PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Archaeology in Netherlands

This PhD project at AMOLF and the University of Amsterdam explores how to discover and optimize chiral perovskite emitters in carefully designed nanophotonic environments . The work combines automated experimentation, optical characterization, and theory to investigate how material composition, processing conditions, and photonic structure together determine properties such as chirality, emission wavelength, brightness, and stability. You will use an AI-assisted materials optimization robot bein...

The Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeolithic Archaeology to join the ERC-funded HOME: Palaeolithic Shelters in East-Central Europe project, led by Dr Wei Chu . The postdoctoral researcher will be based in the Department of World Archaeology and will work on the identification and investigation of Palaeolithic shelters in the Carpathian region . The project focuses on how and why Palaeolithic groups used sheltered locations and how these ...

This EngD project at the University of Twente focuses on standardizing fieldwork and data management for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) measurements at the university’s Utility Mapping Site (UMS). The project addresses a clear research gap: although many GPR systems are available, there is no systematic method for collecting, documenting, and comparing measurement data across systems and environmental settings. You will work on developing a consistent protocol for GPR field measurements, includi...

This PhD project explores how living microorganisms can be used as environmental sensors and memory systems . Rather than relying on conventional disposable electronics, the research asks whether organisms that naturally integrate environmental signals can be decoded to reveal the conditions they have experienced over time. The student will work on understanding the visual and structural responses of microorganisms to different environmental conditions, then build computational methods that can ...

This postdoc at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) focuses on developing AI-enabled robotic systems for responsible human-robot collaboration in the EU-funded OPERA project. The work addresses how autonomous robots in human-centered environments can move beyond immediate sensor response to estimate uncertainty, adapt to human preferences and values, explain their decisions, and act safely and reliably in changing conditions. The project investigates meaningful human control in human-robot...

The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offers funded research stays in Rome for students and early-career researchers whose projects benefit from access to the city’s libraries, archives, museums, and broader scholarly environment. The stay is designed to support work connected to Italian culture, history, and archaeology, with accommodation inside the institute and access to its academic life. Selected participants stay in KNIR for either 7 or 10 weeks depending on the category of appli...

The ISS Hardship Fund supports admitted students to the one-year MA in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam . It is designed as tuition support for students who need help covering the cost of study. The award is applied directly as a discount toward tuition fees rather than paid out in cash, with the exact value depending on the tuition level. The fund is intended for students who are studying Development Studies ...

This PhD project focuses on biodiversity monitoring and data analysis for a more nature-inclusive dairy sector in the Netherlands. You will work on methods that help businesses in the dairy sector assess how management practices affect local biodiversity and ecosystem services, and how biodiversity gains can be quantified across farms and landscapes. The research combines ecological field knowledge with large-scale data analysis. It brings together monitoring of breeding birds, bats, insect comm...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the NWO-funded project “Unraveling the geometry of subduction-induced mantle flow.” The project investigates how subduction drives mantle flow and how the experimental subduction rate and mantle viscosity influence the resulting mantle velocity field. The postdoc will develop, record and analyse laboratory-based experimental geodynamic models of subduction. The research will involve low-Reynolds-number fluid dynamics and de...