Education Support Food Quality and Design

Are you excited about food technology and education? Do you get energized from organizing courses and practicals? Do you like to support your colleagues and students? You might be the new education support we are looking for!

We are looking for an education support colleague for the department of Food Quality and Design (FQD) at Wageningen University. Your job will be to assist staff members in all sorts of activities related to FQD including: teaching FQD courses, supervising thesis students, and developing brand new and updating existing education material. In addition, you will support the internship team with contacting internship providers, sharing internship vacancies and answering internship-related questions.

Within this job you will have a variety of responsibilities, in which you can develop yourself on the spot. To be eligible, you should have a natural interest in education (development) and have a background in Food Science. Familiarity with Wageningen education is a plus, but candidates with a similar background are also invited to apply. You will preferably be available from August 2026, when the new academic year starts.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• assisting in courses: courses coordination, organizing and supporting practical, supervising group work editing the Brightspace, organizing the examinations and communicating with the students;
• supporting the internship team: communication with students and companies and matching WUR supervisors with internship topics;
• developing and updating education materials;
• supervising BSc and MSc thesis students;
• reading reports and giving feedback.

Your team
You will work at Food Quality and Design group, which is a large multidisciplinary and international chair group. The vision of the group is that health, sustainability, and quality aspects of food products are fundamental "to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life", i.e. the mission of Wageningen University and Research. The objectives of FQD are to develop new scientific knowledge on food design and quality management and to train future generations for positions at the boundary between food technology and other disciplines.

You will work here
You will work in a team that supports the educational activity of FQD . We are looking for a team player who is motivated to advance the quality of the group’s education.

Lab technician Food Quality & Design

Are you a pro-active lab technician with a passion for education and a background in food sciences? Do you want to share your knowledge and skills with our students? Join our chair group’s laboratory support team.

We are looking for a lab technician with a passion for education at the Food Quality and Design (FQD) group. The Food Quality & Design group is involved in approx. 50 BSc and MSc courses, many of which have lab practicals. Next to that, many of the BSc and MSc Food Technology students work in the FQD labs as part of their thesis research. In this role, you would be responsible for the proper operation of the lab for both courses and thesis research.

It is a perfect job for a someone with experience with diverse food analyses, who is willing to develop oneself within a dynamic educational environment. In this role, you will have a variety of responsibilities contributing to the areas of education, laboratory (including health & safety), quality assurance, instrument maintenance and development of analytical protocols. To be eligible, you should have a natural interest in education and have a background in food science or a related field. Familiarity with Wageningen University education is a plus, but candidates with a similar background are also invited to apply. You will preferably be available from August 2026, when the new academic year starts.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• preparation and execution of laboratory practicals as part of the chair group’s BSc and MSc courses;
• support the collective efforts of the FQD lab technician team in implementing Good Laboratory Practices for education and research projects;
• duties of a Health and Safety officer at the FQD laboratories;
• monitoring and ensuring equipment performance together with providing technique-specific training to lab users;
• contribute to the continuous improvement of FQD analytical protocols and laboratory housekeeping.

Your team
You will work in the lab technician team of FQD, with 8 colleagues who have different roles in analytical and educational support of the chair group.

You will work here
You will work at Food Quality and Design group (FQD), which is a large multidisciplinary chair group. The vision of the group is that health, sustainability, and quality aspects of food products are fundamental "to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life", i.e. the mission of Wageningen University and Research. The objectives of FQD are to develop new scientific knowledge on food design and quality management and to train future generations for positions at the boundary between food technology and other disciplines. We are looking for a team player who is motivated to advance the quality of the group’s laboratory and education support.

Assistant Professor in Political Science, Specialization in Public Policy and Governance

Do you work on collaborative governance or digital transformation?
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) position in Political Science with a specialization in public policy. We are particularly interested:

• either in candidates with a research focus on the practices and politics of collaborative governance;
• or in candidates who could help to produce theoretically and empirically informed work that advances our understanding of how digital tools (i.e algorithmic decision-making, data infrastructures, AI, et cetera.) transform the practices and politics of governance processes.

