• Master's degree in a relevant area;
• Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative research methods;
• Experience with at least one programming language is a plus (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB);
• Preference to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative, inclusive environment;
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and fluent in English;
• Affinity with youth and health.

• All researchers recruited in a Doctoral Network must be doctoral candidates, i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment;
• Doctoral candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.

• We offer an initial contract for 12 months that can be extended (after evaluation) for another 36 months.
• PhD students (Onderzoeker in Opleiding) are placed in scale 21, with a fulltime gross salary. The starting salary is € 2.789,- and increases to € 3.536,- in the fourth year.
• Additional benefits include an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday pay.
• The opportunity to follow further training and development.
• Pension is accrued at the ABP. VUmc contributes a large part of the premium (70%).
• In addition to excellent accessibility by public transport, we reimburse 75% of your OV travel costs (commuting costs).
  Scientific advice from internationally recognised experts.
  Access to a broad network of innovative enterprises and organisations.

Amsterdam UMC

• School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University to apply intersectionality analyses and engage with mutiple stakholders (dr Esliger);
• Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark to apply intersectionality analyses and engage with mutiple stakholders (prof Schipperijn);
• Labvisits to Accelting (the Netherlands) to work on the open-source LABDA toolbox of advanced analysis methods (dr van Hees).

• Jeugd en gezondheid
• Amsterdam Research
• Amsterdam UMC

• Read the full text about the vacancy and prepare your CV and motivation letter accordingly;
• We are taking the motivation letter very seriously. In the letter, try to impress us with the relevancy of your education and professional experience (if any) to the position. Moreover, we appreciate if you could write about what and how you can contribute to the project.