A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At
Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major
strategic themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Pathways to Sustainability.
Sharing science, shaping tomorrow.
Working at the Faculty of Science means bringing together inspiring people across disciplines and with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. The
Faculty has six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information & Computing Sciences, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Together,
we work on excellent research and inspiring education. We do so, driven by curiosity and supported by outstanding infrastructure. Visit us on
LinkedIn and discover how you can become part of our community.
The position is part of the
EMBRACER project, in which we work at the very frontiers of knowledge on climate change, Earth’s climate system and climate feedbacks. Within its 10-year research programme,
funded by NWO, EMBRACER brings together a wide range of world-leading climate experts with the aim to address existing uncertainties about climate feedbacks at the boundaries between oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere. Our interdisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art infrastructure will bring us forward in our understanding of the impact of climate feedbacks emerging over the next decades to centuries.
EMBRACER has a dedicated outreach programme: Tipping Point Ahead. Collaborating with the
KlimaatHelpdesk and other partners, the goal of Tipping Points Ahead is to inform and engage students and, importantly, teachers in the Dutch secondary education system, both in the Netherlands and in the Dutch Caribbean, as well as young professionals in government, finance, and industry.
You will work at the
Freudenthal Institute (FI) of Utrecht University an internationally leading institute in the field of science didactics and the history and philosophy of science. The FI is part of the Faculty of Science and employs approximately 75 professionals, including a number of young people who are conducting doctoral research just like you. Within the FI, you will work in the science communication group, which includes
Erik van Sebille and
Mark Bos, the advisers for this project, and focusses on the Science in Society research theme within the broader topic of Scientific and Mathematical Literacy in Life and Society.
You will also connect with the other group of Erik van Sebille, working on oceans and climate at the
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, and with interdisciplinary marine scientists through the
Pathways to Sustainability Strategic Research Theme at Utrecht University, and with the Public Engagement track within the
UU Open Science Programme.