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Postdoc in ‘Unleashing Creativity in Higher Education with Generative AI’
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Introduction
Worldwide, policy makers and educators call for creativity in higher education to address increasingly complex societal problems, such as climate change or the refugee crisis, which cannot be solved by individuals alone.
Creative Problem‑Solving (CPS) is a structured, iterative approach that enables groups in collaborative learning environments to tackle such complex challenges. The CPS framework typically includes stages such as problem definition, idea generation, idea evaluation, and idea implementation.
While collaborative learning has long been supported by technological tools – from wikis to robots, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) introduces new opportunities to assist students working together on creative problem‑solving tasks. To fully harness this potential, a deeper understanding is needed of how students in higher education engage with GenAI throughout the different phases of the CPS process and how they perceive GenAI as a (potential) teammate in creative collaboration. This postdoctoral project addresses these gaps by designing evidence‑based interventions for each phase of the CPS process, and investigating how students—with and without these interventions—use and experience GenAI across these phases.
This postdoctoral position is embedded in the NWO Veni funded research project ‘Beyond brainstorming: Unleashing creativity in higher education with Generative Artificial Intelligence’.
Job Description
The postdoctoral researcher will investigate how students use and perceive Generative AI (GenAI) during collaborative creative problem‑solving. The project has two main objectives:
- Design evidence‑based interventions for each phase of the collaborative creative problem‑solving process, grounded in the creative problem‑solving literature.
- Examine how students with and without these interventions use GenAI in each phase of the collaborative creative problem‑solving process, and their views on GenAI as a (potential) teammate in creative problem‑solving.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Conduct a literature review on evidence‑based strategies and interventions that support each phase of the creative problem‑solving process.
- Design and implement interventions to support students’ collaborative creative problem‑solving with GenAI.
- Collect and analyse data from students on their perception (e.g., via interviews, surveys) and use of GenAI (e.g., through video recordings, cued‑retrospective reporting).
- Publish in leading international scientific journals and present at (inter)national conferences.
- Involved in teaching (10%–30% of your time) in our bachelor and master programmes in Educational Sciences and Educational Psychology, and supervise Bachelor and Master students.
Job Requirements
- PhD in Educational Sciences, Educational Psychology, or a related discipline.
- Experience with creativity and/or collaborative interaction research.
- Experience with human‑AI interaction research.
- Experience with mixed‑methods research (quantitative‑qualitative methods), preferably including design‑based research.
- Relevant publication record and/or the ambition and skills to lead international scientific publications, preferably in leading peer‑reviewed journals.
- Proficiency in Dutch and English (written and oral).
Employment Conditions and Benefits
We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO‑NU).
Start date: 1 April 2026. Base: Campus Woudestein, Rotterdam in Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB). Position: 0.7 FTE, €4,728 gross per month (Scale 11 on a full‑time basis of 38 hours), in accordance with the CAO‑NU. Contract: 1 year, extendable for another year if circumstances remain the same.
Benefits include:
- Work‑from‑home option, 41 days of paid leave with a 40‑hour contract, 8% holiday pay, and 8.3% end‑of‑year bonus, plus a discount on a subscription for our on‑campus sports centre (
- Sustainable, inclusive, and diverse work environment with an open culture.
- Time and space for development: development days and a personal career budget, free access to the university library (
- Good pension with ABP, discounts on collective insurances, and compensation for travel, home work and internet.
- Parental leave options and campus daycare (daycare not paid by EUR).
- 30% ruling for internationals and Dual Career Programme support for partners (
Employer
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research. It employs 4,100 academics and professionals and almost 33,000 students from more than 140 countries.
Group / Institute / Central Service
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) is part of the faculty, combining disciplines such as public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology. ESSB emphasizes interdisciplinary research and societal impact.
Applying
The application should include:
- A cover letter describing motivation and qualifications.
- Curriculum vitae, including contact information of three references.
- A statement of research intent (500‑800 words) outlining the proposed theoretical and methodological approach to answer the central research question.
Submit your application before the vacancy closing date.
Two interview rounds will be held in the week of the 5th.
For more information about EUR and this vacancy, contact Dr. Kim van Broekhoven via We look forward to receiving your application.
Persons of all gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions, ethnicities, ages, neurodiversities, functional impairments, citizenships, or any other aspect are welcome to apply and join the EUR community.
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