Opportunities Categories: PHD

The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) in Erkner near Berlin, a non-university research institute and member of the Leibniz Association, in cooperation with Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), is seeking, for the Junior Research Group “Value and Valuation in Structural Change” within the research area “Economy and Civil Society” (IRS) […]

Call for Submissions: 2026 FinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize (Deadline: 30 September 2026) We are delighted to open submissions for the 2026 FinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize, celebrating outstanding early-career research at the intersection of finance and space. If your dissertation makes a compelling contribution to financial geography, we would love to hear from you. Eligibility: Dissertations […]

We are recruiting two Research Officers / PhD researchers (TV-L E13, 75%, for three years, starting 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter) at the Research Unit Comparative Public Policy, University of Tübingen, Germany. The positions are part of our externally funded project “Measuring the Past and Assessing Future Possibilities of Welfare State […]

PhD Opportunity (Scholarship Available) Co-designing Decision-Support Tools for Nature-based Solutions in Climate Resilience This interdisciplinary PhD project will investigate how decision-support tools can enable the large-scale adoption of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) through land-use planning and spatial decision-making. The successful candidate will join a research team developing innovative approaches to support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and […]

The TUM ENERGISE Center is a partnership between the Technical University of Munich and four South African universities: the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of  Johannesburg, Tshwane University of Technology, and the University of Venda. It promotes interdisciplinary research combining engineering, entrepreneurship, and policy to advance a just energy transition in South Africa. The […]

Fully funded PhD position alert!!!! Deadline 18 August 2026 Are you interested in exploring how violence against nature is simultaneously violence against people in the Latin American/ Caribbean region? Then this fully funded PhD opportunity in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at Radboud University, the Netherlands, might be for you. https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-from-ecological-violence-to-ecologies-of-care-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean Be aware, […]

As part of the Horizon Europe 2025 project “Reimagining Work and Care: Gender Equality, Couple Dynamics, and Policy Innovation in Europe (REWORC),” the Chair of Microsociology at the University of Tübingen is seeking a doctoral researcher for 4 years (pay grade 13 TV-L, 65%, starting date: 1 February 2027). You can find the full job […]

At the University of Göttingen -Public Law Foundation-, Geographisches Institut – Abt. Humangeographie, there is a position as Research assistant (PhD Position)(all genders welcome) Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L/70% to be filled. Starting date is as soon as possible. The position is limited to 3 years. The position in the research focus area “Regional Transformative Capacities and […]

The Cluster of Excellence “Transforming Human Rights” at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, is advertising five Postdoc positions (3 years, full-time). The application deadline is Friday, August 25, 2026. Please find further information on the positions and how to apply here: https://www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de/files/2026/06/2026-06_postdoc-call_EXC.pdf We particularly welcome applications from candidates with a background in Geography or Political Ecology […]

I am recruiting a PhD student to work with work with me on a new project ‘(Dis)orderly transitions: The financial sector’s role in shaping just energy transitions’. The position will be based at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies in Sweden and would suit someone with a background in economic sociology, human or economic […]

The positions are part of the Research Council of Norway TOPPFORSK project FEASIBILITY: The socio-political and techno-economic craft of enabling twin transitions. The project studies how societies make large-scale transformations towards climate neutrality and digitalization appear feasible, legitimate and actionable, with a particular focus on the role of knowledge, expertise, valuation, future-making and decision-making. The […]

The Department of Human Geography at Lund University is hiring 1-2 PhD students in human/economic geography. The students will be employed in the DECENT project (Socio-technical modularity and the decentralization of infrastructure), financed by the ERC: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101219042. The students will also be affiliated with CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation Research). The positions are suitable for candidates with […]