PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Netherlands

Leiden University is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral candidate in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology to advance a drug discovery campaign against the synthetic lethality target EXO1. The project is a collaboration between the Pomplun Lab and Sylvie Noordermeer’s group at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), based in Leiden, Netherlands. The successful researcher will develop scaffold proposals for covalent and non-covalent inhibitors, optimize novel and existing compound series for...

Leiden University is seeking a PhD candidate for the research project “Entangled with Seaweed: The Politics of Economising Nature in Scotland and South Africa.” The successful candidate will conduct ethnographic research into the impacts of seaweed economisation and blue economy strategies on coastal communities in Scotland. The project draws on political ecology, valuation studies, environmental anthropology, sustainability research, and the multispecies turn. It examines how seaweed harvesting...

The University of Groningen in the Netherlands is offering the fully funded Eric Bleumink Fellowship for eligible international students applying to one- or two-year master's programmes. The fellowship supports MSc, MA, and LL.M. study and is intended for eligible nationals from developing countries with excellent academic records. Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency, secure admission to an eligible master's programme before February, and not have another source of funding. Benefits ...

The University of Twente Scholarship (UTS) offers a master's scholarship for eligible non-EU/EEA students beginning an eligible programme in September 2027 in the Netherlands. Relevant academic areas include engineering, technology, computing, energy, biomedical engineering, chemical science and industrial management. Applicants must first be admitted to an eligible University of Twente master's programme, rank among the top 5–10% of their graduating class and satisfy the required English-langua...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the NWO-funded project Entangled in Seaweed: The Politics of Economizing Nature in Scotland and South Africa . The PhD research will examine how the economization of seaweed within blue economy strategies affects coastal communities in South Africa, including how colonial and apartheid legacies shape access to coastal areas. The project draws on cultural anthropology, political ecology, valuation studies, environmental humanities, sustainabilit...

Leiden University is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher for a two-year project on youth, digital media, and democracy in education , based in Leiden, The Netherlands. The researcher will join the Cognition in Development (CoDe) Lab, led by Dr. Ili Ma, within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The project investigates how social media and digital technologies shape adolescents’ understanding of societal issues, democratic attitudes, and civic participation, and how educat...

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral position on the epistemology of moral experiences in technology within the Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management. The postdoctoral researcher will work on the Techno-Moral Experience and the Foundations of Design for Values (TechnoMoralXP) project. The research develops a moral epistemology for Design for Values, examining how emotional and perceptual encounters with morally significant situations c...

Fully Funded PhD in Environmental Engineering Wageningen University & Research’s Environmental Technology Group is offering a fully funded PhD position focused on turning faecal sludge into clean energy. The doctoral research will involve work connected with Kenya and Ethiopia, addressing sustainable sanitation, waste-to-energy conversion, environmental technology, and resource recovery. Applicants should hold a relevant Master’s degree and demonstrate strong laboratory skills. Essential qualifi...

Utrecht University in the Netherlands is offering a fully funded PhD position in homotopy theory within the Mathematical Institute’s Algebraic Topology Group. The doctoral research will contribute to the NWO XL consortium project “Symmetry on the interface of topology and higher algebra.” The thesis may address topology, higher algebra, stable and unstable homotopy theory, higher category theory, and derived algebraic geometry. The position is suited to applicants interested in advanced algebrai...