Leeuwarden, Friesland, NL (Hybrid)1 open job
Dutch University of Applied Sciences teaching and researching agriculture, nature, food, and water across two campuses, with 18 Bachelor, 6 associate, 4 Master, and 3 certificate programmes.
Van Hall Larenstein is a Dutch University of Applied Sciences working the 'green' and 'blue' domains - agriculture, nature, food, and water - and the technical work runs through practice-based applied research rather than theory-first labs. Six research groups anchor that effort: Circular Agriculture, Water, Healthy Food and Nutrition, Soil, Green Living Environment, and Biodiversity. The groups are linked directly to teaching, so research output tends to land in coursework and in the field rather than in journals alone.
The teaching operation is substantial and international in reach. The institution runs 18 Bachelor programmes, 6 associate degrees, 4 Master programmes, and 3 certificate programmes, plus short courses aimed at regional, national, and international students. Two campus venues carry it: Velp, near Arnhem, and Leeuwarden, both reachable by public transport. Subject matter spans soil, climate, environment, biodiversity, healthy food and nutrition, and sustainability, with deliberate crossovers between the green and blue lines of work.
Context worth noting for technical candidates: there is no dedicated cybersecurity function, tooling, or threat model published in the available institutional profile. What is documented is a mission-driven organization - self-described as the most sustainable University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands - training professionals for work in agriculture, nature, food, water, and climate, with emphasis on quality of life and equality alongside the subject domains. Any security or infrastructure scope would sit inside that education-and-research operation rather than as a separately named team.
