Project Manager

At IXA-GO, we support researchers throughout the full lifecycle of their research — from securing funding to translating results into value for the market and society. IXA-GO brings together grant advisors, programme managers, business and impact developers, and other support professionals.

The Grants Office helps scientific staff apply for and manage European and Dutch research grants. To further professionalise our support for large, primarily EU-funded consortium projects, we are setting up a central Project Management Pool to support researchers and faculties with the project management of large European and national consortium projects. Most projects we manage have a consortium size of 7–12 partners and a total budget of €3.5M–€8M.

As Project Manager, you provide operational and administrative support to PIs, ensuring smooth delivery of complex, multi-partner projects. You join the Project Management Pool, working both independently and within a matrix team of project managers, programme managers, grants advisors, and project controllers, in close collaboration with the Pool's Coordinating Project Manager.

You work closely with coordinating PIs, who hold overall project responsibility. Your key task is to ensure projects deliver results and that risks are caught early. Funding sources vary — from national programmes like NWO Gravitation, KIC, and NWA-ORC to Horizon Europe instruments — each with its own rules. You maintain regular contact with funders' Project Officers to ensure accurate progress reporting and alignment on any project changes.

Specific responsibilities:

• manage administrative processes across multiple projects, ensuring timely reporting and compliance
• support PIs by leading operational, administrative, financial, and managerial coordination — freeing them to focus on the science
• liaise with consortium partners and funders' Project Officers on progress reporting
• provide logistical and administrative support for project and consortium meetings
• mitigate project risks for VU by monitoring implementation against funding and consortium agreements
• maximise use of the project budget, working closely with Project Control, Business Control, and department managers
• coordinate support from other domains — Legal, Finance, HR, Ethics, Business Development. You're the spider in the web

PhD Position in Early Modern Religious Debates and the Public Sphere

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the Low Countries many public religious debates were organized between, for example, Calvinists and Mennonites, or Catholics and Lutherans. Their written reports constitute an underexplored treasure of information about the religious dynamics following the Reformation and the development of a public sphere.

A PhD position is available within the NWO-funded project “In Search of the Truth, in Search of Adherents”. This interdisciplinary project investigates early modern religious debates in the Dutch language.

As a PhD candidate, you will investigate early modern religious debates using digital humanities methods and tools. You will analyse how participants drew on classical and ecclesiastical traditions, examining how different religious groups appropriated and used these traditions to support their arguments and distinguish themselves from their opponents. In addition to conducting your own research, you will contribute to the preparation of a critical edition of early modern Dutch-language debates. You will also help develop and refine methods and tools for producing digital critical editions, making them more effective and widely applicable.

You will work closely with a second PhD candidate in the project, whose research focuses on the rhetorical and argumentative strategies employed by participants in religious debates and the role of these debates in the emergence of a public sphere. Together, the two PhD projects will offer complementary perspectives on the practices, intellectual traditions, and wider cultural significance of early modern religious debate. This position offers an opportunity to work at the intersection of digital humanities and religious history, combining historical research with the development and application of digital methods. A full description of the project is available upon request.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct independent research and write a PhD dissertation, as well as academic articles.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange and public engagement activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of a critical edition of early modern Dutch-language religious debates.
• Help develop, refine, and improve methods and tools for producing digital critical editions.
• Contribute to the activities of the research group, research section, and department.
• Participate in relevant courses and training offered by the Graduate School and NOSTER.

PhD Position Early Modern Religious Debates and the Public Sphere

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the Low Countries many public religious debates were organized between, for example, Calvinists and Mennonites, or Catholics and Lutherans. Their written reports constitute an underexplored treasure of information about the religious dynamics following the Reformation and the development of a public sphere.

A PhD position is available within the NWO-funded project “In Search of the Truth, in Search of Adherents”. This interdisciplinary project investigates early modern religious debates in the Dutch language. As a PhD candidate you will examine whether, and to what extent, these debates contributed to the emergence of a public sphere and address questions such as: How did different groups use debate to distinguish themselves from one another and define their own positions within the religious landscape? What strategies did the participants employ in these debates? How did the role of the audience present at these debates change over time and what was expected of audience members? How and why were minutes of debates made public, and what was the effect of such published reports?

You will cooperate closely with another PhD candidate on the project, who uses digital humanities methods to investigate how participants in debates used and referred to sources. Together, the two PhD projects will offer complementary perspectives on the practices, intellectual traditions, and wider cultural significance of early modern religious debate. The PhD-project offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of the history of theology, media history and intellectual history. A full description of the project is available upon request.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Write a PhD dissertation and academic articles.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange and research outreach activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of a critical edition of early modern Dutch-language debates.
• Contribute to the research group, the research section and the department.
• Participate in courses offered by the Graduate School and NOSTER.

Postdoc in Geometric and Combinatorial Topology

The Department of Mathematics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam welcomes applications for a two-year Postdoctoral position in geometric and combinatorial topology. Preference will be given to candidates whose research connects with ongoing work at the Center for Topology, Algebra, and their Applications, in particular low-dimensional objects such as embedded graphs, knots and braids, manifolds, relationships between these objects such as bordisms, associated algebraic structures including cluster algebras, as well as applications of these. We are an inclusive, interdisciplinary group, and diversity and internationalism is at the heart of our research principles, as well as our teaching practice.

The preferred starting date is 1 September 2027.

Applications from all groups currently under-represented in academic posts are especially encouraged. We particularly welcome applications from women and people with an ethnic minority background.

Your duties

• conducting research in the area of geometric and combinatorial topology, in collaboration with members of CTA^2 (85%)
• contributing to the teaching portfolio of the Department of Mathematics (15%)

Assistant Professor in Dynamical Systems

We are seeking a new colleague who is passionate about scientific research and education. Our department is looking for a mathematician with a proven expertise in the broad area of Dynamical Systems. This may include, but is not restricted to, evolution equations, variational methods, pattern formation, rigorous numerics, random and stochastic dynamics, ergodic theory, computational methods and data-driven approaches, and their applications in neuroscience, mathematical biology, climate science, and networks. We are an inclusive, interdisciplinary group, and diversity and internationalism is at the heart of our research principles, as well as our teaching practice.

The preferred starting date is 1 September 2027 or earlier.

Applications from all groups currently under-represented in academic posts are especially encouraged. We particularly welcome applications from women and people with an ethnic minority background.

Your duties

• you develop an independent research line in Dynamical Systems
• you contribute to the teaching portfolio of the department, at both the undergraduate and graduate level
• you show academic leadership, nationally and internationally
• you participate in departmental activities and tasks, including writing grant proposals