Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Governance, New Towns, and Transdisciplinary Urban Studies Delft University of Technology in Netherlands

Postdoctoral Researcher position at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Urban Studies section of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. The project focuses on Regio Deal New Towns and asks how municipalities can address complex socio-spatial , social , governance , and urban planning challenges in an integrated way. The research is carried out with municipalities such as Capelle aan den IJssel, Nissewaard, and Zoetermeer, and in collaboration ...

Wageningen University & Research is advertising a PhD position in Landscape Governance within the DECISION project, a transdisciplinary effort focused on biodiversity recovery in agricultural landscapes and the transition to a nature-inclusive dairy sector in the Netherlands. The project brings together farmers, dairy companies, financial and service sectors, local communities, and academic researchers to co-create and accelerate resilient, nature-inclusive futures. The PhD will sit between the ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands on adaptive regulatory frameworks for the hydrogen economy . This doctoral project sits at the intersection of law , public administration , economics , and environmental science , with a strong focus on the energy transition , governance, and regulatory design. The project asks how the legal framework for the hydrogen economy can be made more adaptive so that regulation can evolve alongside a rapidly changing sector rather than c...

Utrecht University is advertising a fully funded PhD in co-production of land use futures for Brazil , based in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning within the Faculty of Geosciences . The project focuses on the MATOPIBA region in the Brazilian Cerrado , a landscape of major agricultural importance and high biodiversity value. The research asks how future land use strategies can balance agricultural production , biodiversity conservation , social justice , and climate resilienc...

Utrecht University is advertising a postdoctoral position in co-creating shared narratives for sustainable sediment management within the Faculty of Geosciences , Department of Physical Geography, in the Netherlands. The post is part of the WadSED project , which focuses on the Wadden Sea and the Ems-Dollard and Western Scheldt estuaries. The research addresses urgent challenges in coastal and estuarine management, including dredging costs, biodiversity decline, sea-level rise, and sediment surp...