training programme postdocs

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becoming postdoc job vacancies

With the Postdoc Training Programme you have the chance to develop your organizational and personal skills. We have created different modules for postdocs, such as Basic Project Management, Giving and Receiving Feedback in an International Context and Basic Management and Leadership skills.

Science, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Social and Behavioural Sciences

Law, Institute of Public Law, Europa Institute

Young academics often face uncertainties in their academic careers. It is for precisely this reason that Leiden postdocs recently united in a representative body. The Leiden University Postdoc Assembly (LUPA) wants to be a positive force for change, says Eduard Fosch-Villaronga.

Elisabeth Heijmans originally comes from French-speaking Belgium – ‘close and far at the same time’. She came to Leiden University for her Ph.D. in 2013, and consequently managed to get a postdoc position. In this role, she is part of a team of Ph.D. students, postdocs and supervisors, looking at historical…

Human resources

Organisation, Research

From a lovely blossoming garden in Barcelona, Eduard Fosch Villaronga is talking enthusiastically about his postdoc at Leiden University. Due to the corona lockdown, he is currently spending the 2020 summer at his mother’s place, but he is looking forward to returning to Leiden (and to the Dutch bit…

Dr. Alise Muok, originally from California, arrived in 2018 for her postdoc position in Leiden, at the Biology Institute. With a grant of the Dutch Cancer Institute (KWF), she is analyzing E. coli behavior in urine to determine the presence of a cancer marker, with her supervisor dr. Ariane Briegel.

Born in Hungary and moved to Austria, András Bárány grew up bi-lingual. It undoubtedly ignited his interest in languages. In Leiden, he now researches ditransitive constructions in over a hundred languages, this way taking another step in untangling some basics of human language.

Having a bachelor, master and Ph.D in chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological research for her postdoc. All of her studies she did at the University of Alcala, in Spain. Way back in medieval times, this city was the place of birth of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the world famous…

IT lawyer Eduard Fosch Villaronga wants to promote diversity and inclusiveness in AI research. And that's really important, because he has observed how artificial intelligence - from Twitter to walking robots - is prejudice in terms of race, gender and sexual orientation.

Human resources

Human resources

The organizations below represent the interests of postdocs within and outside Leiden University.

Working effectively

Career development

After obtaining their PhD, most of our graduates find a new position outside the University, for instance in the private sector or a civil society organisation. As you will not necessarily continue your career within the academic world, it is important to start thinking in good time about what you would…

training postdocs

Leiden University is one of the world's top universities in leading international rankings. As a postdoc, you will be working with internationally renowned researchers, often as part of a specific research project. As such, the University cultivates an attractive research climate with excellent facilities.…

Research

At some faculties, postdocs are required to take on teaching duties straight away; at other faculties, this isn’t always the case. If you would like to teach and you have time to do so, please contact your institute’s programme director. Leiden University also offers opportunities for you to follow…

Do you find it difficult to set boundaries? Maybe you suffer from work pressure? Would you like to explore the next step in your career or find out what your further options are? Would you like to spar with someone about improving your team’s performance? The coaches/career coaches from the HRM Learning…

Career development, Personal development

Career development, Personal development

Summer School

Career development, Personal development

Human resources, Research

Research

The coronavirus crisis has had a major impact on the work of PhD candidates and postdocs at Leiden University. As a result, some of them will not be able to complete their research within the term of their contract, despite having made radical changes to their research and seeking other options. For…

Research, Social

Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that many researchers and PhD candidates with a fixed-term contract have fallen behind in their research. The faculties and research institutes have received funds to compensate for this.

So how do you find that one grant opportunity that will bring you success? The trick is to find a funding opportunity where your needs and the expectations of the funding agency are well aligned. That is why you need a search strategy.

Science, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Science, Leiden Observatory

Our university believes it is very important that its employees can take pleasure in going to work and can carry out their work without any hindrances. A safe working climate is a necessary condition for this. Collegiality, respect, and job satisfaction should be guaranteed and undesirable behaviour…

From the workload to sustainability: the University Council helps decide on important topics. In the University elections – from 9 to 13 May – you can vote for who will represent you on the Council. Three questions to the three lead candidates of the staff parties: PhDoc, Universitair Belang and Leidse…

Organisation, Research

The University elections are being held from 25 to 29 May. All employees can vote online for the staff members of the University Council.There are two parties on the electoral list, FNV Overheid and PhDoc. We spoke to the leading candidates of both parties.

Online meeting

Kerstin Perez has reached the position of Assistant Professor of Particle Physics at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For people from minority groups this is by no means a common experience. Perez will explain how improvements can be made at the annual Diversity and Inclusion…

Three Leiden researchers will each receive a Vici grant of 1.5m euros. They are historian Cátia Antunes, cell biologist Dennis Claessen and archaeologist Marie Soressi. This grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) will give them the opportunity to form their own research group over the next five…