About us The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) at University College London (UCL) is an international centre specialising in academic teaching, practical training, research, and consultancy in urban and regional development and planning. It is concerned with promoting sustainable development, understanding rapid urbanisation, and encouraging innovation in the policy, planning and management responses to the […]
The Institute for Spatial and Social-Ecological Transformations (ISSET) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business invites applications for two full-time, tenure track positions in the areas of “Social-Ecological Provisioning” (Job id: 2402) and “Multi-Level Transformations” (Job id: 2401). The link to the job advertisements can be found here. Post-doc-Level – Jobs – Jobportal<https://www.wu.ac.at/karriere/jobportal/jobs/auf-post-doc-level>. Knowledge […]
ully-funded 3.5 yr PhD Studentship at University of Leeds working with INFUZE and UK Department for Transport This PhD will focus on building a novel evaluation framework which is led by the citizens who are involved in the trials and demonstrations being run by the INFUZE project. This will enable an integrated assessment of the […]
Do you want to contribute to the energy transition, engage with renewable energy experts, and develop model-based policy recommendations? Join us to explore how decentral flexibility will shape Europe’s energy future! Job Description Decentral flexibility is pivotal to the energy transition. Numerous companies, start-ups, pilot projects, and not-for-profit organizations offer decentral flexibility solutions to integrate renewable […]
Postdoctoral position on measuring the long-term acceleration and crisis of industrial societies Expected starting date: 1 September 2025 Duration of employment: 36 months (until 30.08.2028), with a possibility of extension up to the end of the project (30.04.2030) Working time: 100% (40 hours per week) Application deadline: 15 June 2025 The purpose of the postdoctoral research project is to […]
The ERC Consolidator project “Rise and Demise of Industrial Modernity” [cordis.europa.eu] (RiDe) at the University of Tartu (Estonia) is looking to fill 2 fully funded PhD positions and 1 postdoctoral position, broadly in environmental studies/social science, particularly in sustainability transitions studies. The project is based on the Deep Transitions framework (see here [doi.org], here [doi.org] and here […]
The following piece is a brief extract from a more comprehensive study on the impact of two trends in the context of Cohesion Policy: hyper-Lisbonisation and re-nationalisation. The article investigates how these trends are intertwined with the reiterative resort to employing Cohesion Policies funds outside of their original objectives and legal provisions, particularly to counterbalance […]
The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is recruiting a fully funded 18-month postdoctoral researcher to join the DFF-funded project: “Reimagining energy futures, designing techno-political orders: Germany and Poland at the crossroads of energy transition”. The position focuses on the energy transition in Germany, with particular attention to how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has […]
We’re excited to share three upcoming postdoctoral opportunities through the Momentum Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Program (MSCA)—a prestigious 3-year fellowship co-funded by the European Union and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). The selection process will be overseen by HAS. ANETILab, based in Budapest, is currently seeking postdoctoral researchers interested in applying for the Fellowship. Candidates with interest in inequality and innovation in social networks, […]
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a Full Professor of Digital Humanities Focusing on Place and Space (salary group W3) at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS). This is a full-time and permanent position to be filled by the earliest possible starting date. […]
The project: We invite applications for a PhD studentship in the area of Labour Market Skills and Regional Productivity, hosted by the University of Bristol Business School and delivered in collaboration with The Productivity Institute (TPI) and the South West Productivity Forum. This opportunity is particularly well-suited for students with a strong background in Economics, […]
Postdoc Position in Human Geography: The Geopolitics of EU Energy Externalities https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/postdoc-position-in-human-geography-the-geopolitics-of-eu-energy-externalities The Department of Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment (GPM) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to develop and carry out a research project on the theme of ‘The geopolitics of green hydrogen: the case of South Africa and the Netherlands’. The research is funded […]
The Chair of Policy Analysis at the University of Bamberg has a vacancy (starting between August and October 2025) for a Research Associate (m/f/d) (post-doc) (50% – 100% time working hours; German public service paygrade TV-L E 13; part-time also possible) for an initial period of three years in a fixed-term employment relationship with the […]
This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Are you an ambitious researcher with a commitment to promoting positive social change? Are you passionate about delivering innovative student education in a research-intensive university? Does […]
It is my great pleasure to announce an opening for a Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Social Science or Humanities approaches to Ecosystem Restoration, to join us in the research program SAFIRE: Safeguarding Biodiversity through Interdisciplinary Research on Habitat Restoration at the University of Oulu (Finland). Application deadline 19.05.2025 https://oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:811776/ We invite applications from candidates with strong […]
Introduction UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility. Presentation The Graduate School for Public Administration of the University of Lausanne is looking for a PhD student 80% (max. […]
The post is part of the Leverhulme-funded project “Rep2SI” (https://rep2si.github.io/) (for Reputation and the Reproduction of Social Inequality) led by Dr. Eleanor Power. The aim is to study the role of reputation – and people’s concern about their reputational standing – in perpetuating social inequality. This is an interdisciplinary, mixed methods project: we already have […]
The Antwerp Urban Studies Institute is currently looking for two full-time visiting scholars for a short-term research stay (in-person) at the University of Antwerp in 2025/2026. The selected scholars will be offered the opportunity to conduct their research at the USI and to participate in the institute’s research activities. They will be supported to (1) communicate their […]
The Downing Battcock Institute is an exciting and bold initiative. As a brand new institute, it seeks to galvanise policy research, discussion, implementation, and training on various themes to address some of the biggest threats faced by society. On account of a generous donation from alumnus and philanthropist, Humphrey Battcock, the College now seeks to […]
Leaving No One Behind? Navigating Regional Socio-Economic and Employment Impacts in the Context of Just Transition Transitioning to a low-carbon economy is crucial for sustainability and climate resilience, but it requires significant transformation, particularly in vulnerable regions with economic and social disadvantages. The purpose of this project is to analyse the socio-economic impacts of transitioning […]
On the 9th April, 2025, the Association reached its sixtieth anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, a new logo was released and several events were organised across the year.
We are delighted to invite you to participate in City+2025@Oxford, an international conference on interdisciplinary urban studies, taking place on 29–30 September 2025 at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. The conference theme is “Urban Data Analytics and the Polycrisis.” We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract by April 20, 2025 for consideration […]
Andrássy University Budapest invites scholars as well as practitioners to submit papers for a Workshop on Infrastructure and Cross-Border Cooperation held on 20-22 November 2025. In recent years, infrastructure and infrastructure policy have increasingly become the focus of political and academic interest in various disciplines – so much so that there is sometimes even talk […]
The Gran Sasso Science Institute, a public, research-intensive university dedicated to doctoral education in L’Aquila, Italy, has advertised 12 fully funded doctoral positions in its 4-year English-taught PhD programme in Regional Science & Economic Geography. The programme offers training in both quantitative and qualitative research methods in economic geography and regional studies. Deadline: 23 May, 2025 L’Aquila is a mid-size historical town in central Italy, surrounded by […]