Academic positions in Leiden | SciFind

Academic positions in Leiden

38 open positions, aggregated daily from university career portals across Europe.

The Netherlands has a compact but highly productive research system with 14 research universities — Leiden, Delft, Eindhoven, Utrecht and Amsterdam among the best-known. NWO (Dutch Research Council) funds most competitive grants. Academic salaries follow the CAO NU scale, and virtually all departments work in English. The country's flat structure and strong cycling culture make for a distinctive quality of life.

•Salary scale: CAO NU (scale 10–11 for postdocs, ~€3,200–4,500/month gross)
•Working language: English is standard across STEM
•Primary funder: NWO (Dutch Research Council)
•30% tax ruling available for international researchers

Leiden University

Postdoc

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe The Department of World Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, is looking for a temporary Postdoctoral Researcher to investigate prehistoric landscape connectivity and human movement across Europe using agent-based modelling. The project is part of the NWO-VICI project Neandertal Legacy, awarded to Prof. dr. M.A. Soressi, which investigates the contacts and interactions between Neanderthals and early modern humans in Late Pleistocene Europe through an interdisciplinary…

🇳🇱 Leiden

No deadlineSource: Leiden University

Leiden University

Administrative / Other

Afdelingshoofd

Ben je een ervaren en inspirerende leidinggevende met kennis van wetenschappelijke informatiedienstverlening? Ontwikkelingen zoals AI en Linked Data kunnen van grote invloed zijn op de afdeling. Heb je een visie op die ontwikkelingen en ervaring met ingrijpende (projectmatige) vernieuwing van processen en kan je medewerkers daarin uitdagen en meenemen? Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden heeft een prachtige baan voor je! Dit ga je doen Je geeft leiding aan de afdeling Metadatadiensten & Acquisitie (MDA); Je ontwikkelt een visie op de gevolgen van ontwikkelingen als AI en Linked Data; Je…

🇳🇱 Leiden

No deadlineSource: Leiden University

Leiden University

PhD

PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in South Africa

Teaser Text The The Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University is looking for an ambitious PhD-candidate to study the impacts of economization of seaweed as part of ‘blue economy’ strategies in South Africa. Research focuses on the impacts on coastal communities, considering that in South Africa colonial and apartheid legacies still influence patterns of access to coastal areas. You will work within the project ‘Entangled in seaweed: The politics of economizing nature in Scotland and South Africa’ funded by an NWO Open Competition…

🇳🇱 Leiden

No deadlineSource: Leiden University

View all 38 positions

Frequently asked questions

What is the 30% ruling for researchers in the Netherlands?+

The 30% ruling is a Dutch tax benefit for international knowledge workers, including academic researchers. It allows employers to pay 30% of the salary tax-free as a reimbursement for extraterritorial costs, effectively reducing the tax burden for up to five years.

What is the CAO NU salary scale?+

CAO NU (Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst Nederlandse Universiteiten) is the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities. Postdocs typically fall in scale 10–11 (€3,200–4,500 gross/month), while PhD candidates follow a separate four-year salary progression from roughly €2,770 to €3,540.

Academic positions in Leiden

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

Afdelingshoofd

PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in South Africa

Frequently asked questions

PhD candidate for the project "Modulation of inflammatory Dendritic cell subsets in atherosclerosis"

Surveillant Universiteit Leiden

PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

PhD Position (1 FTE) in the area of Belonging of European Muslims to the EU

Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in Scotland

Administratieve Office Assistant Leiden University College (LUC)

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

PhD candidate for the project "Modulation of inflammatory Dendritic cell subsets in atherosclerosis"

Postdoctoral Position: Youth, Digital Media, and Democracy in Education (1.0 FTE, 2 years)

PhD Position (Doctoral Candidate 10) in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ANA-KIN

PhD Position (Doctoral Candidate 10) in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ANA-KIN

PhD Position (1 FTE) in the area of Belonging of European Muslims to the EU

Kwartiermaker Quantum Games Lab (0,4 fte) - tijdelijke functie voor zes maanden

IT auditor

PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in Scotland

PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in South Africa

Postdoctoral Position: Youth, Digital Media, and Democracy in Education (1.0 FTE, 2 years)

Surveillant tentamens

University Lecturer in Art and Material Culture of South and Southeast Asia