Academic position in algebra and combinatorics - Faculty of sciences

Organisation/Company Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Research Field Mathematics » Algebra Mathematics » Applied mathematics Mathematics » Computational mathematics Mathematics » Mathematical analysis Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Country Belgium Final date to receive applications 31 Jan 2026 - 22:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 38 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

Reference: 2026/A008

Final date to receive applications:31 January 2026

Within the Faculty of Science of the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Department of Mathematics is home to 6 research groups:
Analysis and PDEs, Algebra and combinatorics, Differential geometry, Mechanics and applied mathematics, Actuarial sciences, Mathematical statistics and probability. The successful candidate will join the research group “Algebra and Combinatorics”, which currently has 4 permanent members (Samuel Fiorini, Dimitri Leemans, Špela Špenko and Joost Vercruysse), as well as a number of postdocs and PhD students.

Area of Research :
The successful candidate should have a strong background in algebra and/or combinatorics, broadly defined. There are no restrictions on subdisciplines. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the members of the research group in the disciplines relevant to their research agenda, and they will also be invited to collaborate with other research groups of the department. Members of the Algebra and combinatorics research group are, for instance, active in the fields of incidence geometry, abstract polytopes, discrete optimization, graph theory, convex polytopes, non-commutative algebra, (non-commutative) algebraic geometry, homological algebra, Hopf algebras, quantum groups, representation theory, monoidal categories.

Educational and scientific goals :

The selected candidate will contribute to research and teaching inalgebra and combinatorics. They essentially aim at

• developing and/or expanding on their research agenda while fostering research collaborations within and outside the Department of Mathematics of ULB, seeking funding for research projects in the field and publishing in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals;
• contributing to education (bachelor, master and PhD education) by coordinating courses (preparing/updating lecture notes, teaching theory classes, preparing, supervising and marking exams, organizing exercise sessions is coordination with the teaching assistants) for the Department of Mathematic sand by supervisingstudents for study and research projects at bachelor, master and PhD level.

Courses covered at the time of recruitment :

The candidate will be expected to teach courses at various levels in the Mathematics program, and at the bachelor level in other programs at ULB (service courses). In the long run, candidates will be requested to take up a teaching load that matches the average among the permanent members in the department (currently around 110 hours theory classes per year). Although subject to possible changes, the proposed initial course load will be:

• MATH-F-122 Linear algebra (1st Bachelor in Mathematics and Physics) – partim, 30h of theory classes;
• MATH-F-307 Discrete Mathematics (2nd Bachelor in Mathematics and Informatics) – 36h of theory classes;
• MATH-F-427 Combinatorial algebra (Master program in Mathematics) – 24h of theory classes.

The successful candidate will also be expected to gradually take up administrative tasks within the Department of Mathematics and Faculty of Sciences.

Qualifications required :

PhD Degree (with doctoral thesis) in Mathematics.

Skills required

• Applicants should have at least 4 years of research experience at the time of their recruitment. Doctoral research years count towards this qualification.
• Post-doctoral experience and exchange periods outside of the applicants’ home institution (during or after their PhD) will be taken into consideration when evaluating applications.
• Candidates…