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Opportunities Categories: PHD

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University of Tartu, Estonia
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April 15, 2026

The Department of Geography at the University of Tartu in Estonia invites applications for a Junior Research Fellow (PhD) position, running from September 2026 to August 2030. The application deadline is 15 April 2026. The position offers an opportunity to pursue doctoral studies while contributing to research on migration processes, urban development, and socio-spatial change. The PhD […]

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University of Milano–Bicocca, Italy
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April 17, 2026

The University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy) is offering six fully funded scholarships for the three-year Ph.D. Programme in Urban Studies (URBEUR) at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, starting on November 1, 2026. The doctoral programme is designed to be a benchmark of excellence in urban studies, equipping scholars, researchers, and professionals with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary education. It provides a […]

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University of Milano–Bicocca, Italy
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April 17, 2026

I would like to inform you that applications are now open for five PhD fellowships in Analysis of Social and Economic Processes at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano–Bicocca. Further information and the application procedure are available at the following link: https://en.unimib.it/study/doctoral-research-phd-programmes/applying-doctorate/calls-application For more details about the PhD programme, please visit: https://www.asep.unimib.it/home

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University of Manchester, UK
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May 1, 2026

I am pleased to advertise the following *fully-funded PhD studentship* for the new PhD Geography by Practice at University of Manchester. Geography by Practice studentship | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester PhD Geography by Practice is a new programme that enables postgraduate students to undertake doctoral level research in innovative projects with a […]

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University of Melbourne, Australia
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April 24, 2026

I am pleased to announce a new PhD scholarship with Wolfram Dressler and Serene Ho at the University of Melbourne and colleagues at the KIT. 💥the call will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. Please see the link and selection criteria below: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/1687-an-analysis-of-expanding-road-infrastructure-on-indigenous-land-rights–food-security-and-forest-cover-in-southern-palawan–the-philippines ‘An analysis of expanding road infrastructure on Indigenous land rights, […]

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LSE, UK
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April 27, 2026

Please find below details of two fully funded PhD studentships at LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science. We would be grateful if you could share this with anyone in your networks who may be interested. 2 FULLY FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS — ECONOMICS OF DIAGNOSTICS IN AFRICA LSE Health, London School of Economics […]

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Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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April 20, 2026

Fully Funded PhD Opportunity from September 2026, Dublin Ireland. Are you a health systems, policy or governance researcher or practitioner interested in a fully funded PhD opportunity? Applications are now being accepted through the SPHeRE Programme for a PhD protect focused on generating evidence to inform Health Region implementation and enhance outcomes in Ireland. What: […]

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Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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April 19, 2026

The Division of Innovation and R&D Management at Chalmers University of Technology is hiring a Doctoral student to work on the project Consensus and Conflict in the Energy Transition, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. The project brings together researchers from Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, and RISE to investigate how political dynamics shape the pace, […]

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University of Konstanz, Germany
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April 15, 2026

We are recruiting a new cohort of doctoral researchers at our Excellence Cluster on „The Politics of Inequality“ at the University of Konstanz. The cluster is an interdisciplinary research center, bringing together scholars from political science, sociology, economics, linguistics, psychology and related disciplines to study the political causes and consequences of inequality. The individiual positions […]

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Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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April 7, 2026

The Department of Sociology at Trinity College is offering a stipend for an outstanding doctoral student to join the PhD in Sociology degree programme for a period of 48 months. The person appointed will conduct an innovative PhD project connected to one of two Streams: Social attitudes to taxation and social spending Migration and employment. […]

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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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April 13, 2026

We hereby invite applications for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science. Enrolment will be at the Faculty of Social Sciences under Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences. The position starting date is 1 August 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will be part of the research project “Moralizing […]

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March 27, 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic PhD Student to join the Board of the Regional Studies Association. The RSA is an established global Association, and a place on the Board offers the successful candidate the opportunity to engage with colleagues, including students and early career researchers, as well as internationally recognised academics and policymakers […]

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University of Bern, Switzerland
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March 27, 2026

I am sharing a call (pdf link) for two PhD researchers to work on the repression, criminalization, securitization, and human rights-ization of climate activism in UK and Germany. The project is part of my ERC Starting Grant “Legal Governmentality – governing climate activism through criminal law and human rights in Europe (LeGo)” (2026 – 2031, […]

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University of Manchester, UK
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March 30, 2026

The CreativeAI studentships (2026-29) – fully-funded PhD studentships on cutting-edge creativeAI projects – will explore the rapidly evolving relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence (AI), considering what AI does for creativity and what creativity does for AI. Six supervisor-led interdisciplinary projects bring together outstanding expertise by over 15 academic staff in arts, languages and cultures, computer science, […]

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Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
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March 31, 2026

I am hiring a PhD and a Master student, to work with me on a transdisciplinary study exploring the nexus of climate change, infrastructures and human well-being, in large metropolitan regions of South and SE Asia. The study investigates how diverse social groups are affected by multiple and co-existing vulnerabilities resulting from the nexus. Ideal […]

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