PhD Opportunities in Netherlands

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...

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...

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...

PhD opportunity in Process-Aware Information Systems for Circular Care Pathways at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands. Join the NWO KIC-funded REMARK project and investigate how process-aware information systems can support sustainable, safe, and compliant circular healthcare pathways. The research will use event data and healthcare process information to monitor care-pathway execution, detect deviations, assess compliance risks, and identify opportunities to reduc...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for a four-year, fully funded project in complex networks , at the intersection of mathematics and computer science. The research will investigate how mathematically tractable models can explain important features of complex networks, including clustering, community structure, and degree heterogeneity. The project combines theoretical modelling with computational and data-driven investigations of real-world networks. The PhD will be co-supervised a...

PhD in Bioreactor-Based Preservation of Human Heart Valves at Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands. This four-year doctoral project will develop dynamic bioreactors that preserve human donor heart valves outside the body. The research will investigate extended ex vivo culture, valve homeostasis, flow and pressure conditions, mechanical stimulation, immune-cell responses, and immune-protective technologies. The goal is to support living cardiovascular tissues and improve t...

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) invites applications for a PhD position on AI for Software Reuse and Agentic Development , based in Delft, the Netherlands, within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. The project is conducted in collaboration with ING and focuses on making enterprise software development more sustainable, reliable, and effective. The research combines artificial intelligence with software repository mining, program and architecture an...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is offering a full-time PhD position in Early Modern Religious Debates and the Public Sphere within the NWO-funded project In Search of the Truth, in Search of Adherents . The doctoral research examines public religious debates in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century Low Countries, including debates among Calvinists, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans. The project investigates how debates shaped religious identities, strategies of argument, audience participation,...