

You will be responsible for advancing the research, development and optimization of cryogenic receivers and their detectors. With a compact team of instrument scientists you will enable future groundbreaking astronomical research through the development of new high-sensitivity heterodyne technologies and state-of-the-art instrumentation.

Why would you want this job?

  1. Impactful research and innovation: with a compact team of instrument scientists you develop high-precision astronomical instrumentation, shaping the future of sub-mm astronomy.
  2. Collaborative and international team: you work with top experts in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment with extensive global collaborations.

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc in Contemplative Science

A 1-year postdoc position (0.8 fte) in contemplative science is available at the Bernoulli Institute of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The position is situated in the cognitive modeling group and is funded by Marieke van Vugt’s Consciousness Foundation grant “Can reasoning dissolve the boundaries between self and others?”. In this project, we seek to investigate the neural correlates of the dissolution of boundaries between self and others. 

Docent

Junior Lecturer in Innovation Management & Strategy

The Innovation Management and Strategy (IM&S) department of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, is looking for one Junior Lecturer (1.0 FTE).

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PhD

PhD position Using microfluidics to observe and manipulate coacervate droplets

We are looking for a 4-year PhD candidate to join our nationally funded, multi-partner research consortium, Towards De-Novo Life. The main aim of this interdisciplinary project is to achieve minimal life based on chemical rather than biological components such as DNA, proteins or other macromolecules. Our PhD candidate will contribute by developing new microfluidic tools to work with micrometer-sized coacervate droplets, the compartments in which chemical replication, growth and evolution will take place.

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc One Size Fits None: matching engagement to context

Dutch national policy and legislation has high expectations of “bottom-up” provisioning systems for essential services, such as care and energy, where citizens take active roles in the set-up and functioning of an initiative. This requires local civil servants to engage citizens in policy design, implementation, and governance on a broad range of topics as established by, for example, the Climate Agreement, the Environment and Planning Act, and the Act to strengthen participation at the local level. While there is no shortage of public participation approaches policy makers can use to structure their citizen engagement interventions, systematic knowledge of which approach works best, when, where, and for whom is lacking. Hence, in their efforts to engage citizens, local civil servants run the risk of flying blind, lacking insight into which, if any, are the most adequate tools in their local context – for the specific community, specific problem at hand, at the given level of policymaking, and in the given social, economic, historical, and cultural conditions. The research you conduct in this postdoc project will help ameliorate this situation.

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PhD

PhD position Neuroscience

Understanding how patterns of neural activity give rise to behavior is a central challenge in neuroscience. Most of what we know about this relationship comes from rodent experiments performed under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. While these approaches are essential for identifying neural mechanisms, they capture only a fraction of the behavioral repertoire animals display in more complex environments.

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher Urban Design and Inclusive Urban Mobility

Join an ambitious, multidisciplinary project at the crossroads of interaction and urban design, where your research can shape the vision of open and accessible cities! This position is part of the NWO-funded research project BEAT (Building Equitable Accessibility Together) , which started in January 2026.

Within the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, department of Spatial Planning we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher (0.8 – 1.0 FTE) on Inclusive mobility within BEAT NWO funded research project. Operating from the standpoint that mobility is essentially a subjective human experience, BEAT aims to investigate urban mobility barriers as they unfold in the daily activities of people. Rather than examining a specifi c mode of mobility (e.g., public transport, walking) or a single accessibility barrier, the focus of this project is the holistic experience of urban mobility in the daily lives of individuals with physical and cognitive diversities. The point of departure is “people”—their routines and travel behaviours, their daily frustrations with various mobility obstacles, and the impact of these hindrances on their personal, social, and professional lives. BEAT investigates a wide range of barriers that may be labelled as temporary or even mundane. Examples of such temporary-but-everyday barriers include construction sites and road works planned by municipalities, but also a variety of unplanned situations, such as improperly parked delivery vehicles, poorly placed planters and bikes on the sidewalk, unauthorised market stalls, and so forth. While each of these situations may be perceived as a temporary problem, collectively they form a permanent reality of how we experience our cities. These barriers signify an “informal” layer of inaccessibility superimposed on more structural or “formal” accessibility problems in the city. This informal layer is highly diverse, stems from many underlying causes and factors, and highlights a notable knowledge gap.

