2026 ARL Congress | Cologne (“Maternushaus”) | 01 – 02 October 2026 Call for Abstracts EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY IN TIMES OF TRANSITION The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association invites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit abstracts for the upcoming ARL Congress 2026 on “European Regional Policy in Times of Transition”. […]
Powering Development? Solar Energy, Poverty Alleviation and Just Transition in Rural China Yunpeng Zhang is an Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin. His research interests lie at the intersection of social geography, political economy and development studies, with a focus on urbanisation, […]
We are looking for a postdoc who has experience with policy networks, community networks, or inter-organisational networks. This is a research position (fixed term until the end of 2027) in the £3m ARISE project (“Advancing Resilience and Innovation for a Sustainable Environment”) at the University of Essex, co-supervised by Prof Gina Reinhardt (University of Essex) […]
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 […]
Kartograph/in (m/w/d) Lehrstuhl für Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie Bewerbungsfrist: 15. Februar 2026 Die Universität Bayreuth mit ihrem familiären Campus ist einer der größten Arbeitgeber der Region. Am Lehrstuhl für Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie der Universität Bayreuth ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine unbefristete Vollzeitstelle als Kartograph/in (m/w/d) zu besetzen. Ihr Aufgabengebiet: Ihr Aufgabenbereich umfasst die Unterstützung von Wissenschaftler/innen […]
Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 120 nationalities, 14 000 students, 400 professors and close to […]
At the University of Vienna more than 10,000 personalities work together towards answering the big questions of the future. Around 2,900 of them contribute to enabling excellent research and teaching through their expertise and work in administration and organisation. They know how they can work best. Flexible, remote and with as much freedom as they […]
Department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 Start date: September 1st, 2026 or later Job type: full-time Job field: Science and research | Education and schooling The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, invites applications for the following position: Post-doctoral Researcher in Regional Economics Masaryk University, the Faculty […]
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/
Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate & Energy Transformation: We’re seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher who is eager to contribute to interdisciplinary research at CET. Read more and apply here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/291959/postdoctor-position-at-the-centre-for-climate-and-energy-transformation-cet Postdoctoral Research Fellow position The Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET), University of Bergen (UiB), is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow for a period of three […]
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 PhD position is funded by the WelGain project (https://www.ntnu.edu/isa/welgain), financed by the Research Council of Norway. The WelGain project studies why the public debate about welfare often focuses more on the costs than on the benefits. Our goal is to develop a framework that helps researchers and policymakers measure both the visible and the […]
The Department of Geography at the University of Bonn is inviting applications for two PhD student positions from April 2026 to work on political ecologies of rural-urban water transfers in Kenya and Tanzania. The positions are offered within the Collaborative Research Centre “Future Rural Africa – Future-Making and Social-Ecological Transformation” (www.futureruralafrica.de), as part of the sub-project “Green futures – […]
The 2nd Workshop for Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics takes place on 16–17 March 2026. The workshop aims to support women-led research by bringing together advanced PhD students, fellows, and postdoctoral researchers working in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics. Participants will present their work, receive feedback from an LSE faculty discussant, […]
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 […]
One position for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate as part of the ESRC-funded project The Peripheralisation of Asylum Accommodation, which investigates the evolution of contemporary asylum accommodation policy in England, as well as the conflicts it creates between different institutional and non-institutional actors and the experiences of people living in accommodation provided by the Home Office. If […]
The Gran Sasso Science Institute is organising SPACERAISE, an international summer school designed to equip international students (Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels) with theoretical insights and practical skills for working with non-traditional and geospatial observational data in applied economics and quantitative geography. The summer school will take place 18–22 May 2026, during the thematic week on […]
Advances in Spatial and Network Modelling for Policymaking – 2nd Edition Join us in May 2026 in Sevilla for the second edition of this workshop, hosted by the JRC. The call for papers is open until 15 February 2026. The workshop aims to promote scientific exchange among researchers, academics, and practitioners working on Spatial Econometrics […]
The Henley International Business Masterclasses are offered by Henley Business School to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers studying international business in business management, economic geography, and economics. The 2026 Spring Session consists of the following courses: 13 – 14 April 2026 International Business, Development and Policy by Rajneesh Narula with guest speakers Ganeshan Wignaraja and Chie […]