Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Health Economics
This PhD project will include:
– Investigating different dimensions of inequalities in health and (quality of) health care (applying microeconometric methods to survey data as well as to linked administrative datasets).
– Testing the “contact hypothesis” (particularly, does diverse contact influence individual diversity-related preferences?) in a context where a diverse university student population works in exogenously formed teams. This research will use linked administrative and survey data.
– Using similar rich data, evaluating effects of team diversity on team performance (and several possible mechanisms through which they may operate). Other possible research topics include:
– Measuring and explaining accuracy of (health-related) beliefs that are relevant for a range of individual economic behaviours (eg, beliefs about own life expectancy, health care needs, retirement age).
– Other topics of mutual interest of the PhD student and supervisor within health economics and at the intersections of health, behavioural, labour and personnel economics, to be determined in coordination between the PhD student and the supervisors. This PhD position also involves:
– For candidates who have an MSc or MA degree (and not an MPhil or Research Master’s degree): successfully completing 1 year of courses at the Tinbergen Institute.
– Education tasks (comparatively low loads): teaching and thesis supervision, mostly within the Bachelor Programme Economics and Business Economics, including (applied) econometrics courses and the major “Health and Behavioural Economics”. The PhD student will be affiliated with the Tinbergen Institute and will be supervised by dr. Teresa Bago d’Uva and at least one other member of the Department of Applied Economics.
Deadline : 15 Feb 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Strategy Economics
This PhD project is situated in the Strategy Economics research group. Building on the group’s expertise, the vision for this project is to apply economic theories like real options theory or signalling theory to the area of strategy, innovation and/or entrepreneurship with a quantitative empirical focus.
Specific topics may include (but are not limited to): Strategic (re)positioning of firms, R&D collaboration, startup acquisition, and startup wage setting. The PhD project will be primarily empirical, with a focus on applying modern micro-econometric methods to large scale datasets such as administrative data. The exact topic will be chosen in coordination between the successful candidate and supervisors.
The successful candidate will be part of the Strategy Economics group within the Department of Applied Economics. This group contributes to theory-based empirical research on the organisation of firms, industries and markets. The group has produced a large set of publications in international leading academic journals.
As a final output, the candidate is expected to write at least 3 academic papers (cumulative PhD thesis) with the aim to be submitted to journals in Economics and related fields during or after the PhD trajectory.
The successful candidate will be able to choose an affiliation with ERIM or Tinbergen Institute depending on personal preference and the specific research topic.
Deadline :31 Jan 2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Empirical Legal Research on the Rule of Law & Judicial Politics
The PhD project should employ an empirical approach to examine pressing challenges facing democratic societies, particularly related to the rule of law, public trust in courts, judicial independence, judicial decision making, or court-curbing. This may involve, for example, studying how courts respond to judicial pressure, how citizens form trust in judicial institutions, how legal institutions can safeguard democratic governance or how governments attempt to weaken judicial oversight.
This PhD position will be integrated into the European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE)Opens external, which is one of the largest doctorate programmes in the field. It is a joint doctoral programme by four European universities: the Universities of Bologna, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Rennes. A mandatory mobility period during the first year will include research stays in Bologna and Hamburg, offering the PhD researcher a unique opportunity to engage with leading scholars and build a strong international academic network.
Deadline : 15 Feb 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Prosocial effects of democratic decision-making in citizen collectives
In this four-year PhD project, you will investigate whether citizen collectives function as “schools for democracy.” You’ll explore how participatory decision-making within citizen collectives influences members’ civic engagement beyond the collective. You will examine whether democratic practices in cooperatives foster broader pro-social and democratic tendencies in society.
Together with citizen collectives, you will study the effect of democratic decision-making within citizen collectives on members’ civic engagement and cooperative and civic tendencies outside of the collective, both in the context of labour market participation and in co-housing situations (eco-villages) which heavily rely on democratic decision making but do not involve a work setting. In this way, we can gain fine-grained understanding of the democratic decision-making processes that facilitate the educator-role of citizen collectives in different cooperative settings. By exploring these dimensions, our project aims to foster a more participatory and democratic society through the experiences and practices gained in these cooperative settings.
One of the outputs will be a psychological assessment tool to evaluate different dimensions of civic engagement and cooperative and pro-social tendencies, building on existing validated scales. This “Civic Engagement tool” will have the form of a serious game, whereby data collection is embedded within the gameplay itself.
