20 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

We are looking for post-doctoral researcher (for 3 years) able to conceptualise and empirically investigate the relation between cooperative forms of housing, urban degrowth and ‘circular living’, a mode of living that reduces and reuses waste. In particular, the postdoc should develop a theoretical and conceptual framework able to connect theories of commoning, degrowth and circular economy. The researcher will carry out empirical case studies, from The Netherlands and from abroad, looking at how different modes of cooperative and collaborative housing influence material usage in the built environment. The material, architectural and design aspects of housing will be connected to the social, institutional aspects of the communities organizing those housing projects. As post-doc you will be working as part of an international project consortium that includes university of Gothenburg, University of Barcelona, Balmes University foundation, University of Nantes, and Chalmers University. Moreover, the consortium includes partners from practice in each of these cities (architects, governments, grassroots organizations etc.). In Amsterdam, the postdoc research will be developed in cooperation with grassroots organisation and one architectural studio specialised in housing cooperatives and housing justice.

Are you a eager to push quantum simulation to new levels in a lively, international research group? Our Strontium Quantum Gases Group is offering a PhD position on our RbSr project. Our group is headed by Prof. Florian Schreck and is part of the Quantum Gases & Quantum Information (QG&QI) cluster at the Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). We exploit ultracold Sr for quantum simulation, quantum sensing, and quantum computing. Our group is part of QuantumDelta NL, which brings quantum technology closer to applications by collaborating with industry, startups and users.

Are you a eager to push quantum simulation and computing to new levels in a lively, international research group Our Strontium Quantum Gases Group is offering a postdoc position on our Sr tweezer project. Our group is headed by Prof. Florian Schreck and is part of the Quantum Gases & Quantum Information (QG&QI) cluster at the Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). We exploit ultracold Sr for quantum simulation, quantum sensing, and quantum computing. Our group is part of QuantumDelta NL, which brings quantum technology closer to applications by collaborating with industry, startups and users.

 This project aims to develop a systematically solution for prediction pedestrians’ intention in typical driving scenes. More specifically, we take the perspective of an autonomous driving car and intent to predict the intention of the pedestrians in the scene. Especially, we focus on those intentions which are essential for the safety.

This project aims to develop a full state-of-the-art autoML architecture that particularly adopted to perception for autonomous driving. In detail, the system contains 1. Automatic collect and label new data for network training. 2. Automatic configuration of the network structure. 3. Automatic multi-tasking.

The Department of Political Science of the University of Amsterdam is looking for a postdoctoral researcher, to work on political trust and skepticism in the ERC-project CRITICALTRUST led by prof. dr. Tom van der Meer. CRITICALTRUST aims to approach political trust as a two-dimensional concept. Its core premise is that trust scholars should not only distinguish between high versus low trust, but concurrently also between (dis)trust as an evaluation versus (dis)trust as a disposition. This two-dimensional interpretation has important consequences for our understanding of the operationalization, measurement, causes, and consequences of political trust. For that purpose, CRITICALTRUST will consist of a team of PhD-candidates and postdocs, embedded in a research group with expertise on political trust. This particular postdoc project has two main aims. First, it will unpack the one-dimensional understanding of political trust conceptually and theoretically. Ultimately, it aims to provide a conceptual and theoretical map of political trust and its related attitudes. Second, this project will convert this two-dimensional conceptual map into a set of survey measures to separate dispositional (dis)trust from evaluative (dis)trust. The postdoc will run elaborate pre-tests of the newly developed measures to assess how respondents interpret them, qualitatively and quantitatively, with attention to theoretical validity and cross-national equivalence.

The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a postdoc position at the newly founded Research Centre for Sustainable Investments and Insurance. We are looking for talented and motivated researchers with a strong interest in the centre’s research activities. For this vacancy we are specifically looking for candidates who would contribute to the project:

Are you exceptionally interested in gravitational wave and multi-messenger astrophysics with LISA (the European Space Agency-led Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)? We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to lead an interdisciplinary research on gravitational wave and multi-messenger astrophysics with the LISA mission. The successful candidate will be embedded in the GRAPPA center of excellence in gravitation and astroparticle physics and be an active member of the LISA consortium.

Are you exceptionally interested in the potential of gravitational wave astronomy for fundamental physics? We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to lead an interdisciplinary research on gravitational wave probes of particle dark matter. The successful candidate will be embedded in the GRAPPA center of excellence in gravitation and astroparticle physics.

