I am pleased to share an open call for a four-year, full-time postdoctoral position within the SWIFFT Collective’s Decarbonization and Justice Chair, a collaborative initiative between the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
The successful candidate will play a central role in developing and coordinating the Chair’s research agenda on polluter and wealth elites in just socio-ecological transitions. They will co-supervise two PhD projects in collaboration with the Chair’s co-promoters, Prof. Tom Bauler (ULB-SONYA) and Prof. Bas van Heur (VUB-COSMOPOLIS), and will also develop their own research project.
The position is based in a friendly and stimulating working environment on a new joint university campus dedicated to urban and socio-environmental transformations. It offers the opportunity to contribute to a timely and important research topic.
- Application deadline: September 3, 2026
- Start date: Autumn 2026, flexible
- Location: Brussels, ULB-VUB Usquare Campus
The full call for applications is available via the following link.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Tom Bauler (tom.bauler@ulb.be) and Bas van Heur (bas.van.heur@vub.be).