Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Engineering Design (Circular Engineering)

Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Engineering Design (Circular Engineering)

• Our goal: To educate the next generation of engineers through design, making, and sustainability-driven innovation.
• Your colleagues: A close-knit, interdisciplinary team of engineering educators and technical specialists working within the rapidly growing Faculty of Science and Engineering.

We are seeking a collegial, enthusiastic and hands-on academic to join our growing engineering education team as Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Engineering Design. Collaborating with the wider educational teams, as an education focussed academic you will play a central role in shaping and delivering education that integrates engineering design, prototyping, and fabrication skills within our skills and project-based curriculum areas. The position focuses on helping students translate ideas into functional prototypes — combining design, fabrication, electronics, programming, and embedded systems in creative and sustainable ways.

You will help design and deliver courses and learning experiences that strengthen students’ ability to design, build, test, and iterate across a range of tools and technologies. This includes leading and coordinating teaching in our design and fabrication spaces, supervising student design projects, and contributing to the continued development of our interdisciplinary “Design and Make” strand. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across engineering disciplines to strengthen the integration of design and making in the engineering programmes.

Depending on your profile, you will also have opportunities to contribute to applied research or educational innovation related to engineering design, prototyping, or fabrication-based learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, coordinate, and deliver education in engineering design, fabrication, and prototyping.
• Lead education with workshop tools and machines.
• Lead the academic aspects of operation and management of the engineering technical learning spaces in collaboration with the laboratory and workshops coordinator team to assure and enhance education quality.
• Supervise and coach students working on design and build projects in multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop and improve facilities and workflows in the engineering education spaces.
• Contribute to curriculum development and innovation within the “Design and Make” educational strand and associate courses within the BSc Circular Engineering and BSc Business Engineering programmes.
• Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to develop authentic, industry-linked design challenges.
• Engage in educational research and scholarship to further enhance student outcomes on the engineering programmes and more widely.

What you bring
It’s not about ticking boxes – it’s about who you are and what you bring. Do you recognise yourself in this?

• Educationally driven designer – You connect engineering design, prototyping and sustainability into powerful learning experiences.
• Hands-on educator – You enjoy teaching in workshops, labs and project spaces and guiding students through making and building.
• Collaborative team player – You thrive in interdisciplinary teams and actively seek connection with colleagues and partners.
• Coach and project supervisor – You support students working in multidisciplinary design teams and help them grow as engineers.
• Innovator in education – You contribute to curriculum development and continuously improve how we teach design and fabrication.
• Academic professional – You hold a PhD in Engineering, Industrial Design or a closely related field and have a strong affinity with engineering education.
• International communicator – You are comfortable working in an international environment and communicate fluently in English. For non-Dutch speakers: willingness to learn Dutch to at least B1 in a reasonable period (English is the working language).

PhD Candidate on Inequality Dynamics at the Department of Macro, International and Labour Economics

Recent academic literature and economic policy debates have seen an increasing focus on both economic inequality, and the link between health and economic outcomes. This project’s starting point is the idea that these two concepts are inherently linked and that in particular, by neglecting health and lifespans, we mismeasure a crucial aspect of inequality. Given that health, mortality, income and wealth are correlated, measuring inequality in terms of the income and assets of the current population and ignoring differences in health and lifespans could be leading to misleading results if the primary objective is to capture differences in lifetime welfare.

What you do
Depending on your skills and interests, the project could include:

• conceptualizing measures of inequality that take into account differences in health-related quality of life and mortality rates.
• empirically estimating historical health and lifespan adjusted inequality metrics, documenting how they have evolved over time.
• Identifying the causal relationship between health and economic inequality to decompose observed changes in inequality.

This project will be part of an ongoing research theme on Inequality Dynamics, which includes multiple active PhD projects. This focuses on understanding how past, contemporary and (expected) future environmental, political, and technological transformations differentially impact economic activity and well-being of firms, individuals, and societies. Particular focus lies on understanding these transformational processes – the dynamics – and on the heterogeneous paths through which adjustments take place, where inequality enters as either a determining feature or as an observable outcome of transitions.

The position also includes a teaching obligation equivalent to 0,2 FTE.

Are you ready to set the course for the years ahead? Then we’d love to meet you.

What you bring
We’re not looking for checkboxes; we’re interested in who you are and what you bring. Do you recognize yourself in this?

• You are highly motivated and have strong technical skills who have a proven interest in economic research.
• You completed a research master equivalent to 120 ECTS (MSc, MPhil or MRes) in Economics, Econometrics, Computational Social Science or a related field.
• You have excellent communication and writing skills in English.
• You are preferably able to start before 1 September 2026, or at the latest 1 September 2027.

Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)

Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)

• Our goal: At Maastricht University and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences we research and teach about the challenges of contemporary Europe in a globalizing world from an interdisciplinary perspective. The process of European integration since 1945 and questions of European democracy, governance, and foreign policy are central to our research agenda. Our researchers study the EU and Europeanisation, yet they also contribute to debates on European society, global order, and take an interest in transnational history.
• Your colleagues: You will become a member of the Department of Political Science of Maastricht University (https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/faculties/arts-and-social-sciences/departments/department-political-science) and will contribute to the Research Programme “Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order” (https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/fasos-research-institute/research-programmes/europe-society-politics-and-global-order). You will contribute to the research agenda of disinformation with other colleagues in the fields of political science, history, law, economics and psychology.

