08 Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

The University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands, invites applications for 08 fully funded Postdoctoral Fellowship positions across various departments and research groups. Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply before the respective deadlines.

Available Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions

(1) Postdoc in Extracellular Vesicles as Mediators of Gut-Microbiome Interactions in Parkinson’s Disease

• Research Group: Microbiome Engineering, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

• Funded by: Stichting ParkinsonFonds

• Deadline: November 1, 2025
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(2) Postdoc Position in Generative Information Retrieval

• Focus: Developing and leading research on Generative Information Retrieval (GenIR), a new retrieval paradigm using generative models.

• Deadline: October 6, 2025
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(3) Postdoc Position in Designing for Agency: Reducing Digital Overuse in Youth

• Focus: UX design patterns and digital well-being in adolescents.

• Includes authoring a systematic theoretical review and conducting experimental studies.

• Deadline: October 13, 2025
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(4) Postdoc in Confidentiality and Transparency of Regulated Digital Technologies in the EU

• Project: Artificial Secrecy? Taking Transparency in EU Digital and Data Regulation Seriously

• Research Area: EU digital law, transparency vs confidentiality frameworks.

• Deadline: October 18, 2025
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(5) Postdoc Position in Molecular and Material Design

• Collaboration between Dr. Alessandra Candian, Dr. Daniela Huppenkothen, and Prof. Wybren Jan Buma.

• Funded by the Molecular and Materials Design Program (MMD Hub), Faculty of Science.

• Deadline: October 11, 2025
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(6) Postdoc Positions in Experimental Soft Matter

• Research Group: Soft Matter, supervised by Prof. Daniel Bonn.

• Focus: Physical mechanisms in liquid sprays, emulsions, solid friction, with applications in pharma, food, agriculture, and semiconductors.

• Deadline: September 2, 2026
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(7) Postdoc Position in Trapped Ion Quantum Information

• Research Group: Hybrid Atom-Ion Quantum Systems Lab, part of the Quantum Gases and Quantum Information cluster.

• Focus: Quantum dynamics in trapped ions, quantum computing, and simulation technologies.

• Deadline: October 2, 2025
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(8) Postdoc Position on Estimation and Implications of Invisible Languages on the Internet

• Department: Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)

• Project: Invisible Languages – assessing prevalence of 7000+ human languages, co-developing community interventions, and LLM frameworks for under-resourced languages.

• Deadline: October 1, 2025
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About the University of Amsterdam

Founded in 1632, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is one of the largest and oldest public research universities in Europe. With over 31,000 students, 4,700 staff, and an annual budget of €600 million, UvA is ranked among the world’s top universities. It is organized into seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Science, Law, Medicine, and Dentistry.

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