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Logo of EURAXESS - University of Amsterdam (UvA) via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 28 August 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher in Damage Functions, Building Back Better and Early Warning (Pillar 4) Page contents University of Amsterdam (UvA) Engineering » Civil engineering Environmental science » Global change Environmental science » Water science Recognised Researcher (R2) Type of Contract Hours Per Week Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Are you interested in the empirical foundations of flood damage modelling and keen to translate that knowledge into practical strategies for insurers to reduce losses through early warning and smarter recovery? Are you motivated to combine claims data, experiments and risk modelling to contribute to a more resilient built environment in the Netherlands? Are you our new colleague? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to improve damage functions for buildings in the Netherlands and to quantify the effectiveness of early‑warning and building‑back‑better strategies in reducing insured losses. The 2021 floods in Limburg showed that existing damage models severely underestimate actual damage for shallow inundations - your research will close that gap. Flood Insurance and Risk Management (FIRM) is a five‑year research programme (2026-2030), funded by TKI Deltatechnologie, Nationale‑Nederlanden and contributions from more than 10 partners from academia, the financial sector, engineering consultancies and government. The central aim of FIRM is to estimate flood and water nuisance risk information as realistically as possible and to make it suitable for use in the financial sector. FIRM consists of four substantive research pillars and a work package on knowledge transfer. This vacancy concerns a postdoctoral position within Pillar 4. You will work closely wi...