[EASST-Eurograd] Postdoc Vacancy: "Invisible knowledge work in open science practices" (Maastricht University, 2 years)
Penders, Bart (HES) via Eurograd
We are hiring. We are looking for an ambitious post-doctoral researcher with an Open Science mindset who seeks to unravel the threads of visibility and invisibility of staff across research projects!!
Postdoctoral Researcher Invisible knowledge work in open science practices
This position seeks to highlight the relationship between visible and invisible open science labour. You will become part of a team that seeks to do this through 1) an inventory of backstage labour on which OS depends, 2) participant observation with those who perform it, 3) analysis of structural gaps in current reward systems, and 4) a combined qualitative/quantitative investigation of how invisible labour aids in scaling up OS practices. Our twofold objective is to understand how invisible labour transforms and scales up OS and to address how recognition practices might more equitably distribute visibility and recognition, ensuring that support staff are acknowledged as integral to open science.
The project is a collaboration between four Maastricht University Units: the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), and the University Library (UL). You will work with and in all four units, but will be employed by the department of Health, Ethics & Society at FHML.
If you want to know more, a far more extensive description is available here (including instructions on how to apply): https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/361772/postdoctoral-researcher-invisible-knowledge-work-in-open-science-practices/
Bart Penders
Associate Professor “Biomedicine & Society”
Quality Officer, Care and Public Health Research Institute
Vice-chair of Department Health, Ethics & Society
Vice-chair of the FHML Honours Programme
b.pe...@maastrichtuniversity.nl
www.bartpenders.nl
Tel +31 (0)43 3882457
Newest reads:
Piehl, H., Janssen, R., Penders, B. &, Fijten, R.R.R. (2026) Between map and maze: reframing trust in healthcare AI. AI & Society. [link]
Böbel, S., Verhoeven, J., Scholz, M., Penders, B., Frisina Doetter, L., Collatz Christensen, H. & Krafft T. (2025). Strengthening the WHO Emergency Care Systems Framework: insights from an integrated, patient-centered approach in the Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services system—a qualitative system analysis. BMC Health Services Research 25: a401. [link]
Dijkstra, I., Penders, B. & Horstman, K. (2025). How health promotion prevents itself from tackling health inequalities. A critical analysis of Dutch health promotion’s paradigm through its handbooks (1995-2022). SSM-Qualitative Research in Health 7: 100533 [link]
Knibbe, M. de Rijcke, S. & Penders, B. (2025). Care for the soul of science: Equity and virtue in reform and reformation. Cultures of Science, 20966083251329632 [link]
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