On Friday 19 June 2026, PostdocNL organized the first ever National Postdoc Day — a milestone moment for the postdoctoral community in the Netherlands. Postdocs from universities across the country gathered at the Minnaertgebouw, in Utrecht to connect, share experiences, and reflect on the opportunities and challenges of an [...]
📣 We're looking for an Events & Coordination manager to join our PostdocNL board! Postdoc NL is seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher to join its board in the role of Events & Coordination. Our postdoc community is expanding and we are now looking for someone to help us bring postdocs together [...]
Rethinking PhD Supervision: A PostdocNL Perspective on the “Profkip” Debate The Young Academy has just released a statement arguing that some (senior) academics supervise so many PhD candidates (“Profkippen”) that this undermines the quality of supervision. Evidence from Dutch universities shows that many PhD candidates share supervisors with large numbers [...]
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On Friday 19 June 2026, PostdocNL organized the first ever National Postdoc Day — a milestone moment for the postdoctoral community in the Netherlands. Postdocs from universities across the country gathered at the Minnaertgebouw, in Utrecht to connect, share [...]
📣 We're looking for an Events & Coordination manager to join our PostdocNL board! Postdoc NL is seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher to join its board in the role of Events & Coordination. Our postdoc community is expanding and we are [...]
Rethinking PhD Supervision: A PostdocNL Perspective on the “Profkip” Debate The Young Academy has just released a statement arguing that some (senior) academics supervise so many PhD candidates (“Profkippen”) that this undermines the quality of supervision. Evidence from Dutch universities [...]
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