In addition, candidates require academic teaching experience in core public policy literature, so that they contribute to our international, diverse, and broad political science (under-)graduate programmes within the College and Graduate School Social Sciences.

What are you going to do?
The core tasks of the successful candidate will be teaching (0.6 fte) and research (0.4 fte). You will occasionally fulfil organizational tasks and committee work in the wider context of the Department of Political Science.

You are asked to teach introductory and advanced courses in public policy and governance in the BA and MA programmes of the Department of Political Science. Occasionally, you can also teach courses that are part of the core curriculum of the BA program. You can also be asked to teach in an interdisciplinary BA or (Res)MA-programme associated with the Department of Political Science.

For research we are interested in candidates who can offer innovative theoretical and empirical contributions to literatures on collaborative governance, or digital transformations of governance, with a focus on the practices and/or politics of these processes. Your research will be affiliated with the Programme Group ‘Transnational Configurations, Conflict, and Governance’ (TCCG), housed in the Department of Political Science and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). For more information on the group and its interests, please consult https://aissr.uva.nl/content/research-groups/transnational-configurations-conflict-and-governance/transnational-configurations-conflict-and-governance.html. You will actively contribute to the development of the research programme of TCCG by publishing in international scholarly journals or books, by co-supervising junior researchers, and by submitting grant applications. The Department of Political Science appreciates scholarly outreach to professionals and the wider public.

Core tasks

• Teaching general and specialist courses in public policy and governance at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and involvement in post-graduate supervision;
• Developing, conducting, and supervising high quality academic research on the topics mentioned above;
• (Participating in) acquiring external research funding;
• Contributing to the research programme of the Programme Group TCCG and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research through scholarly publications and engagement in local, national, and international networks.

What do you have to offer?

• A completed doctoral thesis in Political Science – specifically in public policy – or a closely related field such as Public Administration or Sociology;
• Substantial academic teaching experience on a breadth of topics within the discipline / scope of the profile and on a variety of teaching formats such as lectures, seminars, and supervision, including (partially) independently designed courses;
• Well-developed teaching and didactic vision showing demonstrated capacity to inspire and activate students, encourage in-class interaction, address contemporary classroom issues such as AI, sensitive or topical issues, and foster bridges between academia and society;
• The ability to work both as an independent professional and as a team player with a commitment to diversity and inclusion;
• A demonstrated expertise in the field of public policy and governance;
• Connections to practitioners/policy-makers to the benefit of teaching and research;
• An ongoing research programme and publications, focused on international peer reviewed journals and/or books published by internationally recognised academic presses;
• Mastery of social science research methods appropriate for your research agenda;
• The ability to develop and submit competitive research grant proposals;
• Solid knowledge of the canon and contemporary literature related to public policy and governance;
• Affinity with teaching students from other tracks within political science, and from interdisciplinary programmes, within and beyond your own specialization;
• A capacity to teach in English and/or Dutch, and a willingness to acquire passive knowledge of Dutch within three years;
• The basic qualification at Dutch universities in higher education (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs; BKO) certificate, or a willingness to acquire such.

What else do we offer you?
A challenging disciplinary and interdisciplinary work environment with a variety of duties and ample scope for individual initiative and development within an inspiring organisation. To work at the University of Amsterdam is to work in a discerning, independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

We offer a temporary full-time contract (38 hours per week) of 18 months with a probationary period of two months. If the employee performs well and continues in the same job, an employment contract for an indefinite period will follow. However, urgent financial and/or organisational reasons may be reason not to continue the employment contract. Preferred starting date is 1 January 2027.

Salary depends on past education and relevant work experience. For this position the University Job Classification profile Universitair Docent (UD2, or UD1) applies, with a minimum salary of € 4,728 and a maximum salary of € 7,297 gross per month based on full-time employment for a 38-hour working week, , in keeping with salary scale 11 or 12, as per the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and a year-end bonus. Applicants from abroad can be eligible for the 30% tax incentive scheme over a period of five years. Parental leave is standard for 16 weeks. Because we value your continued personal development and professionalisation, we also offer excellent opportunities for study and development.

