Postdoc: Geospatial Data Science & GeoAI for Health

Sport Society; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 44,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay

Year-end bonus

Pension scheme

Flexible terms

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Utrecht University’s Health Geography group invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position focused on geospatial data science and GeoAI for health system resilience. The role involves integrating diverse spatial data, developing reproducible pipelines, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to reduce health disparities.

The successful candidate will publish in international journals and contribute to MSc supervision, with a start date of January 1, 2027.

Qualifications

• PhD in GIScience or related field.
• Experience with diverse spatial analytical methods.
• Strong programming skills (Python) and version control (GitHub).
• Experience with multi-source geospatial data (e.g., network, satellite).
• Experience with GIS and GeoAI model development and evaluation.
• Interest in GIScience, health inequality and health system resilience.
• Strong communication and academic writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Integrate multi-source GIS data and qualitative insights.
• Develop reproducible spatial analyses and GeoAI pipelines.
• Design scenario-based spatial models for health system resilience.
• Evaluate model performance, fairness and robustness.
• Collaborate with health system experts in participatory workshops.
• Develop an interactive web map interface.
• Publish in international journals and present at conferences.
• Supervise MSc students.

Skills

GIScience

Geoinformatics

Spatial data science

Python

GitHub

Data integration

Education

PhD in GIScience

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Utrecht University’s Health Geography group invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position focused on geospatial data science and GeoAI for health system resilience. The role involves integrating diverse spatial data, developing reproducible pipelines, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to reduce health disparities.

The successful candidate will publish in international journals and contribute to MSc supervision, with a start date of January 1, 2027.