Job Information
Organisation/Company: Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
Research Field: Economics » Economics of development; Economics » Health economics
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Application Deadline: 9 Oct 2026 - 21:59 (UTC)
Country: Netherlands
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Not Applicable
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? No
Offer Description
BEACON-HD is an international, Horizon Europe-funded research project testing two promising strategies — telemedicine with self-monitoring and community-based medication delivery — to strengthen primary health care systems and improve the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in rural Rwanda and Uganda. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a leading role in the economic and equity analyses within this large-scale field experiment, working closely with an international consortium of health economists, clinicians and implementation scientists. Join us to help generate the evidence needed to make chronic disease care more effective, efficient and fair in low-resource settings.
Job description
Are you interested in leading applied research within a large-scale field experiment aimed at improving the management of chronic disease in low-resource settings? Do you want to help make healthcare delivery more effective, efficient and equitable for people living with hypertension and diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa?
We offer a post-Doc opportunity for 36 months (90% research, 10% teaching) within BEACON-HD, a large EU Horizon Europe-funded international consortium project.
BEACON-HD is testing two promising implementation strategies, telemedicine with self-monitoring and community-based medication delivery, through a large-scale field experiment in rural Rwanda and Uganda. The project combines this field experiment with qualitative, behavioral and economic research to understand not only whether these strategies work, but how, for whom, and at what cost.
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will take a leading role in the economic and equity work package, working closely with the project's PI and the wider consortium. Your responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to and helping coordinate the BEACON-HD field experiment, from the design of data collection instruments to implementation, analysis and interpretation of results, in close collaboration with consortium partners across Europe, Rwanda and Uganda.
- Leading the collection, quality assurance and analysis of data on costs, resource use and outcomes together with our in-country partners, including field visits to Rwanda and/or Uganda.
- Building and extending a decision-analytic (Markov) model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine with self-monitoring and community medication delivery, relative to standard care, from the perspective of the public health systems in both countries.
- Leading a budget-impact analysis assessing the short- and medium-term financial implications of scaling up these strategies.
- Leading an equity-modelling study evaluating how the implementation strategies affect health outcomes across socioeconomic subgroups, and their potential to contribute to universal health coverage.
- Co-authoring peer-reviewed publications and presenting findings at international conferences.
- Contributing to the day-to-day coordination of the work package
This postdoc position combines field-based data collection and analysis with decision-analytic modelling and applied econometric work. It offers the opportunity to generate new methodological and empirical insights into the evaluation of health-system-strengthening strategies, helping to guide fairer and more efficient healthcare policy in low- and middle-income countries.
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Requirements
Specific Requirements
We are looking for a highly motivated and talented candidate with the following qualifications:
Must-haves:
- A completed PhD (or a PhD close to completion) in health economics, development economics, economics, econometrics, or a closely related discipline.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with knowledge of economic evaluation methods such as decision-analytic or cost-effectiveness modelling.
- Proficiency in statistical programming (e.g., Stata, R).
- Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
- Ability to work independently on a research agenda while collaborating within a large, multidisciplinary, international consortium.
- Willingness to travel to Rwanda and Uganda for fieldwork and consortium meetings.
Nice-to-haves:
- Demonstrated experience conducting research in development economics or health economics.
- Hands-on experience designing and/or implementing fieldwork or field experiments, ideally in low- and middle-income country settings.
- Familiarity with Markov modelling, budget-impact analysis, or equity-weighted economic evaluation.
- Prior research experience in Sub-Saharan Africa or other global health / global development contexts.
- Experience working with trial or field-experiment data.
- Interest in contributing to broader project tasks beyond one's own work package, within a large international consortium.
- A track record of, or clear potential for, publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.
Additional Information
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).
The start date of this position is 1 January 2027 and you will be based at the department of Applied Economics at Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). This position is for 1,0 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.706 (scale 10) to a maximum of € 6.682 gross per month (scale 11) on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. This postdoc position offers a total duration of 3 years.
Everything else we offer you; you can find below!
- Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!
- Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.
- Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.
- Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.
- Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers fully paid birth leave, partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).
- Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the Expat-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.
Selection process
Please submit your complete application before 9 October 2026. Applications will be reviewed by the recruitment committee during the complete time this vacancy is online. 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.
Additional comments
More information
For questions regarding the research project please contact the project supervisor: dr. Carlos Riumalló-Herl riumalloherl@ese.eur.nl.
For questions regarding the application procedure please contact Linda Klaver (Operations Manager) at om.ae@ese.eur.nl
Website for additional job details: https://www.academictransfer.com/363781/
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Country: Netherlands
City: Rotterdam
Postal Code: 3062PA
Street: Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
Contact
City: Rotterdam
Website: http://www.eur.nl/
Street: Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
Postal Code: 3062 PA
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