What you do
This position is embedded in the so-called Disinformation & Democracy sector plan, funded by the Dutch government, which brings together researchers across faculties at Maastricht University (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Psychology & Neuroscience, Business & Economics) to examine how disinformation shapes democratic processes, citizenship, and digital resilience. In addition to your own research agenda, you will play a central, facilitating, role in bringing all Maastricht researchers, working on disinformation, together.

Your responsibilities include:

• Conduct independent research relevant to disinformation and democracy under the umbrella of the sector plan, contributing to its goals and deliverables.
• Publish research in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals and present findings at international conferences and workshops.
• Contribute to seminars, public events, or policy-outreach activities (e.g., stakeholder workshops, policy briefs).
• Collaborate closely with other researchers in FASoS (politics and history) and partner faculties (Law, Psychology, Business & Economics).
• Facilitate the organization of cross-faculty and national collaboration as part of the sector plan. Participate in administrative and organizational tasks related to the sector plan (reporting, funding proposals, coordination).
• Contribute to the teaching in a variety of BA and MA programmes at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, such as the BA and MA programmes in European Studies and the BA programme in Digital Society, and supervise BA and MA theses.

Are you ready to set the course for the years ahead? Then we’d love to meet you.

What you bring
We’re not looking for checkboxes; we’re interested in who you are and what you bring. Do you recognize yourself in this?

• A PhD (or equivalent) in political science, computational social science, digital humanities, or a related social science or humanities discipline, with strong methodological skills (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed).
• A demonstrated research track record, including publications or working papers, ideally in fields such as (online) dis-/misinformation, democratic theory, political behaviour, political economy, political history, political psychology, political communication, or public policy in Europe.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and coordination skills — ability to manage projects, meet deadlines, and work within a collaborative research environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong communication skills, with experience in dissemination of research beyond academia (e.g., policy engagement, public events) is a plus.
• A demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, especially with legal and humanities scholars, psychologists, data scientists, or others engaged in the Disinformation & Democracy sector plan.

Junior researcher on data-driven public health at the Department of International Health

Junior researcher on data-driven public health at the Department of International Health

• Our goal: The project will examine how public health authorities collect, exchange, and use data for decision-making, and develop indicators to measure relevant technical and workforce capacities. The project will generate the first comparative evidence on how data use shapes local and regional public health policymaking in the context of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The results will inform EU and national strategies for strengthening data-driven public health.
• Your colleagues: We are looking for a junior researcher to support the research line on data-driven public health at the Department of International Health at Maastricht University.

What you do

• Conduct literature reviews on data use, interoperability, and health information systems.
• Organise and contribute to expert consultations (Delphi surveys, interviews, focus groups) and/or design and implement surveys of public health authorities across several EU countries.
• Contribute to academic publications, policy briefs, and conference presentations.

Are you ready to set the course for the years ahead? Then we’d love to meet you.

What you bring
We’re not looking for checkboxes; we’re interested in who you are and what you bring. Do you recognize yourself in this?

• MSc degree in public health, epidemiology, health policy, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct literature reviews.
• Skills in qualitative research methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, Delphi studies) and/or quantitative research methods (e.g., statistical analysis, survey design).
• An interest in EU health data governance, including the EHDS regulation, and health information systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong organisational skills, ability to work independently, and interest in interdisciplinary, international collaboration

Preferred skills and experience

• Previous experience working with or studying regional public health authorities or municipal health departments.
• Skills in stakeholder engagement (e.g., organising workshops, liaising with policymakers).
• Publication record or conference presentations in relevant fields.

Assistant Professor in European Political History since 1900

Assistant Professor in European Political History since 1900

• Our goal: We aim to strengthen our expertise in modern European political history and advance interdisciplinary research on democracy, European integration, and Europe’s place in the world.
• Your colleagues: You will join the Department of History and the Research Program Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). Our community brings together historians, political scientists, philosophers and memory scholars who explore Europe’s past and present through collaborative and comparative research.

What you do
You will contribute to the teaching in a variety of BA and MA programs at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, such as the BA programs in European Studies and Arts and Culture, the Research Master and the MA program in European Studies and in Arts and Culture. Teaching tasks include tutoring, coordinating, and lecturing courses as well as supervising internships and BA and MA theses. At the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, teaching and research duties follow the regular division of 60% teaching and management and 40% research. The research time can be extended through external fundraising.

What you bring
We’re not looking for checkboxes; we’re interested in who you are and what you bring. Do you recognize yourself in this?

• Expert in European political history. Your research focuses on the political history of Europe since 1900, including themes such as democratisation, European integration, international cooperation, colonialism or war and peace.
• Interdisciplinary thinker. You connect empirical historical research with wider theoretical and societal debates, and you enjoy working across disciplinary boundaries.
• Focus on transnational perspectives. A specific interest in Europeanisation and transnational perspectives is particularly welcome.
• Experienced researcher. You have an excellent record of international, peer-reviewed publications and are motivated to develop collaborative grant proposals.
• Engaged scholar. You actively share your insights beyond academia and contribute to public debates about Europe’s role in the world.
• Inspiring teacher. You have demonstrated experience in course coordination, teaching innovation, and thesis supervision. You encourage active student participation and value team teaching within our Problem-Based Learning (PBL) system.
• Collegial and community-minded. You contribute to our academic environment through openness, collaboration, and a willingness to take on shared responsibilities.
• Multilingual communicator. You are fluent in English (C2 level, written and spoken). Non-Dutch speakers are expected to acquire an intermediate level of Dutch within a reasonable timeframe.