Assistant Professor Business Information Systems

We are looking for a scholar who is passionate about impact-driven research & teaching. They are able to demonstrably bridge enterprise architecture and digital strategy. Your work focuses on how organizations align strategic goals with enterprise-wide digital and architectural decisions, and how these decisions shape organizational agility, innovation, and long-term value creation.

Your research addresses topics such as the strategic design and evolution of enterprise architectures, digital platforms, and operating models; business–IT alignment; and the governance of digital transformation initiatives. You study how architectural choices enable or constrain strategic change, business model innovation, and collaboration in digital ecosystems.

You have an expertise in linking strategy to enterprise architecture, including areas such as enterprise architecture management, digital transformation, platform and ecosystem strategies, IT governance, and capability-based planning. You are familiar with both quantitative approaches (e.g., architecture- or strategy-based analysis, empirical studies of digital investment outcomes) and qualitative approaches (e.g., case studies, design science, or socio-technical analyses of strategic change).

Responsibilities

You contribute to research, teaching, and knowledge valorization. You will

• carry out high-tech business research, with a genuine interest in operating at crossroads of different subject areas;
• improve your home-based specific expertise and develop an interdisciplinary research line;
• contribute to our research and teaching ecosystem (e.g., by acquiring external research and innovation funding);
• (co-)teach and coordinate courses in our Bachelor and Master programs of Business & IT and International Business Administration;
• guide students from these programs in their graduation assignments;
• contribute to the supervision of PhD students.

Technical Specialist (Biobased) Plastics Processing

Do you enjoy working with advanced machinery that you also set up and keep operational yourself? Do you have experience in plastics processing, for example with extruders? Or would you like to learn this and do you have a solid technical foundation? Would you like to use your skills in research on the processing of (bio-)plastics, while also contributing to a sustainable future? Then we are looking for you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic Technical Specialist (Biobased) Plastics Processing to strengthen the execution of our projects in the field of (biobased) plastics processing.

What will you do?

• processing new biobased and/or biodegradable materials on a small scale in the laboratory and pilot plant into semi-finished or final products;
• keeping equipment operational and managing it, including troubleshooting (minor) malfunctions;
• building and configuring equipment with the correct setup for the experiments to be carried out;
• performing experiments under the guidance of a project leader;
• internally reporting research results to the project leader, for example through a report or presentation.

The research you will be involved in takes place in changing project teams consisting of a project leader and one or more researchers. You will work on various projects together with colleagues. Because innovative research is our core business, you can expect highly varied work in which your knowledge and creativity are continuously challenged.

What do we do?
Within our research group Sustainable Chemistry & Technology, we conduct cutting-edge applied scientific research that helps bring the circular economy and a fossil-free, CO₂-neutral future closer. In addition to recycling existing (mostly petroleum-based) plastics, we also work on developing a new generation of biobased plastics. These plastics are not made from fossil raw materials (such as crude oil), but are produced from renewable resources such as lactic acid or starch. Where possible, these plastics are also biodegradable. We investigate the processing of these plastics using techniques such as compounding, extrusion, injection molding, and film blowing. We conduct this research in close collaboration with our clients, testing the developed processes on-site. Innovations we develop together typically reach the market quickly.

Technical Specialist (Biobased) Plastics Processing

Werk jij graag met geavanceerde machines, die je zelf ook afstelt en operationeel houdt? Heb jij ervaring met de verwerking van kunststoffen, bijvoorbeeld met extruders? Zou je dit anders graag willen leren én heb je een goede technische basis? Wil jij je vaardigheden inzetten voor onderzoek naar de verwerking van (bio-)plastics, waarmee je ook nog eens bijdraagt aan een duurzame toekomst? Dan zijn wij op zoek naar jou! Wij zoeken een enthousiaste Technisch Specialist (biobased) Kunststofverwerking die de uitvoering van onze projecten op het gebied van (biobased) kunststofverwerking komt versterken.

Wat ga je doen?

• het op kleine schaal in het lab en in de proeffabriek verwerken van nieuwe biobased en/of biologisch afbreekbare materialen tot een halffabrikaat of eindproduct;
• het operationeel houden en beheren van apparatuur, inclusief het oplossen van (kleinere) storingen;
• het opbouwen van apparatuur met de juiste configuratie voor de uit te voeren experimenten;
• het uitvoeren van experimenten, onder aansturing van een projectleider;
• het intern rapporteren van de onderzoeksresultaten aan de projectleider, b.v. via een verslag of presentatie.

Het onderzoek waar je bij betrokken wordt, vindt plaats in wisselende projectteams die bestaan uit een projectleider en één of meer onderzoekers. Je wordt ingezet op verschillende projecten, waar je samen met collega’s aan werkt. Omdat vernieuwend onderzoek ons product is, kun je bij ons rekenen op zeer afwisselend werk waar jouw kennis en creativiteit constant uitgedaagd worden.

Wat doen wij?
Binnen onze onderzoeksgroep Sustainable Chemistry & Technology doen we grensverleggend toegepast wetenschappelijk onderzoek waarmee we de circulaire economie en een fossielvrije, CO2-neutrale toekomst dichterbij brengen. Naast recycling van de huidige (meestal aardolie-gebaseerde) plastics werken wij ook aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe generatie biobased plastics. Deze worden niet van fossiele grondstoffen (zoals aardolie) gemaakt, maar vanuit hernieuwbare grondstoffen zoals melkzuur of zetmeel geproduceerd. Waar mogelijk zijn deze plastics bovendien biologisch afbreekbaar. We onderzoeken de verwerking van deze plastics met technieken zoals compounderen, extrusie, spuitgieten en filmblazen. Wij doen dit onderzoek in nauwe samenwerking met onze klanten, waarbij we de ontwikkelde processen ook op locatie testen. Innovaties die we samen realiseren komen doorgaans snel op de markt.

PhD position Development of AI Tools for optimization of breeding programs

Wageningen University & Research’s Animal Sciences Group (ASG) is launching a new investment programme centred on the digital transformation of the animal sciences. The programme initiative aims to further strengthen knowledge and methods in data-driven research, data science and artificial intelligence (AI). Seven PhD tracks form the core of the programme and will be carried out jointly by Wageningen BioVeterinary Research (WBVR), Wageningen Livestock Research (WLR) and Wageningen Marine Research (WMR), in close collaboration with the graduate school WIAS and Wageningen University.

The PhDs work under a single theme: “Digital Biology – Integrating Behaviour, Health and Biodiversity in Animal Science”.

The ‘Digital Biology’ programme focuses on developing and applying digital technologies (AI, sensors, modelling, data fusion) to better understand and predict the behaviour, health, biodiversity of animals and improve breeding program design.

Together, the PhD candidates strive for a better understanding of digital solution in animal science and how behaviour, genetic predisposition, pathogens, health and environmental stimuli jointly determine how animals function, adapt and contribute to ecosystems, and how this knowledge informs breeding program design and optimization.

You will work here
The research is embedded within the chair Animal Breeding and Genomics, and member of the Wageningen Livestock Research team led by Prof. Roel Veerkamp. You will be co-supervised by Dr. Torsten Pook (WUR-ABG), Prof. Dr. Roel Veerkamp (WUR-ABG), Prof. Dr. Mario Calus (WUR-ABG). https://www.wur.nl/en/chair-groups/animal-breeding-and-genomics

PhD in T cell immunometabolism and immunotherapy

The project will combine:

• cellular and molecular immunology;
• metabolic profiling and functional assays;
• tumour models and immunotherapy approaches.