On top of these renumerations, we offer you a position in which initiative and input are highly valued, an enthusiastic and warm team that is open to new colleagues, and an inspiring academic and international working environment in the heart of Amsterdam.

In this department, you will work
The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 39,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds. The social and behavioural sciences play a leading role in addressing the major societal challenges faced by the world, the Netherlands and Amsterdam, now and in the future.

The Department of Political Science is a large department, part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). The Department of Political Science strives for thematic breadth and methodological and epistemological pluralism. Teaching is offered both in English and in Dutch, in BA- and (Res)MA-programmes that offer options for thematic and methodological specialization. Research is integrated in the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research. The AISSR is one of the largest and most prolific social science research institutes in Europe. It offers ample opportunities for collaboration and exchange with scholars from other fields of political science, as well as the other social sciences.

We strive for excellence in a caring institute. We wish to reflect society in all aspects, as we believe that this improves the dynamics in our organization. Therefore, we support and understand the need for a work/life/family balance and consequently varying working hours and places. We believe that doing good science is fun, and goes hand in hand with an ambitious yet friendly culture.

Assistant Professor in Political Science, Specialization in International Relations

Do you work on critical approaches to militarism, war, and technology?
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) position in Political Science with a specialization in critical approaches to international relations and conflict. We are particularly interested in candidates with a research focus on the interrelation between state and non-state actors, such as corporations and commercial actors.

In addition, candidates require academic teaching experience in introductory and advanced courses in international relations, and ideally (qualitative) political science methods so that they can contribute to our international, diverse, and broad political science (under-)graduate programmes within the College and Graduate School Social Sciences.

What are you going to do?
The core tasks of the successful candidate will be teaching (0.6 fte) and research (0.4 fte). You will occasionally fulfil organizational tasks and committee work in the wider context of the Department of Political Science.

You are asked to teach introductory and advanced courses in international relations and conflict in the BA and MA programmes of the Department of Political Science. Occasionally, you may also teach courses that are part of the core curriculum of the BA program. You may also be asked to teach in an interdisciplinary BA or (Res)MA-programme associated with the Department of Political Science.

For research we are interested in candidates who can offer innovative and critical theoretical and empirical contributions to literatures and debates on the intersections of militarism, war, and technology, the changing nature of conflict, emergent political orders, and relations between state and non-state actors such as corporations. Your research will be affiliated with the Programme Group ‘Transnational Configurations, Conflict, and Governance’ (TCCG), housed in the Department of Political Science and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). For more information on the group and its interests, please consult https://aissr.uva.nl/content/research-groups/transnational-configurations-conflict-and-governance/transnational-configurations-conflict-and-governance.html. You will actively contribute to the development of the research programme of TCCG by publishing in international scholarly journals or books, by co-supervising junior researchers, and by submitting grant applications. The Department of Political Sciences appreciates scholarly outreach to professionals and the wider public.

Core tasks

• Teaching general and specialist courses in international relations and conflict at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and involvement in post-graduate supervision;
• Developing, conducting, and supervising high quality academic research on the topics mentioned above;
• (Participating in) acquiring external research funding;
• Contributing to the research programme of the Programme Group TCCG and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research through scholarly publications and engagement in local, national, and international networks.

What do you have to offer?

• A completed doctoral thesis in Political Science with demonstrated expertise in the field of international relations;
• Substantial academic teaching experience on a breadth of topics within the discipline / scope of the profile and on a variety of teaching formats such as lectures, seminars, and supervision, including (partially) independently designed courses;
• Well-developed teaching and didactic vision showing demonstrated capacity to inspire and activate students, encourage in-class interaction, address contemporary classroom issues such as AI, sensitive or topical issues, and foster bridges between academia and society;
• The ability to work both as an independent professional and as a team player with a commitment to diversity and inclusion;
• Affinity with teaching students from other tracks within political science, and from interdisciplinary programmes, within and beyond your own specialization;
• An ongoing research programme and publications, focused on international peer reviewed journals and/or books published by internationally recognised academic presses;
• The ability to develop and submit competitive research grant proposals;
• A capacity to teach in English and/or Dutch, and a willingness to acquire passive knowledge of Dutch within three years;
• The basic qualification at Dutch universities in higher education (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs; BKO) certificate, or a willingness to acquire such.

