Postdoctoral Position on Monitoring Enabling Environments for Citizen Science & Societal Engagement

Vacancy number: 16727

Job type: Academic staff

Contract hours min: 38

Contract hours max: 38

Location: Leiden

Applying is possible up to and including: 25 juli 2026

Citizen Science and Societal Engagement (CS&SE) practices are increasingly recognised as essential pillars of Open Science, yet they remain under-represented in monitoring frameworks and their enabling conditions are poorly understood. At CWTS/, Leiden University, we are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to lead a two-year research project developing the evidence base and monitoring tools needed to track, evaluate, and strengthen CS&SE practices across the Netherlands. The project, entitled MEECSE: Monitoring the implementation of Enabling Environments for Citizen Science & Societal Engagement practices, is funded by Open Science NL under the Dutch national Open Science programme. The postdoctoral researcher will be the primary driver of all re...