Technisch coördinator Lili’s Proto Lab

Lili’s Proto Lab is een veelzijdig uitgeruste makerspace met onder meer 3D-printers, lasersnijders en CNC-routers. Aangrenzend bevindt zich een professionele werkplaats van ruim 3.000 m² met hightech machines zoals draadvonken, vonkverspanen en 5-assig frezen.

Als technisch coördinator werk je samen met instrumentmakers, de LPL-manager, community manager en student-assistenten aan uiteenlopende projecten voor onderwijs en onderzoek. Studenten, onderzoekers en medewerkers uit verschillende disciplines ontwikkelen hier prototypes waarvoor jij ondersteuning, advies en begeleiding biedt. Geen dag is hetzelfde: de ene keer help je een student met een eerste prototype, de volgende keer werk je samen met onderzoekers aan een complexe technische oplossing of verzorg je een workshop. Dankzij de nauwe samenwerking met de afdeling Instrumentatie kun je gebruikmaken van specialistische kennis, geavanceerde apparatuur en uitgebreide productiefaciliteiten.

Daarnaast draag je bij aan de verdere professionalisering van het LPL. Je optimaliseert werkprocessen, denkt mee over de doorontwikkeling van faciliteiten en apparatuur en helpt projectresultaten toegankelijk te maken, in het kader van kennisdeling en het stimuleren van Open Science projecten in Lili’s Proto Lab.

Jouw kerntaken:

• Je denkt mee, adviseert en co-creëert bij de ontwikkeling en realisatie van innovatieve projecten en prototypes.
• Je begeleidt studenten, onderzoekers en medewerkers bij het ontwerpen, ontwikkelen en realiseren van technische oplossingen.
• Je verzorgt workshops en trainingen in fabricagevaardigheden, zoals 3D-ontwerp, 3D-printen, solderen en het werken met microcontrollers.
• Je deelt jouw technische kennis en ondersteunt gebruikers bij het veilig en effectief werken met zowel conventionele als digitale fabricagetechnieken en apparatuur.
• Je beheert de makerspace, inclusief materialen, outreach, apparatuur, onderhoud, kalibratie, bestellingen en een veilige werkomgeving.
• Je verbindt gebruikers, experts en de afdeling Instrumentatie en signaleert wanneer specialistische ondersteuning nodig is.

Kortom: een veelzijdige rol in een technische omgeving waar je de ruimte krijgt om te leren, anderen te begeleiden, maatwerkoplossingen te ontwikkelen en te werken met een breed scala aan hoogwaardige machines en technieken.

Full Professor Banking & Finance

The main goal of the Chair in Banking and Finance is to further advance research (aligned with the relevant UU strategic themes, mainly “Institutions for Open Societies” and/or “Pathways to Sustainability”), and education in the relevant fields of expertise. Apart from their own research, we expect the Chair to play a stimulating role in the USE research community; to promote a research environment in line with USE’s aims for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion; and to attract external research funding through grants and/or consulting. Additional duties include supervision of PhD Candidates and mentoring of (Post-Doctoral) researchers resulting in state-of-the-art PhD-manuscripts and publications, and the transfer of knowledge to society by organizing events (such as conferences and workshops). Teaching of the chair will connect the field with other relevant disciplines, in line with U.S.E.’s Real World Perspective. Cooperation with other USE sections and other departments and faculties within UU in teaching and research is strongly encouraged. The tasks and responsibilities of the Chair will include:

• Performing and encouraging scientific research in the field of Banking and Finance;
• Supervision of PhD students and post-Doctoral researchers;
• Participating in education in the U.S.E. Bachelor and Master programs, as well as executive education;
• Leadership in contributing to the research and teaching climate, including stimulating and supervising multidisciplinary research and teaching;
• Contributing to the financial sustainability of U.S.E., including active participation in external fundraising.

