Opportunities Categories: PHD

New PhD positions in the Environmental Sciences and Policy department at Central European University in Vienna, Austria. We welcome applications in the fields of environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental justice, in particular in relation to these tow special calls: Call for PhD Applications for research on Relational Baltic Seascapes, supervised by Dr. Guntra Aistara […]

Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) is recruiting a PhD student in Business Administration to join the Energy and Environmental Management research team and reinforce GEM’s new EnerG institute launched in Decembre 2025. We are open to candidates with interest in either low-carbon business models, AI and decarbonisation, adoption of low carbon technologies or social acceptance […]

Shape the future of sustainable energy at LUT University! We are offering a fully funded doctoral position exploring how new governance structures can advance the transition toward post-growth energy systems.  The Department of Social Sciences is looking for a doctoral (junior) researcher in energy communities and post-growth transitions. Established in 2022 within the LUT School […]

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network MITIME (“Entanglements of Migration and Time in Post-industrial Urban Europe”) has just launched a call for 15 doctoral research positions as part of its international PhD training programme. These fully funded positions offer an excellent opportunity for ambitious early-career scholars to pursue interdisciplinary and intersectoral research on migration, mobility, integration, […]

We have 2 PhD positions advertised at Leeds that you might be interested in, please consider applying / forwarding to potential candidates. Please note that only applicants who qualify for UK fees status will be eligible. The application deadline is 6 March 2026. Both positions are associated with the Production and Consumption Transformations (PACT) Centre<https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/directories0/dir-record/research-projects/2189/production-and-consumption-transformations-pact-centre>, […]

Please note that only applicants who qualify for UK fees status will be eligible. The application deadline is 6 March 2026. Both positions are associated with the Production and Consumption Transformations (PACT) Centre<https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/directories0/dir-record/research-projects/2189/production-and-consumption-transformations-pact-centre>, led by Prof John Barrett at the University of Leeds, UK. The first PhD position is on Justice implications of the UK’s […]

For those who might be interested, Södertörn University (south of Stockholm) has a position opened for a doctoral student, who wants to write about post-communist countries or other Baltic Sea countries (Sweden does not count). Here is the link with the info: https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/meet-sodertorn-university/this-is-sodertorn-university/vacant-positions?fbclid=IwY2xjawPOCJ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEex9IfgFLtwpAIgTCvsCxdfHbtuXPwSeHmOAqPkjW8Nd-rWTxiNj0N00fdwXY_aem_XNScgi0Id6ZIR0MyHbUlHQ One doctoral studentship in Sociology within the research area of Politics, Economy […]

At the Department of Political Science of Lund University, we call for applications regarding a PhD position in the FORMAS funded project: “Power and Polarisation in Swedish Forestry. From Lock-ins to Sustainable Transition”   The deadline for submitting applications is 6 February 2026 – for more information see the following link: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:875444/

PhD Candidate in Climate & Energy Transformation Do you hold a master’s degree or the equivalent in social science or an interdisciplinary field relevant to CET’s research, and are you ready to embark on a PhD degree? Read more and apply here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/291960/phd-candidate-at-the-centre-for-climate-and-energy-transformation-cet PhD position The Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET), University of […]

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) “Entanglements of Migration and Time in Post-Industrial Urban Europe (MITIME)” is seeking 15 doctoral candidates for its PhD training programme. MSCA-DNs are European Union–funded initiatives that train PhD students through international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral doctoral projects aimed at fostering scientific excellence and enhancing researchers’ career development.    These positions […]

Are you a UK student interested in supporting the transition to net zero, systems level thinking and learning from the lessons of the past? An interdisciplinary PhD position is available through the School of Engineering and School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham. Building on previous work, this project will decipher the […]

University College Dublin is recruiting an Ad Astra PhD fellowship, with a starting date of September 2026. This position offers a 4-year scholarship and a research fund to support the PhD student’s research activities. The successful candidate will join the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice and will work under the supervision […]