Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Position in Socio-Technical Transformations through Digitalization and AI 80 – 100 %

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The Media Change and Innovation Division (Prof. Michael Latzer), Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position. The successful applicant will work on dedicated topics that align with the division’s research program including the chilling effects of dataveillance, the religion-like digitalization of societies or content creators’ belief systems within the social media ecosystem. The … Read more

Short-Term Visiting Researchers in Socio-Technical Transformations through Digitalization and AI 80 – 100 %

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The Media Change and Innovation Division (Prof. Michael Latzer), Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking applications for short-term visiting researchers. The successful applicants will work on dedicated topics that align with the division’s research program including the chilling effects of dataveillance, the religion-like digitalization of societies or content creators’ belief systems within the social media ecosystem. The … Read more

PhD position in Biophysics

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The Heinemann Lab at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) aims to understand how cellular metabolism functions and how metabolism controls other cellular processes. The lab has recently found that cellular metabolism does not operate beyond a certain Gibbs energy dissipation rate (Niebel et al, 2019, Nature Metabolism). This observation could explain why cancer cells use … Read more

Post-doc Modeling societal preparedness for health crises

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The postdoc will conduct research in a large multi-disciplinary project (PREP-Shield – Preparedness for society in health crises and disasters) funded by the European Union under the call Horizon-CL3-2023-DRS 01-01 (Improving social and societal preparedness for disaster response and health emergencies) to study preparedness for society in health crises and disasters. The project’s main objective … Read more

Post-doc The roles of siblings and school peers in young adults’ life events

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The Postdoc researcher will work in the project ‘The roles of siblings and school peers in young adults’ life-course events’, led by Principal Investigator Clara H. Mulder and funded by an Open Competition Large grant from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). The research team will further include a PhD researcher, an assistant professor who will … Read more

Post-doc in Energy systems logistics and optimization

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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 and analyzing diverse energy mixes, primarily emphasizing hydrogen-based systems. As we move toward cleaner energy systems, the way we plan and … Read more

Post-doc Floating Future

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We are looking for an enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher on the topic ‘Water Governance – Enabling and Upscaling Floating Futures’, which is part of the interdisciplinary and applied national research project ‘Floating Future: Scaling up floating structures as climate-proof space-creating solution enabling societal, industrial and ecological win-wins’. Alternatively, instead of one Postdoctoral researcher, we could hire … Read more

PhD Science identity and open science

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“Science Identity” refers to how people view themselves as science persons. What aspects an individual considers to be relevant to their science identity is shaped by the norms of their discipline, as well as their experience of engaging in different types of science-related activities (called practices) and their (doctoral) training. A central aspect of doctoral … Read more

PhD Optimal dynamic energy pricing under economic and network constraints 

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Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of … Read more

PhD position Human versus Artificial: A Radical Embodied Turing Test

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The rise of AI is accompanied by an equal rise of the worry about how to distinguish human-made from AI-generated output. In this project we investigate both the structural differences between human-made and AI-generated output as well as people’s differential behavioural and physiological responses to them. Concretely, we will study: (1) the spatiotemporal patterns of … Read more