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

This PhD project sits within an NWO-funded study on how organisations can build positive cybersecurity solutions by learning from what already works well. Rather than focusing on failures, the project asks what successful organisations do differently across the individual, team, and organisational levels to prevent cyber incidents or reduce their impact. The advertised PhD position concentrates on the organisational level of that broader research question. The selected candidate will carry out e...

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 ...

The University of Amsterdam is offering a PhD project on legal and ethical perspectives in data-driven technologies in healthcare , led by Dr. Mahsa Shabani. The research is part of the NWO-VIDI project Fairness in Data-Driven Medical Technologies: Solidifying Regulatory Oversight Based on a Multidimensional Conception of Fairness . Artificial intelligence and genomics are transforming diagnosis and treatment, but healthcare innovations may fail to serve diverse populations fairly and can reinfo...

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...

This scholarship supports research stays at the NIKI / Art History Institute in Florence for students and researchers in art history and closely related fields. Award holders can spend one to three months in Florence and use the institute’s research facilities, including its library, which is available around the clock. The main monthly grant is aimed at BA and MA students, recent graduates working on a publication or PhD proposal, and PhD candidates. In parallel, the foundation also offers a se...

The University of Groningen Talent Grant for the Faculty of Arts is a partial scholarship for students starting a Master’s programme at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The award is intended for high-achieving international students in the Faculty of Arts and covers about half of the annual tuition fee for the full duration of the programme, up to 24 months depending on the degree. The scholarship is open to students admitted to Master’s programmes in the Faculty of Arts, includin...

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 ...

The SPACES project at Utrecht University explores how inclusive play and sport can be supported for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses through the design of more inclusive living environments. The project brings together research and co-creation to understand the barriers and enablers of inclusive outdoor space, with a strong focus on how children can participate in play and sport together. The PhD candidate will investigate the role of community platforms in sharing knowledge about...

FEEL at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work on forecasting dengue epidemics by combining climate information with indicators of human emotion. The project explores whether emotions expressed in news and public social media can add predictive value to dengue models, opening a new perspective on how human behaviour and communication patterns may relate to disease risk. Based at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) , the researcher will join an inte...