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Postdoctoral researcher "Subjective well-being and income"

Are you an empirically oriented economist interested in income, happiness, and life satisfaction? Do you want to work with large-scale international survey data and contribute to high-quality replication research in the economics of happiness?

The Faculty of Economics and Business invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to work on an externally funded project on income and subjective well-being, supported by the Open Science NL Replication Studies programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The project examines the relationship between income, happiness, and life satisfaction using large-scale cross-country survey data.

You will work closely with Prof. Milena Nikolova and focus on replicating influential research in the economics of happiness using data from the Gallup World Poll and the Global Flourishing Study. The position carries no teaching obligations.

Faculty of Economics and Business
22 February 2026
€4.728 - €6.433

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PhD

Two PhD positions in Speech and Language Technology for Low Saxon varieties

Recent advances in machine learning have led to substantial improvements in speech and language technology. These advances have mostly been focused on languages with many resources available, such as English. However, there are several challenges for lesser-resourced languages. In this project, the scope will be on the regional Low Saxon language, specifically focusing on the varieties of Gronings and Drents, which are spoken in the North of the Netherlands.

Faculty of Arts

2 FTE

28 February 2026
€3.059 - €3.881

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PhD

PhDs Africa @ Work: Transformation of employment 1920 - 2020

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 programmes, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.

FEBRI, the graduate school and research institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business has available two PhD positions for the project Africa @ Work: Transformation of employment 1920 – 2020 embedded within the ERC Consolidator Grant project AWORK

Faculty of Economics and Business

2 FTE

2 March 2026
€3.059 - €3.881

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral researcher in Speech and Language Technology for Low Saxon varieties

Within the Center for Groningen Language and Culture (CGTC) we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher (1.0 FTE, 4 years) on speech and language technology for Gronings (and Drents). The goal of this postdoctoral position is to investigate how low-resource speech and language technology can be developed and improved, specifically focusing on the Groningen, and Drenthe (and more generally, the Low Saxon) varieties. Consequently, this position will entail doing high-quality research into how low-resource varieties can benefit optimally from the most recent language and speech technology advancements and/or developing new approaches for this purpose. The position also entails helping (to supervise) PhD students with the development and improvement of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems, text-to-speech (TTS) systems, and automatic translation systems, as well as making these available for public use. The implemented technology will be integrated into the MOI Grunnen | Drenthe project. In this project learning material and an integrative approach is developed for teaching primary school children the regional language. Additional tasks for the successful applicant may involve helping to collect acoustic or textual data for these varieties (e.g., using custom online interfaces, or using our state-of-the-art mobile laboratory SPRAAKLAB), and attempting to acquire external research funding benefitting both the project and personal development. You will become a member of both the GroNLP group and Speech Lab Groningen and as such, willingness to help with public engagement activities is also desirable.

Faculty of Arts

1 FTE

28 February 2026
€3.546 - €4.728

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral position Sustainable Logistics: Planning and Routing

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.

Faculty of Economics and Business

1 FTE

2 March 2026
€4.728 - €6.433

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PhD

PhD positions in Economics & Business

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 programmes, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.

FEBRI, the graduate school and research institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business has 9 PhD positions in the field of Economics & Business available.

Faculty of Economics and Business

9 FTE

23 February 2026
€3.059 - €3.881

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PhD

PhD JUST TRANSITIONS. Re-Pairing Wetlands: Artistic Research for Just Multi-Species Relations in the Northern Netherlands

For “JUST TRANSITIONS. Re-Pairing Wetlands: Artistic Research for Just Multi-Species Relations in the Northern Netherlands”, we are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate with an active artistic practice and research experience in academic contexts to join the University of Groningen for a fully-funded PhD research project.

