The Postdoc in Transdisciplinary Digital Twins for Climate-Smart and Health-Safe Cities will lead the development of the UrbanHealthTwin digital twin platform, integrating climate, hydrological, epidemiological, biological, and urban-system models into an interactive and explainable decision-support environment for climate adaptation and public health planning. The role requires a PhD in a relevant field, experience with digital twins, geospatial modelling, and programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript. The position is for 24 months and 24-38 hours per week, with a salary and benefits in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
Requirements
- Hold a PhD, or be close to completing a PhD, in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Geomatics, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Urban Systems, Climate Adaptation, or a related discipline
- Have experience with digital twins, geospatial modelling, simulation workflows, semantic data integration, urban analytics, or decision-support systems
- Have strong programming skills, preferably in Python and/or JavaScript
- Be comfortable working with geospatial and heterogeneous datasets
- Have experience with GIS and spatial data processing, including geospatial datasets, map layers, or web-based mapping tools
- Enjoy collaborating across disciplines and working with researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders
- Communicate clearly in English and be able to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Be willing to travel to São Paulo for an extended research stay and collaborate closely with Brazilian project partners
- Be motivated to work in an international and transdisciplinary research environment
Benefits
- Excellent pension scheme via the ABP
- The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year
- Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages
- Flexible working week
- Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours)
- The possibility to sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget
- Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses
- Partially paid parental leave
- Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program
- Dual Career Programme to support accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands
