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

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the IDEE project on “The Transition from Secondary Education to Higher Education.” The project examines how universities can support students as they move from high school into engineering education. The research will investigate student success from an integrated perspective, considering study progress, well-being, and competency development as interconnected dimensions. Using educational de...

Radboud University Medical Center is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow for the CHEMCONTROL ERC group at the Donders Institute. The project focuses on the cognitive computations and neurophysiology of human motivation, combining computational approaches with fundamental neuroscience research. The position is suitable for researchers interested in computational neuroscience, cognitive science, motivation, neurophysiology, and cognitive neuropsychiatry. The post is presented by Professor Ro...

Wageningen University & Research is offering a fully funded PhD position in insect virology in the Insect Virology group of the Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen, Netherlands. The project examines how covert virus infections in insect hosts influence baculovirus-induced manipulation of caterpillar behaviour, including hyperactivity and climbing before death. The PhD researcher will compare behavioural manipulation across related and distantly related baculoviruses and lepidopteran hosts, invest...

Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in AI/Machine Learning for Multimodal Cardiovascular Data within the European VASCUL-AID consortium. The position is based in the Department of Vascular Surgery at the AMC location in the Netherlands. VASCUL-AID is a €6.3 million Horizon Europe project coordinated by Amsterdam UMC. It aims to develop a trustworthy AI platform for predicting cardiovascular risk and disease progression in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and periph...

Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship 2027–28 is a fully funded opportunity for exceptional non-EU/EEA students to pursue a Master's degree in the Netherlands . The scholarship is hosted by Maastricht University and supports students admitted to participating master's programmes. It is designed for high-achieving international applicants who meet the academic and nationality criteria. Funding includes full tuition fees, a monthly living allowance, health and liability insuranc...

Several funded PhD and postdoc positions are opening at the University of Amsterdam , within ELLIS unit Amsterdam , in the broad area of AI for Science . The advertised research directions are especially relevant for candidates interested in machine learning , Earth system modeling , and mechanistic interpretability . These positions are a good fit for students and researchers who want to work at the intersection of modern artificial intelligence and scientific discovery, with a strong emphasis ...

New PhD position at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Human-Technology Interaction group , within the wider NWO KIC project Nature4Homes . This interdisciplinary PhD project explores whether views of and through nature-inspired façades can support occupant mental wellbeing , increase overheating resilience , and lower cooling demand . The work combines environmental psychology , building engineering , and lighting research , with a secondment at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) ...

Radboud University Medical Center is advertising a postdoctoral research fellow position in computational neurophysiology of human motivation within the Motivational and Cognitive Control group led by Roshan Cools at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in the Netherlands. The project focuses on the neurophysiological signatures of value-based decision making and controllability . The work combines experimental design, data ac...

Radboud University is advertising a postdoc position in usable privacy-enhancing technologies and attribute-based identity wallet technology within the European REAL-PETS project. The postdoctoral researcher will work on two connected research tracks: (1) studying the usability of real-world privacy-enhancing technologies such as VPNs and other PETs through user studies, and (2) designing and prototyping a privacy-preserving age-verification solution based on attribute-based credentials and iden...