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**Project Introduction**
Join **United Brains 4 Hydrogen (UB4H)**, an innovative research project that connects education, research, and industry to accelerate the green hydrogen transition. UB4H is dedicated to building innovative learning communities and digital solutions to train professionals for the rapidly changing energy sector. You will work in an interdisciplinary team to collectively shape a responsive ecosystem, strengthen collaboration, shorten time-to-competence, and drive innovation for climate neutrality and society.
You will collaborate with two other postdoctoral researchers to develop practical tools that promote cooperation between education, industry, and government, ensuring professionals acquire future-oriented skills and achieve lifelong learning. Your focus will be on digital learning environments, including virtual and remote laboratories, to accelerate skill development and reduce time-to-employment readiness. Your research will integrate digital literacy, artificial intelligence, and experiential learning into innovative training solutions for the hydrogen workforce.
**Project Focus**
This postdoctoral research aims to:
– Investigate how remote laboratories and digital learning environments can accelerate skill development for hydrogen professionals and shorten preparation time for employment.
– Design and evaluate adaptive training programs that integrate cybersecurity, digital literacy, and experiential learning.
– Innovate methods for assessing learning performance and collaboration in virtual and hybrid environments.
The project allows you to refine research questions, prototype digital solutions, and collaborate with educational institutions and industry partners.
**Position Description**
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will:
– Research how digital learning environments can enhance skill development for hydrogen professionals and shorten time-to-employment readiness.
– Design and evaluate adaptive training programs integrating cybersecurity, digital literacy, and experiential learning.
– Prototype and test remote laboratory experiments, ensuring meaningful learning experiences for different participants.
– Publish academic papers and practical guidelines, and present research results at conferences.
– Collaborate with educators, technical experts, and industry partners to implement digital solutions in real-world scenarios.
– Work closely with other postdocs to ensure coordination and consistency across research activities.
– Contribute to the **United Brains 4 Hydrogen (UB4H)** project embedded in the TU/e Education Institute, participating in an active research ecosystem.
Your work will drive digital education innovation and support the creation of future-proof workforce in the hydrogen economy.
offer requirements
– A PhD degree in Educational Science, Engineering Education, Learning Sciences, or a related discipline.
– Knowledge of hydrogen technology (or willingness to learn), with interest in technical skills.
– Experience in designing, evaluating, or implementing digital learning environments, simulations, or remote laboratories.
– Ability to establish adaptive training programs involving educational institutions and industry.
– Solid capabilities in qualitative, quantitative, or quasi-experimental research methods.
– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with proactive and creative thinking.
– Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with postdocs and other stakeholders.
– Proven ability to produce scientifically and practically oriented outputs (articles, guidelines, tools).
– Fluency in English; proficiency in Dutch is preferred (due to collaboration with local educators and companies).
offer benefits/salary
Engage in meaningful work at a vibrant and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary environment within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer:
– Part-time employment, 0.8 FTE, for a period of 3 years.
– Salary in accordance with the Dutch Universities Collective Labour Agreement, scale 10 (minimum €4,241 – maximum €5,538).
– Year-end bonus of 8.3% and holiday allowance of 8%.
– High-quality training programs for general skills, teaching methods, and research and valorization.
– Excellent technical infrastructure, on-campus childcare, and sports facilities.
– Partial paid parental leave, as well as commuting, home office, and internet allowances.
– TU/e Postdoc Association, helping to build a broader academic and personal network, and offering tailored support, training, and workshops.
– International candidates receive support from the staff immigration team, including a tax compensation scheme (30% ruling) and relocation allowance.