Funded PhD Positions in the Netherlands

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PhD Position: Sustainable Generative AI for Digital Sovereignty

To conduct an in-depth evaluation of existing foundation models to assess their suitability in the digital industries, automotive and healthcare domains. Design…

Artificial Intelligence · Data Science · Computer Science

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PhD Position on Twin Transition of Infrastructure: Ecosystem Orchestration

A master’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, business administration, information systems, innovation studies or a related field.…

Business and Management · Environmental Sciences

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PhD researcher on AI-assisted reverse engineering of integrated circuits (1 FTE)

The Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence Research Center at Tilburg University hosts the Secure Hardware Intelligence Extraction and Logic Deconstruction (SHIELD)…

Artificial Intelligence · Data Science · Electrical Engineering

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PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysic

MSc degree (or nearing completion) in physics, biophysics, computational biology, or a related field. Strong programming skills (Python) and experience in data analysis…

Artificial Intelligence · Data Science · Medical Sciences

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PhD Position in Marine Renewables: Energy and Societal Impacts under Climate Change

Contribute to the coordination of project activities and ensure timely delivery of milestones. Publish in leading scientific journals and present at international…

Environmental Sciences · Energy · Media and Communication

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PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

Extracting word-formation patterns from the existing descriptive literature and encoding them in systematic constructional schemas; Matching complex words to the…

Humanities

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PhD position "Agentic AI for Resource Management and Resilient Operations in 6G"

Motivational letter Copies of your BSc and MSc degrees and transcripts. You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post. Please do not…

Business and Management · Computer Science · Electrical Engineering

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PhD position "Secure multi-stakeholder 6G orchestration"

Motivational letter Copies of your BSc and MSc degrees and transcripts. You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post. Please do not…

Electrical Engineering · Business and Management · Social Sciences

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PhD Candidate in Systemic Actors and the Enforcement of Digital Rules

Refine the research questions and design with the supervision team, and prepare ethics, data-management and open-science materials. Collect, manage and analyse research…

Computer Science · Physics · Law

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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation (Peru)

a detailed ethnographic description of the everyday practices of people involved in the selected initiatives of caring for groundwater. A precise institutional and…

Social Sciences · Environmental Sciences · Agricultural Sciences

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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation (India)

A detailed ethnographic description of the everyday practices of people involved in the selected initiatives of caring for groundwater. A precise institutional and…

Business and Management · Social Sciences · Environmental Sciences

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PhD on natural visual patterns, mental wellbeing, and overheating resilience

Physics · Psychology · Humanities

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PhD Candidate in Access, Actors and Accountability: The Role of Researchers in AI Governance

Refine the research questions and design with the supervision team, and prepare ethics, data-management and open-science materials. Collect, manage and analyse research…

Interdisciplinary Research

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PhD: Moss traits and fire ignition in high-latitude peatland & tundra ecosystems

Developing methods and designing and executing experiments to test moss ignitability Conducting fieldwork in high-latitude ecosystems, including vegetation surveys,…

Environmental Sciences

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PhD Position in Ocean - Sea Ice Interactions

Master's degree in Earth sciences, oceanography, physics, applied mathematics, or engineering. Demonstrated research experience in climate, oceanography, the cryosphere,…

Mechanical Engineering · Physics · Mathematics

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PhD in Contrast Ultrasound Imaging of Nanobubbles for Cancer Diagnostics

Cancer Research · Electrical Engineering · Medical Sciences

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PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in South Africa

Develop a research proposal in the context of the overall project theme, and conduct twelve months of ethnographic research in South Africa. An ethics review and…

Business and Management · Social Sciences · Media and Communication

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PhD position in-Operando Neuromorphic OptoElectronics

Computer Science · Electrical Engineering · Materials Science

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PhD Position on Operational Analysis and Assessment of New Aircraft Concepts

Characterise how new aircraft types differ in performance from current traffic, and what this means for separation and procedure design. Quantify the relation between…

Robotics and Automation · Energy · Business and Management

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PhD Position: Decolonising Reparations

Developing a concrete and feasible research project fitting the overarching theme and resulting in the defence of an article-based PhD thesis at the end of the 4th year.…

Social Sciences

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Docent-promovendus Duitse taal en cultuur / Lecturer-PhD candidate German language and culture

Je doet taalkundig onderzoek dat uitmondt in een promotie. Dit onderzoek is vrij in te vullen zolang het een relatie heeft met de Duitse taal en aansluit bij één (of…

Humanities

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PhD in Dynamic Space–Time Interfaces for High-Speed THz Beam Control

Develop concepts for fast spatial and temporal modulation of THz waves. Model wave interactions with dynamically changing interfaces. Design structures combining…

Electrical Engineering · Physics · Media and Communication

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PhD in Spatiotemporal Light Generation with Frequency-Gradient Metasurfaces

Develop design strategies for 2D and 3D frequency-gradient metasurfaces. Model and optimize their electromagnetic, spectral, and dispersive response. Explore ultrafast…

Physics · Media and Communication

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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…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Neuroscience