The Donders Centre for Cognition (DCC), embedded in the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands) are seeking two Assistant/Associate Professors to further strengthen their educational programmes and highly reputed research. Your educational responsibilities will be to coordinate and teach AI courses at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels at the School of Artificial Intelligence. You will supervise internships and theses. It is expected that, in the near future, you will be given the opportunity to teach in the fields of your research expertise as well.

With these new positions, the goal is to advance fundamental research in brain-inspired computing, broadly relevant for the themes of the Donders Institute, as well as to develop new human-centred intelligent technology to improve the well-being of people. We seek excellent candidates who aim to bridge the gap between artificial and natural intelligence.

The objective of these positions is to develop state-of-the-art AI research of international standing and to contribute to the teaching, guiding students to grow in insight, skill set and future perspective. The DCC and the Donders Institute provide excellent facilities such as a computing cluster, robot lab, a virtual reality lab, brain imaging, behavioural labs, and a technical support group.

You will be expected to:

• Develop, carry out and coordinate teaching in English.
• Supervise internships as well as BSc and MSc theses.
• Perform and publish top-quality research.
• Apply for external funding by submitting research proposals.
• Collaborate with other researchers and specialists in academia and/or industry.
• Develop a network of national and international partners.

• A PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• An inspiring teacher and expertise in teaching at an academic level in English.
• A university teaching qualification (BKO or equivalent).
• A track record in scientific research, as evidenced by publications in international academic journals.
• Good social, communication and organisational skills and team spirit.
• Experience in the acquisition of external funding and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• An excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 level).
• An excellent command of written and spoken Dutch or the willingness to learn this language within two years.

Fixed-term contract: Upon positive evaluation after 2 years: permanent position.

• Employment: 32 - 40 hours per week.
• The exact salary depends on your qualifications and relevant professional experience. Applicable salary scale: 11 or 12 (maximum gross monthly salary of €5,656 assistant professor) or 13 or 14 (maximum gross monthly salary of €6,738 associate professor) based on a 38-hour working week .
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: upon positive evaluation after 2 years: permanent position.
• The intended start date is as soon as possible. 
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent and collaboration. You have a part to play!

Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

Faculty of Social Sciences
The position will be embedded in the Artificial Intelligence department of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The research in this position will align with the research programme of the Donders Centre for Cognition (DCC), which is part of the Donders Institute. The faculty’s ambition is to become one of the top social science institutes in Europe, providing high-quality research and study programmes that rank among the best in the Netherlands. The Faculty of Social Sciences is the largest faculty at Radboud University, with a total of around 4,500 students spread over three educational institutions.

The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class interfaculty research institute that houses more than 700 researchers devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the human mind. Research at the Donders Institute is focused around four themes: 1. Language and communication, 2. Perception, action and control, 3. Plasticity and memory, and 4. Neural computation and Neurotechnology. Excellent, state-of-the-art research facilities are available for the broad range of neuroscience research conducted at the Donders Institute. The Donders has been assessed by an international evaluation committee as ‘excellent’ and is considered a very stimulating environment for top researchers, as well as for young talent. The Donders Institute fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary, supportive research environment with a diverse international staff. English is the lingua franca at the Institute.

The School of Artificial Intelligence offers study programmes in Cognitive Computing and Intelligent Technology and lets its students unravel human intelligence and recreate it in smart and responsible AI systems.