Postdoctoral Position (1.0 FTE, 2 years) Sustainable Logistics: Planning and Routing
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Within the Department of Operations, a post-doc position is available on the topic of sustainable logistics with a focus on planning and routing decisions.
Postdoctoral Position (1.0 FTE, 2 years) Sustainable Logistics: Planning and Routing
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What are you going to do?
Specifically, we would like to work on the following themes:
- Electrification of road freight transport: In the coming years, road freight transport must transition to cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels. Electrification of trucks is currently the most prominent option, but major challenges are slowing down this transition. Examples of decision problems to study include optimizing charging infrastructure and scheduling for truck operators, assessing the feasibility of battery swapping for freight transport in the Netherlands and integrating renewable energy production and storage at depots to enable reliable and cost-effective charging.
- Dynamic Logistics Planning: Applications include real-time ride sharing, on-demand meal delivery, and other contexts where routing and scheduling decisions must continuously adapt to new requests and disruptions. The research will combine operations research approaches such as stochastic optimization and (approximate) dynamic programming with machine learning techniques such as reinforcement learning and neural networks for demand and travel time prediction, to address these dynamic logistics challenges.
- Fairness in planning educational activities: Important aspects of personalised educational systems is to provide a fair system with the right amount of support and opportunities for all learners, flexibility in the system, a balanced workload for teachers, transparency in the organization of activities and the ability to effectively deal with external developments such as staff shortage. We study allocation policies and task division policies to flexibly allocate teachers with different profiles to learning activities.
This position was enabled by the Sectorplannen Techniek II.
The deadline is March 2, 2026 (23:59 CET). Interviews for this position will be organized at March 12.
Who are you?
We are looking for candidates with:
- A PhD in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics or Engineering.
- A background in logistics (preferred).
- Strong writing and presentation skills in Dutch and English.
- Affinity or experience with innovation projects involving partners from practice.
- Experience in programming heuristics and algorithms.
- Motivation to produce academically rigorous research with practical applicability.
What can you expect from us?
- In accordance with the collective labor agreement for Dutch universities, we offer a salary of at least € 4.728 (Schaal 11) up to a maximum of € 6.433 (Schaal 11.11) gross per month for a full-time employment contract.
- 232 vacation hours per year, based on a 38-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). You can also work more or fewer hours in exchange for more or fewer free hours. For example, with a 40-hour workweek, you save 96 extra free hours, and with a 36-hour workweek, you lose 96 hours.
- End-of-year bonus of 8.3% and 8% holiday allowance.
- Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development.
- A full-time appointment for two years (initially one year, with extension upon positive evaluation).
Where will you be working?
At the University of Groningen (UG), researchers from all fields of academia and technology are working on academic challenges and societal questions. Lecturers prepare their students for meaningful careers within or outside the academic world. Interdisciplinary research and teaching, sharing of knowledge, collaboration with businesses, government institutions, and societal organizations are aspects that are of the utmost importance to this European top university. The UG aims to be an open academic community with an inclusive and safe working climate that invites you to add your value.
The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) has about 7,000 students and 700 staff, who make up an informal, personal, and inspiring academic community. We offer an ambitious, open, and dynamic working environment that encourages both students and staff to keep innovating. Approximately 25% of our students and 35% of our staff come from abroad, contributing to an international atmosphere. With EQUIS and AACSB accreditations, FEB is among the top 1% of business schools worldwide. At FEB, we believe in connecting for impact: we bring together students, academics, and external stakeholders to collectively make a positive influence on regional, national, and global economic and business issues, both in academia and society. If you would like to learn more about the Faculty of Economics and Business, visit rug.nl/feb.
The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) provides an inspiring environment for both students and staff. With international accreditations (AACSB and EQUIS), FEB continuously benchmarks its performance against global standards and fosters a culture of innovation and excellence in education and research.
Application procedure
After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation by email.
The selection committee assesses your application and you will be notified as soon as possible whether you are invited for an interview.
We would like to get to know each other better in a first interview, which can take place either online or on location.
We may schedule a second interview with you. Depending on the position, this interview can be complemented with an assessment or guest lecture.
After a positive interview, we will discuss the terms of employment together. When everything is completed, we are happy to welcome you at the University of Groningen!
Interested?
Does this vacancy appeal to you? If so, click on the button below and apply straightaway.
Please add the following documents to your application:
- Motivation Letter
- CV
- PhD thesis and/or academic paper
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Iris Vis
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