Deadline : 15 Feb 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Governance of Migration Temporalities
This PhD position aims to investigate how complex temporalities of migration and mobility in urban contexts interact with policies aimed at migration and migration-related diversities. As migration in the cities such as Rotterdam and Bilbao becomes more complex (liquid/fluid), with growing variation in temporalities of stay of different types of migrants, national and local policies are challenged by this (increased) international as well as internal mobility. Migration and inclusion policies are often based on explicit and implicit assumptions about how long migrants intend to stay, whether they are temporary or permanent, oriented on settlement or not. Policies (i.e. public services, social protection, civic integration and participation measures) do not always consider migrant’s changing intentions, potentially mobile nature of their occupation, etc. This research strives to explore which temporality considerations with regards to various migrant categories are taken into account in both local and national policies; how they affect specific migrant categories (i.e. intra-EU migrants, asylum seekers, highly-skilled professionals or expats, digital nomads and students), and how lived realities of these migrant categories interact with policies, and hence, the access to rights and services in Rotterdam and Bilbao. The PhD project speaks to the broader literature on complex migration, the mobility turn in migration studies and governance studies. This position involves a secondment of 3 months to the University of Deusto in Bilbao.
Deadline :1 Feb 2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD: New collaborative partnerships between citizen collectives and governments
The PhD-researcher will focus on understanding the core values and approaches that define the relationships between CCs, governmental agencies, and academic institutions, specifically in Rotterdam and Arnhem (but also other municipalities are possible). This study will examine the relational dynamics between the identified actor groups at different stages of the collectives’ life cycles, while respecting the distinct roles of all stakeholders involved. The researcher will employ a comparative case study approach with participatory action research components, drawing on Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). We start from empirical understanding in real life settings of the CCs, by following a community-based research approach, which goes beyond traditional academic approaches. Additionally, we use SSM, a methodology inspired by system thinking and designed to address complex problems, particularly in scenarios where there is no clear or well-defined solution. SSM emphasizes understanding problems from multiple stakeholders’ perspectives, facilitating the exploration of different viewpoints and fostering a shared understanding of both challenges and potential solutions in forming effective partnerships. One specific output of the project is the development of an interactive game which can be used to facilitate the co-creation of public value by fostering effective collaboration between CCs and local governments, and simulate real-world scenarios, allowing players to experiment with various strategies and approaches to develop successful co-creative partnerships
The PhD researcher designs and implements the research independently, under guidance of the promotor(s)/supervisors (prof.dr. Jurian Edelenbos, Dr. Ingmar van Meerkerk & Dr. Wouter Spekkink). This entails the set-up of the research, the selection of methods and theories, data collection and analysis. Given the nature of the question, the researcher is expected to cover multiple CCs in multiple city neighborhoods in Rotterdam. The longitudinal approach covering multiple stages (co-)designing, monitoring and analyzing partnerships.
You will get the chance to attend courses at the Erasmus Graduate School for Social Sciences and the Humanities. You are embedded in lively PhD Networks both at the faculty level (ESSB) and the team level (Governance & Pluralism) which helps you to find your way in academia.
Deadline : 14 Feb 2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD: Identifying sustainability transition conflicts
In this four-year PhD project, you will investigate how citizen collectives (CCs) act as early detectors and mediators of societal tensions in living environments in the Netherlands.
Societal transitions toward sustainability and justice are not without challenges or disputes and polarization often emerges – between political ideologies, economic interests, or social values. This project explores how CCs can identify and respond to these “transition tensions” – such as the conflict between urgent climate action and principles of equity – before they escalate, and how their community-based engagement can contribute to avoiding transition backlash and advancing just societal change.
You will work with CCs that operate at the intersection of communities and societal change – both studying as well as helping design strategies for navigating tensions surrounding political ideologies and socio-economic disparities. Therewith you contribute to a broader understanding of how local, community-based organizations can offer solutions for larger societal divides. Using methods such as multi-criteria mapping and participatory action research, you will co-design interventions that help CCs recognize, discuss, and address these tensions.
A key outcome of the project will be the development of a “Pluralizer tool” – a practical and research-based instrument to help CCs in fostering transitions while navigating and embracing the inherent conflicts that arise.
Deadline : 13 Feb 2026
About Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands – Official Website
Erasmus University Rotterdam is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humanist and theologian.
Erasmus MC is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centers and trauma centers in the Netherlands, whereas its economics and business school, Erasmus School of Economics and Rotterdam School of Management are well known in Europe and beyond. Currently, Erasmus University Rotterdam has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by five major ranking tables. In 2017, the university was ranked by Times Higher Education as 69th in the world with its business & economics as 17th, and clinical health as 42nd in the world, and was ranked among top ten business schools in Europe by the Financial Times. In 2015, Erasmus University Rotterdam was ranked by Times Higher Education as 20th in Europe and 72nd in the world, with its social sciences as 40th, and clinical health as 35th in the world.
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