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Post-doc Researcher

Comparative Historical Analysis of Welfare Provision and Demographic Changes

Within the Chair Group of Economic and Social History, Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, a Postdoctoral Researcher position is currently available for the period of 2 years (24 months). The position will be within the ERC-funded project “Coping with decline: Comparative social-historical analysis of depopulation and community welfare in Europe, 1950-2022 (DEPOP)”: http://www.rug.nl/let/depop

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PhD

PhD position in Neuromorphic Computing, FPGA Design, and Hardware Acceleration

Are you excited about designing the next generation of energy-efficient AI hardware? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge research at the intersection of neuromorphic computing, computer architecture, and hardware acceleration?

The University of Groningen is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the international QuNeCo project, a collaborative research initiative between leading universities in the Netherlands and Japan. As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will develop novel neuromorphic computing architectures inspired by the human brain to enable future heterogeneous computing systems with unprecedented energy efficiency and performance.

This PhD position offers the opportunity to collaborate with internationally renowned researchers, publish in leading conferences and journals, and gain experience in architecture design, hardware implementation, FPGA prototyping, and AI applications.

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PhD

Three PhD positions in ML-guided directed evolution

Are you passionate about combining the directed evolution of diverse biomolecules with deep learning approaches and contributing to the development of better (bio)catalysts and drugs? We are offering three fully-funded, 4-year PhD positions at the University of Groningen or the Technical University of Eindhoven.

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ssistant Professor

Assistant professor in Digital Marketing Analytics / AI

Within the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, a position is available for an assistant professor in Digital Marketing Analytics / AI.

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Technisch Specialist GBS – Applicatiebeheer & Engineering

Ben jij de technische spil achter onze gebouwautomatisering omgeving? Heb jij een scherp analytisch oog voor complexe systemen en weet jij als geen ander de brug te slaan tussen operationele technologie en IT? Dan zoeken wij jou.

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Senior Beheerder ICT – Microsoft Client platform

Word jij enthousiast van moderne Microsoft-werkplekken die altijd beschikbaar, veilig en up-to-date moeten zijn in een omgeving waar technologie, onderwijs en onderzoek samenkomen?

Bij het Centrum voor Informatie Technologie (CIT) van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) – één van de oudste en meest innovatieve universiteiten van Nederland – zoeken wij een Senior Beheerder ICT – Microsoft Client platform met technische diepgang, overzicht en een passie voor end-user computing.

Als senior specialist speel jij een sleutelrol in het ontwerpen, beheren en doorontwikkelen van onze werkplekvoorzieningen voor duizenden studenten en medewerkers. Je krijgt ruimte om te verbeteren, te automatiseren en richting te geven, binnen een team waar hard wordt gewerkt én gelachen.

Wil jij bijdragen aan betrouwbare en toekomstbestendige digitale werkplekken voor onderwijs en onderzoek? Kom ons Endpoint & Servermanagement team versterken!

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Senior Windows Server Beheerder

Bouw mee aan een veilige, stabiele en toekomstbestendige Microsoft-infrastructuur voor onderwijs en onderzoek. Word jij enthousiast van robuuste Windows Server-omgevingen, strakke Active Directory-structuren en security die klopt tot in de details? Wil je werken in een omgeving waar complexiteit, schaal en maatschappelijke impact samenkomen? Zoek jij technische diepgang, vrijheid, vertrouwen én een team waar hard gewerkt wordt maar ook gelachen? Dan pas je perfect bij ons.

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Projectleider Installatietechniek

Ben jij een doortastende organisator met een passie voor techniek en vastgoed? Krijg jij energie van het aansturen van complexe onderhouds- en bouwprojecten, waarin kwaliteit, samenwerking en resultaat centraal staan? Wil jij bijdragen aan toekomstbestendig vastgoed binnen een toonaangevende universiteit? Dan zoeken wij jou als projectleider Vastgoed bij de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)!

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Domeinarchitect Domeinen Bedrijfsvoering en Onderwijs

Binnen de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) zoeken we naar een enterprisearchitect, die in staat is om een visie op architectuur en informatievoorziening te formuleren en op strategisch niveau te adviseren. Een verantwoordelijke baan waarbij je je inzet voor de Domeinen Onderwijs en Organisatiesystemen.

This vacancy is only available in Dutch