05 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

The postdoctoral researcher will play a pivotal role in advancing our research agenda, which includes but is not limited to the following topics:

• The future of healthcare work and the role of technology (including AI, robotics, digitalization).
• Evolving labor markets, productivity, performance, recruitment and retention strategies.
• Well-being at work, organization of work and the commoditization of care.
• Crisis-driven care innovation and adaptation.

You will work alongside a diverse group of senior and junior researchers from disciplines such as sociology, health economics, health law, ethics, and organization studies. This two-year position offers the opportunity to conduct impactful research, contribute to academic publications, support local and international network building, and participate in the development of research grant proposals.

The postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by Associate Professor Yiannis Kyratsis (Chair in Sustainable Healthcare Workforce) and Professor Iris Wallenburg (Professor of Sociology of Care).

This postdoc will work in ESHPM’s growing Global Health Theme chaired by Professor Matthias Rieger. The postdoc will also develop research together with Professor Owen O’Donnell and other faculty members in the field of global health economics.

ESHPM’s Global Health Theme covers the behavioral and socio-economic determinants of health as well as international health care systems. The postdoc will join researchers in our team working on shifting disease burdens and the growing importance of non-communicable diseases, economic determinants of health and nutrition across the globe, influencing health and nutrition behaviors, as well as health inequalities within and between countries. We are working closely with partners in South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The postdoc trained in economics or related fields will be partly embedded in ongoing projects around pressing global health challenges. The focus is on health or development economic research using causal, econometric techniques or RCTs on the demand or supply side of health in low-resource settings. The postdoc will work on impact evaluations of health policy changes or shocks at the local or national level or specific interventions targeted at vulnerable groups of patients and segments of the population (e.g. children, adolescents, families). While first topics and projects have been identified, there is also plenty of room to develop an independent research agenda and profile.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• To develop Operations Research models and algorithms to solve strategic timetabling problems.
• To iteratively develop, test and validate the Operations Research models and algorithms above.
• To show the results of these algorithms to railway practitioners in a demonstration.
• To publish the research findings in leading international academic journals.
• To contribute to project deliverables and project meetings of the MOTIONAL project.
• The research is embedded within the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, where you will be a member of the Operations Research subgroup. You will be co-supervised by dr. Twan Dollevoet and prof.dr. Dennis Huisman.

Joining us at RSMOpens external on this project, you help to investigate the role of employee resistance in shaping the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of DEI initiatives in the workplace, with a particular focus on covert forms of resistance, such as subtle non-compliance and sabotage. As our postdoc researcher in this area, you contribute to two key areas: (1) exploring how these indirect, often hidden acts of resistance can undermine the success of DEI initiatives; and (2) designing and testing interventions aimed at reducing or mitigating the emergence and negative impact of these kinds of resistance.

In global surveys, the majority of firms indicate that diversity is an important value or priority. Many organisations employ DEI initiatives that aim to enhance the representation and inclusion of traditionally underrepresented groups such as women and ethnic minorities. These initiatives, however, often struggle to achieve their intended goals and, in some cases, may even backfire, leading to unintended negative outcomes. This research will build upon these earlier perspectives and contribute to a deeper understanding of the (in)effectiveness of these initiatives as well as examine interventions.

Being our postdoc researcher, you become part of a team that includes Dr Seval GündemirOpens external (PI), Prof. Inga J. Hoever, Dr Rouven Kanitz, and PhD student Tianqi Peng, MSc.

The Erasmus School of Social & Behavioral Sciences (ESSB) is seeking a postdoc researcher to conduct a (approximately) 3-year research project on collaborative decision-making mechanisms for a safe, resilient and liveable Dutch Delta. The postdoc will conduct research in a collaborative research project in the NWO funding scheme. The overall project is called SSB-Δ Informed Decision-making for Storm Surge Barriers in a Liveable Delta.