PhD Vacancy: Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Augmented Organisations 1 / 1 School of Business and Economics PhD MSc Closes on 18-10-2026 Publishing date 22-09-2026 Join us as a PhD researcher exploring how generative AI is reshaping learning, expertise and workplace relationships. Help uncover how people and organizations adapt to the future of wor View vacancy

This PhD position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is for a researcher to study how generative AI impacts learning, expertise, and workplace relationships. The role involves qualitative ethnographic fieldwork, focusing on early-career employees' adaptation to AI in their jobs. Applicants need a relevant Master's degree, exceptional academic performance, strong qualitative research skills, and must meet specific MSCA mobility and prior degree requirements.

• Your research will focus on what happens when generative AI becomes part of everyday organisational life. You will study how early-career employees learn their jobs, seek help, develop expertise and deal with responsibility when AI is increasingly involved in their work.
• This is a qualitative research project , with substantial ethnographic fieldwork where you will be interviewing and observing people in organizations.
• Relevant masters degree backgrounds include organisation studies, sociology, anthropology, STS, information systems or related fields.
• We are looking for exceptional grades in a masters programme, particularly demonstrating strong writing, reading, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
• We are not looking for a primarily quantitative or experimental researcher.
• The project does not involve building AI systems.