This PhD project is part of the NWO funded Consortium JUST ART. Creating Common Grounds for Climate Justice Through Artistic Research, a six-year project on climate justice and artistic research in the Caribbean and European parts of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. The project is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and led by the University of Groningen. It offers 10 PhD positions at six universities in collaboration with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and four universities of applied sciences. JUST ART PhD candidates will generate new knowledge and critically assess approaches that integrate scientific insights with artistic research to address climate justice. JUST ART PhDs will study and develop concrete cases to learn how art and artistic research can be embedded in ongoing and emerging work on climate justice. They will enhance expertise and skills to take artistic and art-based transformative action on climate justice and will contribute to theoretical frameworks, common methods, educational toolkits and knowledge sharing platforms in co-creation with project partners. For more information on the project: https://justart.info/

Faculty of Arts

0.8 - 1 FTE

15 March 2026
€3.059 - €3.881

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc - Human-AI symbiosis in manufacturing work environments

The Faculty of Economics and Business is offering a post-doctoral research position on Human-AI symbiosis in manufacturing work environments.

Faculty of Economics and Business

0.8 - 1 FTE

1 March 2026
€4.728 - €6.433

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher Understanding personal and social factors that shape sustainability transitions in the (Dutch) pension and insurance sector

Did you know that the Dutch pension and insurance sector manages more than €2,000 billion? And that by investing these funds more sustainably (e.g., invest in sustainable innovations, disinvest in polluting practices), the sector could play a crucial role in transitioning towards a more sustainable society?

Whether this will happen, and what form this will take, strongly depends on the preferences, expectations and actions of diverse actors within the sector, including individuals who have a pension/insurance, as well as (those working for) labour unions, pension funds, insurance firms, and investors. Moreover, change is only likely to happen when different actors cooperate. This is, however, often hindered by limited communication and a lack of mutual understanding among them, often induced by misperceptions about each other.

The current project aims to clarify the role of the Dutch pension sector within sustainability transitions, accounting for the preferences, expectations, actions and roles of those involved, and the dynamics between them.

University of Groningen

0.8 - 1 FTE

16 February 2026
€3.546 - €4.728

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher - Designing a Digital Twin for Educational Logistics in Secondary Education

Within the Department of Operations, a post-doc position is available on the topic of designing a digital twin for educational logistics. A paradigm shift is required in the organization of the logistics operations of educational processes to achieve a high quality situation where any learner at any time based on their own learning speed, level and ambition can acquire the right part of a specific course in a cost-efficient way.

This postdoc position is part of the research project “Educational logistics for secondary education”. In the next phase of this project we are going to guide several schools in making the transition towards more customized education enabled by efficient and effective logistics processes. We will work with the schools in a design-based innovation trajectory.

Faculty of Economics and Business

1 FTE

3 March 2026
€4.728 - €6.433

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Research technician Stratingh Institute for Chemistry

The position we offer will be embedded in the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, which focuses on research in molecular and supramolecular chemistry, with an overarching impact on biology, chemical engineering, and physics based on fundamental organic and inorganic chemistry. The Stratingh Institute has an (inter-)national excellent position in synthetic chemistry and catalysis in the Dutch chemical landscape.

Faculty of Science and Engineering

0.8 - 1 FTE

1 March 2026
€3.708 - €5.057

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PhD

PhD IntensifiedCO2

A PhD position is available for a four-year term as part of the recently awarded ERC Starting Grant for the IntensifiedCO2 project. The main objective of this project is to develop intensified processes for CO2 conversion into sustainable synthetic fuels via cobalt-catalysed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS), based on advanced catalysis and reactor engineering concepts

University of Groningen

1 FTE

28 February 2026
€3.059 - €3.881

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc in Energy systems modelling and optimization

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.

Faculty of Economics and Business

1 FTE

2 March 2026
€3.546 - €6.433

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Research Technician in Mass Spectrometry (1.0 FTE)

Are you a skilled and motivated research technician with expertise in analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge research in single-cell proteomics, deep visual proteomics, and mass spectrometry imaging? Join the Analytical Biochemistry (AB) group at the University of Groningen and become part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team driving innovation in omics research.

Faculty of Science and Engineering

1 FTE

28 February 2026
€3.382 - €4.484

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Post-doc Researcher

Postdoc Understanding micro-dynamics to de-escalate online discourse

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.

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences

0.8 FTE

28 February 2026
€3.546 - €5.538

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