About this role
- Dienstverband - Geplaatst op 15 augustus 2026 Utrecht University ACT! is seeking a postdoc to develop practical tools for assessing circular transition pathways and accelerating systemic change and to monitor the deployment of these pathways. We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join the ACT! Accelerating the Circular Transition NWA-funded project, which brings together researchers, universities, and societal partners. Your job The postdoctoral researcher will join the Deep Transition Lab team, which is responsible for Work Package 3 (WP3) on identifying and evaluating actionable transition pathways. The team is led by Prof. Dr. Johan Schot at Utrecht University. ACT aims to accelerate the transition towards a circular society in the Netherlands by 2050 through the development of historical and systemic approaches, analytical tools, and transition pathways that address the environmental, economic, and social challenges associated with linear economies. The successful candidate will focus on (i) assessing future-oriented circular transition pathways and (ii) monitoring their deployment. These pathways will be used to identify and evaluate interventions capable of enabling systemic change towards a circular economy and society. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the development of rigorous and repeatable methods for assessing whether, how, and to what extent these transition pathways are driving structural change. You will: - select and co-develop indicators and methods to assessing circular transition pathways and systemic change across environmental, economic and social dimensions; - apply approaches like network analysis and complementary systems-change-oriented methods to national-scale case studies, while supporting the development of pathways and theories of change; - develop reproducible analytical tools, workflows and monitoring and evaluation frameworks for repeated assessment across...