Full Professor Banking & Finance

The main goal of the Chair in Banking and Finance is to further advance research (aligned with the relevant UU strategic themes, mainly “Institutions for Open Societies” and/or “Pathways to Sustainability”), and education in the relevant fields of expertise. Apart from their own research, we expect the Chair to play a stimulating role in the USE research community; to promote a research environment in line with USE’s aims for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion; and to attract external research funding through grants and/or consulting. Additional duties include supervision of PhD Candidates and mentoring of (Post-Doctoral) researchers resulting in state-of-the-art PhD-manuscripts and publications, and the transfer of knowledge to society by organizing events (such as conferences and workshops). Teaching of the chair will connect the field with other relevant disciplines, in line with U.S.E.’s Real World Perspective. Cooperation with other USE sections and other departments and faculties within UU in teaching and research is strongly encouraged. The tasks and responsibilities of the Chair will include:

• Performing and encouraging scientific research in the field of Banking and Finance;
• Supervision of PhD students and post-Doctoral researchers;
• Participating in education in the U.S.E. Bachelor and Master programs, as well as executive education;
• Leadership in contributing to the research and teaching climate, including stimulating and supervising multidisciplinary research and teaching;
• Contributing to the financial sustainability of U.S.E., including active participation in external fundraising.

Postdoc: AI-driven Urban (Re)Design for Health

At Utrecht University, you will be part of the transdisciplinary ELEVATE project: Healthy living environments create healthy physical activity-related habits. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will lead the development of an innovative AI-enabled recommender system for urban (re)design. The system will combine street-view imagery (SVIs), geospatial data, mobility data, and qualitative insights to generate evidence-based recommendations for policymakers, planners, and researchers to create healthier urban environments. You will work closely with a transdisciplinary team, including social and industrial partners.

Your main responsibilities include:

• developing an AI-powered recommender system for healthy urban (re)design;
• integrating multi-source datasets, including street-view imagery, GIS data, smartphone mobility data, and qualitative insights;
• applying and adapting state-of-the-art foundational AI and machine learning models (e.g., multimodal AI, large language/world models) with specific finetuning for ELEVATE;
• designing geographically context-sensitive urban design recommendations that promote active mobility (e.g., walking, cycling) related physical activity;
• finetuning, evaluating, and improving model performance using local data and ensuring explainability, fairness, and robustness of the model outputs;
• collaborating with municipalities, urban planners, designers, and residents in model co-creation and validation workshops;
• contributing to the development of an interactive, publicly accessible web interface (e.g., with a chat facility) for the recommender system;
• publishing high-quality scientific articles in international journals;
• presenting findings at conferences and stakeholder events;
• contributing to the supervision of MSc students and collaborating within the broader ELEVATE consortium.

PhD Position in Generative AI in Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

You will be on the frontline of using and implementing GenAI in the cyclic HTA approach to medicines. Possible work topics include:

• Mapping current and anticipated use of GenAI across the HTA lifecycle of medicines. This may include horizon scanning and early dialogue through initial assessment, real-world evidence generation and reassessment. You will focus on how international HTA bodies anticipate it will shape their activities in the coming years.
• Assessing the extent to which GenAI tools can reliably extract, harmonise, and analyse information from national and EU HTA reports, and identifying the conditions required to scale this across jurisdictions.
• Developing how GenAI can may link the methodological needs of HTA bodies to existing and newly developed methods, in a system that is useful in practice.
• Examining how health technology developers are using GenAI in the preparation of national and EU HTA submissions, and what this implies for how HTA bodies assess GenAI-supported submissions.

To study these questions, you will use a variety of methods, including comparative document analyses, quantitative descriptive and association studies, complex systems analyses, automated extraction data analysis and methods-needs matching

Your PhD position is part of the Academic Research Network HTA, a collaboration between the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland (ZIN)), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Utrecht University (UU). The Network aims to bridge HTA research and policy by supporting specific HTA research projects closely linked to policy questions. You will work closely with other PhDs in this network and interact regularly with the HTA policy officers at ZIN. Your work will also involve close collaboration with academic experts from UU and (inter)national experts in generative AI in healthcare. Finally, you will be expected to contribute to HTA teaching for bachelor and master students.