Vacancy number: 16600

Job type: Academic staff

Contract hours min: 30

Contract hours max: 31

Location: Leiden

Applying is possible up to and including: 18 juni 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher Position on Citizen Science and Public Trust in Science

How can citizen science increase public trust in science and foster equity in the research system? The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University has an opening for a postdoc researcher (0,8 fte) for 24 months to carry out a research project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) under its OS-NL Research on . While earlier research about this topic has addressed the people actively participating in citizen science (CS) projects, we will investigate the perceptions and perspectives of citizens, researchers and policy makers who do not directly involved in such projects. The project will study four CS projects in the domain of envi...