What else do we offer you?
A challenging disciplinary and interdisciplinary work environment with a variety of duties and ample scope for individual initiative and development within an inspiring organisation. To work at the University of Amsterdam is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

We offer a temporary full-time contract (38 hours per week) of 18 months with a probationary period of two months. If the employee performs well and continues in the same job, an employment contract for an indefinite period will follow. However, urgent financial and/or organisational reasons may be reason not to continue the employment contract. Preferred starting date is 1 January 2027.

Salary depends on past education and relevant work experience. For this position the University Job Classification profile Universitair Docent (UD 2, or UD1) applies, with a minimum salary of € 4,728 and a maximum salary of € 7,297 gross per month based on full-time employment for a 38-hour working week, in keeping with salary scale 11 or 12, as per the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and a year-end bonus. Applicants from abroad may be eligible for the 30% tax incentive scheme over a period of five years. Parental leave is standard for 16 weeks. Because we value your continued personal development and professionalisation, we also offer excellent opportunities for study and development.

On top of these renumerations, we offer you a position in which initiative and input are highly valued, an enthusiastic and warm team that is open to new colleagues, and an inspiring academic and international working environment in the heart of Amsterdam.

In this department, you will work
The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 39,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds. The social and behavioural sciences play a leading role in addressing the major societal challenges faced by the world, the Netherlands and Amsterdam, now and in the future.

The Department of Political Science is a large department, part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). The Department of Political Science strives for thematic breadth and methodological and epistemological pluralism. Teaching is offered both in English and in Dutch, in BA- and (Res)MA-programmes that offer options for thematic and methodological specialization. Research is integrated in the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research. The AISSR is one of the largest and most prolific social science research institutes in Europe. It offers ample opportunities for collaboration and exchange with scholars from other fields of political science, as well as the other social sciences.

We strive for excellence in a caring institute. We wish to reflect society in all aspects, as we believe that this improves the dynamics in our organization. Therefore, we support and understand the need for a work/life/family balance and consequently varying working hours and places. We believe that doing good science is fun and goes hand in hand with an ambitious yet friendly culture.

PhD on Emulation framework for self-aware neuromorphic system-on-chip architectures

As part of the REACT Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network initiative, we are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our research group working on next-generation neuromorphic computing systems. Inspired by the computational principles of the human brain, neuromorphic systems promise ultra-low-power intelligent processing through event-driven computation, on-chip learning, and compute-in-memory (CiM) paradigms that significantly reduce data movement between memory and processing units. However, evaluating such architectures at system scale remains a major challenge due to the limitations of conventional software simulation and existing device-level emulation platforms.

This PhD project will develop an advanced emulation framework, potentially FPGA-accelerated, for self-aware neuromorphic system-on-chip (SoC) architectures, enabling fast and accurate exploration of emerging hardware and learning paradigms. The framework will support rapid prototyping, automated design-space exploration, and cross-technology benchmarking, providing new insights into the co-design of learning algorithms, memory technologies, and neuromorphic hardware architectures for future edge-intelligent systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on energy-efficient CiM-based architectures, adaptive processing mechanisms, and secure AI acceleration for next-generation embedded and edge platforms.

Research objectives:

• Develop FPGA-based emulation and prototyping frameworks to accelerate the design-space exploration of neuromorphic SoC architectures leveraging emerging compute-in-memory (CiM) paradigms.
• Design energy-efficient, adaptive, and scalable neuromorphic SoC architectures integrating CiM technologies.
• Investigate security mechanisms for neuromorphic and AI accelerators, including side-channel resistance and secure on-chip learning.
• Implement, validate, and benchmark architectures using simulation environments and hardware prototypes.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary research teams spanning artificial intelligence, circuit design, computer architecture, and embedded systems engineering.