Opportunities Categories: PHD

There is an open PhD position at Utrecht University, within the Economic Geography section of the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, and in close collaboration with the Innovation Studies section of the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. The project is titled “Global Talent Interdependence and Europe’s Strategic Innovation Ambitions’ and explores how international […]

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 […]

Two fully funded PhD positions in the critical humanities and social sciences. The positions are part of POESIS: Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea, a new research group funded by the University of Bonn’s Cluster of Excellence and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), and based at the German Institute of Development […]

Master’s and PhD Research Scholarships on the “Ageing-Migration Nexus”  at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (NUS) for admission in January 2027 (application deadline: 15 May 2026) The Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore (NUS) invites outstanding candidates to apply for 2 Research Scholarships (1 Master’s and 1 PhD) tied […]

A fully funded PhD position at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) Vienna: https://www.ihs.ac.at/fileadmin/public/2016_Files/Documents/2026/PhD_Job_Ad_Doctoral_Researcher_SST_final.pdf Candidates with a background in energy social science research are especially encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will also be enrolled in the Oskar Morgenstern Doctoral School (OMDS) PhD program in Economics at the University of Vienna: https://oskar-morgenstern-doctoral-school.univie.ac.at/admission-registration-for-omds/ The application deadline is May […]

The Department of Geography and Environment at Loughborough University is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship to start in October 2026. “Why and how are some lives depicted and positioned as expendable while others are deemed not just worth protecting but also of exemplary treatments?” is the question that broadly drives this project given the […]

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 […]