the Department of the Mathematics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is hiring 2 new Assistant Professors in Mathematical Statistics and Stochastic Processes. We are particularly interested in candidates that work at the intersection between theory and applications. This may include, but is not restricted to, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, statistics for life sciences, causal inference, mathematics of machine learning, data assimilation and applications in neuroscience, biology, health care, movement sciences and economics.