Vacancy number
15957
Job type
Academic staff
Hours (in fte)
1,0
External/ internal
External , Internal
Location
Leiden
Contract type
Temporary
Placed on
4 September 2025
Closing date
31 October 2025 57 more days to apply
The Faculty of Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College, are looking for a:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of this Postdoc position, you will be contributing to ongoing research projects where data management, processing and aggregation is pivotal to support complex decision-making. Through close collaboration with projects stakeholders, you will contribute to the development of data exchange protocols for Digital Product Passports and to the development of Decision Support Systems.
The focus of the position is the Lasers4MaaS project (https://lasers4maas.eu/), which will deliver a digital platform to enable manufacturers to make more sustainable and cost-effective products on demand. In this project, we are contributing to the development of future sustainable factories for manufacturing-as-a-service. This requires the connection of information systems to enable the exchange of data from operations to sustainability-based decision support. As a Postdoc researcher in this project, you will develop DSS and harmonize data collection protocols for sustainability and circularity assessment. These will be integrated into a manufacturing digital twin of laser technologies as a service, streamlining decision support for industrial operations.
While the position is focused on the Lasers4MaaS projects, the right candidate should be motivated to connect and explore collaboration opportunities within our institute on topics of data, digitalization and decision support system for sustainability and circular economy.

The main responsibilities within this role concern:

• Establishing data exchange protocols with data providers in the sectors of automotive, nuclear fusion, packaging, aerospace and hydrogen production.
• Creating and using harmonized datasets to enable the use of LCA and the prototyping of the Digital Product Passports.
• Developing Decision Support Systems for performance, sustainability, circularity and cost information to be integrated into a digital twin of Lasers4Maas operations.
• Identifying with project partners sustainability and circularity alternatives to be integrated into the Decision Support Systems.
• Further exploring own interests and their relationship with future developments in the industrial ecology field

Please submit your application via the online recruitment system, via the blue button at the top or bottom of this page. Applications received via e-mail will not be taken into consideration. Please ensure that you upload the following additional documents quoting the vacancy number:

• Curriculum Vitae.
• Motivation letter (max 2 pages).
• Name and contact details of at least two referees