Opportunities Categories: PHD

We are offering a fully funded PhD scholarship in the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment for one UK candidate starting in October 2026.   Political Economy of Production and Consumption Transformations | Project Opportunities | PhD | University of Leeds Full description This fully funded PhD place provides an exciting opportunity to pursue postgraduate […]

This project seeks to examine the questions of ‘how can regional institutions improve access to high-quality apprenticeship opportunities for young people? Apprenticeships can support school-to-work transitions and address skills shortages, but provision in England remains uneven and difficult to navigate, particularly for young people in the “missing middle” who do not progress directly to higher […]

I am looking to hire a PhD researcher to join the project “Translating Brazilian Development Ideas in Africa” (TRABRADIA), funded by the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. The position focuses on the local adaptation of Brazil’s National School Feeding Program in Malawi in the context of South-South development […]

We currently have two PhD vacancies at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute located in Norway’s beautiful Oslo capital region. Both the institution and wider context are fantastic places to work as an energy social scientist, so please give strong candidates in your network a heads-up about these exciting opportunities. Both positions are linked to the Research […]

We are currently recruiting for an open-topic PhD position (funded) in housing studies (sociology of housing) at the University of Stuttgart, to be undertaken in close collaboration with me. I am seeking a dedicated individual who is keen to help shape the future of housing studies at our institute. Based at one of Germany’s largest […]

About the Project  The Urbanism and Coastal Heritage Lab’s objective is to investigate the dual threat of rapid globalisation and climate change particularly related to West Africa’s coastal urban built environment, cultural heritage and the socio-economic livelihoods of the most vulnerable in this region.  Through an interdisciplinary lens, the focus of the lab is centred on the […]

The Department of Geography and Environment at Loughborough University is the birthplace of the world-leading Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network and home to the multi-million pound Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER) and Cities research group. Placed in the Top 50 in the latest QS World Rankings, the Department of Geography and […]