PhD and Postdoctoral Positions at The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Netherlands, a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880.
PhD and Postdoctoral Positions at The Vrije Universiteit
PhD high-resolution modelling of past warmer climates0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on23-02-2026Publishing date08-01-2026Are you enthusiastic about climate research and keen to discover how warmer climate changes the frequency of storms in the past and future? Then apply for this PhD project!View vacancy
Postdoc on Tradeoffs, Synergies and Conflicts around Photovoltaic Panels0.8 / 1Faculty of ScienceResearcher / PostdocPostdocCloses on22-01-2026Publishing date08-01-2026Are you interested in studying the challenges of the energy transition? Are you good in dealing with large and diverse data and have an interest in geography? Apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.View vacancy
PhD developing reconstructions for storms in a warmer climate0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on23-02-2026Publishing date08-01-2026Are you enthusiastic about climate research and keen to discover how warmer climate changes the frequency of storms in the past and future? Then apply for this PhD project!View vacancy
PhD on process-based and data-driven modeling of rapid permafrost thaw0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on31-01-2026Publishing date22-12-2025Are you enthusiastic about climate research in the Arctic and keen to find out how the rapidly changing permafrost landscapes have developed since the last ice age and how they will respond to ongoing global warming? Then apply for this PhD project.View vacancy
Postdoc on Reshaping Food Systems through food-society reconnection0.8 / 1Faculty of ScienceResearcher / PostdocPostdocCloses on15-01-2026Publishing date16-12-2025Are you passionate about reconnecting people, food, and nature? Do you want to study how social values and food value chains enable sustainable, resilient food systems? Apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.View vacancy
PhD position – Laser cooling and trapping Helium molecules0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on28-02-2026Publishing date26-11-2025This PhD project is about the first direct laser cooling and trapping of a homonuclear diatomic molecule – He_2. Precision measurements of Rydberg states will allow QED tests and provide the polarizability of He atoms for a quantum pressure standard.View vacancy
PhD position: Helium+ as quantum probe for fundamental constants and new physics0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on01-06-2026Publishing date15-12-2025This PhD project is about precisely measuring the internal energy structure (1S-2S transition) of a single He+ ion using quantum technology and advanced lasers to enable new fundamental tests in a search for new physics.View vacancy
PhD position in Sentiment Analyses for Wellbeing1 / 1Faculty of Behavioural and Movement SciencesPhDMScCloses on10-01-2026Publishing date12-12-2025Are you excited by the intersection of AI, behavior, and wellbeing? As a PhD candidate, you’ll develop video-based sentiment analysis tools that move wellbeing research beyond surveys and into real life.View vacancy
PhD candidate; Mechanism and assembly of type VII secretion system machineries1 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on23-01-2026Publishing date12-12-2025We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated PhD candidate to join Dr. Catalin Bunduc’s team in the Molecular Microbiology Section of the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE).View vacancy
PhD student molecular neuroscience0.8 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on15-01-2026Publishing date09-12-2025Join the project “Molecular mechanisms of synapse degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease” using diverse molecular tools to resolve the Ab-induced molecular events in neurons that lead to pathological synapse dysfunction.View vacancy
Research assistant Computational Intelligence group0.2 / 0.4Faculty of ScienceTechnical support staffMScCloses on18-01-2026Publishing date09-12-2025As a Research Assistant (Master’s student), you will play a key role in setting up and conducting experiments in our swarm robotics testbed. Your work will combine technical development, experimental research, and scientific exploration.View vacancy
6-year Junior Teacher appointment combined with a PhD track in optical modelling1 / 1Faculty of SciencePhD, TeacherMScCloses on15-02-2026Publishing date01-12-2025Do you want to contribute to the education of physics and mechanical engineering students while also pursuing a PhD in AI-driven modelling of optical materials? Join our enthusiastic and diverse group of scientists and educators at VU Amsterdam!View vacancy
PhD Research on Air Quality due to fires1 / 1Faculty of SciencePhDMScCloses on16-01-2026Publishing date25-11-2025Are you interested in Air Quality? Are you looking to work with both models and observations of aerosol? Do you want your work to have societal relevance? Come join an exciting new collaboration between the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and TNO.View vacancy
