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PhD Vacancies

The Tinbergen Institute serves as a gateway to PhD positions for students who have completed TI’s Research Master's programs in Economics and Business Data Science. For PhD positions open to external candidates, please explore the job openings available at the affiliated schools or check the positions listed on this page. 

PhD positions at the affiliated schools

View current openings  of the School of Business and Economics/ABRI (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), School of Economics and Business/Amsterdam Business School (University of Amsterdam) and Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam):


PhD Position in Behavioral Economics on Promoting Honesty

This PhD position will be within the Behavioural Economics research group at the Erasmus School of Economics. We are looking for a full time PhD student starting on September 1, 2025. The research topic falls within the intersection of behavioral economics and social psychology. Broadly, the topic will address “how can we elicit more honest behavior”. Relevant research areas are behavioral analysis, behavioral change, and decision-making in the context of ethics, dishonesty, and deception.

School: Erasmus School of Economics
Dedline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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PhD Position in Behavioural Finance/Economics

This PhD position will be within the Behavioural Economics research group. We are looking for a full time PhD student starting on September 1, 2025. The topic if the PhD project should fall within the intersection of behavioral finance and economics. Broadly, the topic will address “understanding and improving financial decision-making”. This includes general decision making under risk, but more specifically topics like sustainable investments, the moral aspects of investments, financial regulation, and financial advice.

School: Erasmus School of Economics
Dedline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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PhD project in Econometrics, Statistics or Operations Research

The Econometric Institute has open PhD projects available for two highly motivated candidates. The Econometric Institute is one of the leading research groups in econometrics in Europe. The group has an opening for a PhD candidate in the broader field of econometrics, statistics or operations research. The topic of the PhD project will be decided based on the candidate’s interest and profile. The chosen topic should fit into the group’s research expertise, which includes, but is not limited to, business analytics, data science, financial econometrics, operations research and statistics. The (co)promoter of the PhD project will be decided based on the chosen topic.

School: Erasmus School of Economics
Dedline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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PhD Position in Behavioral Economics on Group Decision-Making and Discrimination

This PhD position will be within CREED at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Jan Hausfeld is looking for a full time PhD student starting on September 1, 2025. The research topic falls within the intersection of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics. Broadly, the topic will address “how group affiliations and group compositions affect discrimination and information search across different decision-making contexts”. This position is part of a larger grant, see here.

School: Amsterdam School of Economics
Dedline: to be announced
Apply: send email to Jan Hausfeld