Postdoctoral position: programming for the lavaan project

[Terrence Jorgensen]

Apologies for cross-posting. As part of an NWO-funded project for Dutch open-science infrastructural development, we are looking for a post-doc/programmer for the lavaan project. The position is initially for 1 year, but conditional on positive first-year review, it is designed to be extended to as many as 4 years. The job ad can be found on the University of Amsterdam (UVA) website:   https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/researcher-in-methods-and-statistics-specializing-in-programming-and-structural-equation-modeling-netherlands-15033   But it is also published on AcademicTransfer.com:   https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/360501/researcher-in-methods-and-statistics-specializing-in-programming-and-structural-equation-modeling And the same keywords can be searched to find the job posting on LinkedIn.   The deadline is already *17 May 2026*, but the deadline might be extended if sufficient candidates are not already found. Thanks for distributing this throughout your networks. More information about the job can be found by reading the job ad, and about its embedded project can be found below. Best, Terrence Jorgensen PROJECT: Infra-Structural Equation Modelling: Sustainably Scaling an Indispensable Open-Source Theory-Testing Infrastructure (PI: Terrence Jorgensen): https://doi.org/10.61686/MOBWL25950

The proposal for the full project can be found on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19552779 The post-doc position above is part of Work Package 1 (WP1).

[Terrence Jorgensen]

PROJECT:

Infra-Structural Equation Modelling: Sustainably Scaling an Indispensable Open-Source Theory-Testing Infrastructure (PI: Terrence Jorgensen): https://doi.org/10.61686/MOBWL25950

The proposal for the full project can be found on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19552779 The post-doc position above is part of Work Package 1 (WP1).

The postdoctoral position for WP1 has been filled, but we are now hiring for another position on the same team (but a different university in The Netherlands), whose work will focus on Work Package 2 (WP2).  Whereas the position for WP1 requires working on C++ implementations with an R interface, the WP2 position will not require C++ experience, but it does still require sufficient experience with SEM, as well as R programming and package development.

The job ad can be found on the University of Twente website:

https://utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies/2525/researcher-in-methods-and-statistics-specializing-in-programming-and-structural-equation-modelling/

But it is also published on AcademicTransfer.com:

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/361897

And on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/florian-schuberth-a50669b5_r-lavaan-osnl-share-7472661031648120832-snub

The deadline is 31 July 2026. Thanks for distributing this throughout your networks. More information about the job can be found by reading the job ad, and about its embedded project via the links in the original post. Best, 

Terrence Jorgensen