Vacancies
Are you interested in joining our interdisciplinary team of ambitious researchers studying population issues? Then we welcome you to reply to the vacancies at NIDI advertised below (if not yet expired).
PhD position on rethinking social cohesion in ethnically diverse schools
NIDI has a vacancy for a PhD position on “Social cohesion in ethnically diverse schools: Linking horizontal and vertical ties”. This PhD project investigates how social cohesion develops among adolescents who attend ethnically diverse secondary schools. It traces how different cohesion dimensions, such as interethnic friendships, school attachment, trust in institutions and national identity, co-evolve.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: Jobs at KNAW [closing date: 1 April 2026]
PhD position on the rise in singlehood and the social embeddedness of singles
NIDI has a vacancy for a PhD position on the rise in singlehood and the social embeddedness of singles. This PhD project examines whether and under which circumstances singlehood has integrative or isolating effects for singles aged 20 to 50. It explores what it means to be single, as well as singles’ social relations and well-being. It does so by collecting and examining new qualitative and quantitative data among singles and by using large-scale register data on networks.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: Jobs at KNAW [closing date: 1 April 2026]
PhD position on family formation among sexual minorities
NIDI has a vacancy for a PhD position on family formation among sexual minorities within the QPATHS project. The project’s central aim is to provide insights into how sexual minorities form their families and what factors aid or hinder their ability to do so. You will contribute to this agenda by combining large-scale demographic patterns with personal family formation pathways.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: Jobs at KNAW [closing date: 3 April 2026]
PhD position on change and inequality in cultural participation
NIDI has a vacancy for a PhD position on “Change and inequality in cultural participation: Demographic and sociological perspectives”. You will work with rich survey data collected over several decades, contribute to the collection of new survey data on cultural participation, and analyze longitudinal data on cultural participation across the life course.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: Jobs at KNAW [closing date: 3 April 2026]
Postdoc position on family formation among sexual minorities
NIDI has a vacancy for a postdoc position on family formation among sexual minorities within the QPATHS project. The central aim of the project is to provide a comparative demographic account of parenthood trajectories among same- and different-sex couples across the Nordic countries. Using longitudinal population register data from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (1990-2021), you will study who becomes a parent and which micro- and macro-level factors explain these patterns.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: Jobs at KNAW [closing date: 5 May 2026].
Internships for Research Master students
We offer Research Master students of universities the opportunity to do an internship at NIDI. You can use this internship to write a master thesis, but it can also be part of a course in the curriculum that involves research activities. During the internship you can participate in one of the many interdisciplinary research projects that we are involved in. Available internships are shown below:
Research Internship: Harmonizing Migrant Surveys for the Integrated Migrant Panel Dataset (IMPD)
We are looking for a Research Master’s student for a 1–3 month internship to contribute to an innovative data infrastructure project at NIDI. The project builds a new migrant panel by integrating data from several national migrant surveys conducted since 1988 with register data, creating the first nationally representative, longitudinal, and publicly accessible panel dataset on migrant groups in the Netherlands. The resulting Integrated Migrant Panel Dataset (IMPD) will enable researchers to study social, cultural, and socioeconomic dimensions of migrant integration over time — including cohort analyses that have so far rarely been possible.
For more information on the vacancy and the application procedure see: full vacancy description. The application deadline is April 20, 2026.
Vacancies elsewhere
University of Groningen:
Other vacancies in demography:
- In Europe: Population Europe
- In America: Population Association of America
- At the United Nations
