Data Analyst

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- JOB - Netherlands - Erasmus University Rotterdam via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 5 September 2026
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5 Sep 2026
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) Research Field
Information science » Documentation
Information science » Information management Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline
16 Sep 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country
Netherlands Type of Contract
Temporary Job Status
Not Applicable Hours Per Week
38.0 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
Erasmus University Rotterdam is conducting a six-month diagnostic project on Open Research Information (ORI). The project explores how open infrastructures, including OpenAlex and OpenAIRE, could complement EUR's institutional Current Research Information System (CRIS), PURE, for research management, evaluation, and strategic decision-making.
This is a learning and decision-support project, not an implementation project. Its objective is to provide university management with an evidence-based understanding of what open research information infrastructures can and cannot currently offer EUR.
The as-is analysis-covering current research intelligence use cases, tools, and metrics used across faculties-has been completed. We are looking for a Data Analyst to support the to-be analysis: a structured readiness assessment of OpenAlex and OpenAIRE, as well as comparative asessment of proprietary databases for two schools: Erasmus MC and Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).
Job description
You will work with an existing readiness assessment framework developed within the project. Your role will be to assess and document open databases: OpenAlex and OpenAIRE and proprietary databases: Dimensions, Scopus and Web of Science, against key criteria for Erasmus MC and R...