Do you have an interest in the topic of mis- and disinformation? Are you curious how both governmental and private organizations navigated an information environment challenged by mis- and disinformation? Are you a passionate researcher and do you like to initiate new research projects? Then we are looking for you! In the current media system, effectively dealing with mis- and disinformation is a big challenge for many organizations. This is particularly the case for organizations whose operations touch upon contested societal issues. We see that such societal engagement is no longer restricted to public organizations, since private corporations increasingly speak out and get involved with socio-political issues. At the same time, the concepts of mis- and disinformation are also contested, because organizations may define and understand these terms in different ways. In the current one-year postdoc project, you investigate how organizations conceptualize the concepts of mis- and disinformation, which strategies organizations currently use to combat the impact of mis- and disinformation, and empirically test the effectiveness of (some of) these strategies. This postdoc project will be supervised by prof. dr. Christian Burgers and dr. Toni van der Meer. 

Are you a highly-motivated researcher who would like to work at the forefront of current research in quantum many-body physics using state-of-the-art computational methods? Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoc position in the Computational Condensed Matter Physics group of dr. Philippe Corboz at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The group is part of the Condensed Matter Theory group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITFA) and Institute of Physics (IOP) at the UvA, the Delta Institute of Theoretical Physics (D-ITP), and QuSoft, the Dutch research center for quantum software. The successful applicant will be embedded in a stimulating research environment, including leading groups in condensed matter theory and experiment. The position is part of the NexGenTeN ERC project which focuses on the development and application of 2D tensor network algorithms for the accurate study of strongly correlated quantum many-body systems. Research areas include the development of 2D tensor network algorithms for ground states, spectral functions, finite temperature simulations, open systems, and multi-scale approaches, with applications in single and multi-band Hubbard models, frustrated magnets, SU(N) systems, open quantum systems, and other strongly correlated systems.

Our research is done by a multidisciplinary team of international researchers, PhD candidates and technicians with expertise in analytical chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology. We often collaborate with other departments in the institute and with external partners, such as other universities and the (plant-breeding) industry. We study how insects deploy proteinaceous effectors to modulate plant defenses. Understanding the mechanism of such effectors and identification of the plant proteins with which they interact is important for developing more resistant plants, in collaboration with the plant-breeding industry. Are you a skilled researcher in Plant Biology and intrigued by how pest insects, such as thrips, modulate plant defenses?  And how their pathogens, such as microsporidia, and the plant viruses that they vector manipulate their insect hosts? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for an ambitious project studying the effectorome of thrips and the in-planta interactome.  This project is part of a larger consortium at the UvA, thus requiring team spirit and collaborative skills. You will be embedded in an interdisciplinary team with three other researchers who aim to provide breeding solutions for devastating plant diseases by studying the underpinning mechanisms at the molecular level, using state-of-the-art technologies.

The Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam is one of the academic partners in the Horizon Europe Consortium Open Music Europe, consisting of 15 partners in 11 countries. Open Music Europe strives to fill the data gaps identified by 150 music industry stakeholders. We create usable indicators that allow music researchers, music businesses and cultural policymakers to use our data as evidence in more informed institutional, business, or public policies. In the context of this project, the IViR interdisciplinary research team is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in music and statistical innovation.

The group of Prof. Daniel Baumann at the Institute of Physics (University of Amsterdam) invites applications for several postdoctoral positions starting in the fall of 2024. The positions are financed by the ERC Synergy Grant project “UNIVERSE+: Positive Geometry in Particle Physics and Cosmology”. The principal investigators are Nima Arkani-Hamed (Princeton), Daniel Baumann (Amsterdam), Johannes Henn (Munich) and Bernd Sturmfels (Leipzig). The team aims to create a new mathematical language to describe physical phenomena at all scales, from the interactions of elementary particles to the large-scale structure of the Universe. For more information, see https://www.positive-geometry.com

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc on Just Streets

Deadline : 8 December 2023

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Are you interested in making contributions to trustworthy AI-based systems and in understanding and uncovering policy implications of such systems? We are seeking a postdoc to join our team, someone who is keen to contribute to the development of trustworthy machine learning systems and to translating algorithmic advances and challenges in machine learning for policy makers.

The Complex Cyber Infrastructure (CCI) research group at the University of Amsterdam conducts research in the area of complex infrastructure services provisioning including cloud resource, optical and hybrid networking for high performance and data intensive application (also referred to as Big Data). CCI research also includes Big Data architecture, trusted data exchange and federated infrastructure services, network and application security, microservices and programmable networks for the Future Internet and Internet of Things (IoT). The CCI group is involved in a number of national and EU funded project contributing to the development of the novel concepts in the area of new and emerging technologies. The CCI group is looking for a Postdoc Researcher to work on the EU funded project SLICES-PP that support developments to build the future SLICES Research Infrastructure (RI) that will create European infrastructure for research on the future computer and network technologies. The CCI will focus on the SLICES-RI architecture development, experimental research automation, heterogeneous services interoperability and integration framework. Special attention will be given to the data management infrastructure, technical aspects of the FAIR data principles implementation, interoperability with EOSC and international testbeds.