Opportunities Categories: PHD

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 […]

I am pleased to announce that 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, 2025. We kindly invite you to share this opportunity within your networks and encourage qualified candidates to apply. The doctoral programme is […]

We are seeking a motivated and qualified candidate for a fully-funded PhD scholarship through CSIRO’s Next Generation Graduates Program.  The Program is an industry driven, multi-disciplinary graduate training program that aims to equip the candidate with entrepreneurial thinking and skill sets that boost breakthrough innovation in the exciting fields of emerging technologies. The candidate will be […]

Wwe are looking for a Research Associate (PhD Candidate) in the research project “StudentCities” that investigates the financialisation of student housing in Germany and the Netherlands. The position will be based at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Details can be found here: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=f6903d82c1334bcaa09a4f290404460327a34f5b Closing date is 23 April 2025. All queries may be addressed to jana.kleibert@uni-hamburg.de […]

About HKUST(GZ) Formally established in June 2022, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST(GZ)) is a cooperatively run higher education institution between mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As a pioneering university, HKUST(GZ) is redefining cross-disciplinary education, advancing pedagogical innovation, and driving scientific research with real-world impact. HKUST embraces […]

The Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milan-Bicocca has opened candidatures for 5 fully funded doctoral fellowships in the PhD international program “Analysis of Social and Economic processes” (ASEP). Deadline: 24th April 2025 at.12.00 UCT. Call and application: Calls for application | Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (unimib.it)

Tallinn University is seeking to recruit PhD candidates and Research Fellows to join the ERA Chair in Sustainable Futures project. Running from 2025 to 2029, SustainERA will combine high-level research with the development of innovative solutions to promote a sustainable mindset and practices. By integrating expertise from multiple disciplines and fostering international collaboration, the project also aims to enhance Tallinn University’s research […]

We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.  These six full-time equivalent PhD Studentships provide full UK fees (£5,006) and a stipend set at the UKRI minimum annual award for 2025/26 (£20,780 p.a.). Limited fee waivers and […]

As part of the TRANSFORM project (“Urban Mobility Cultures in Transition: Socio-spatial implications of transformative practices”, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network), we are looking for highly motivated candidates for two fully funded PhD positions in transport policy and acceptability of local transition measures at the Frankfurt Lab for Social-Ecological Transformation of Urban Mobility (SET-Mobility), Department […]

In the framework of the NWO-funded Climares (www.climares.nl) programme, we have one (full-time, paid) PhD position for our research focus on urban street vendors in Mozambique. When successful, the candidate will be awarded a degree from the University of Amsterdam. More info can be found here: Vacancies – www.climares.nl The deadline is 28 March 2025. On the […]

The Geography Department at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is advertising a Postdoc and a PhD position in the new Society-Environment Research Group. The application deadline is Friday, March 28, 2025. Please find further information on the two positions and how to apply here: https://www.geographie.nat.fau.de/job-offer-postdoc-33-years-and-phd-3-years-in-cultural-geography-society-environment-research/ as well as on the FAU job portal: https://www.jobs.fau.de/stellenangebote/

Call for applications for two PhD positions at the Sociology Department  at Trinity College Dublin. The positions are in quantitative sociology. The application deadline is April 21. Further information can be found at the links below. 🔗 https://www.tcd.ie/sociology/vacancies/ 🔗 https://www.tcd.ie/sociology/postgraduate/phd/index.php

I would like to share a PhD opportunity in a project on ‘Digital-infrastructural Sovereignty Amidst and Beyond US-China Polarization’, fully funded by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). The candidate will be based at the department of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development of the University of Amsterdam. For more details and […]

We have a new PhD opening, please find all the details here: Loughborough University PhD Opportunity Applicants are encouraged to have: (1) experience in GIS; (2) experience in quantitative data analysis, such as handling large datasets; and (3) experience with human participant research, such as interviews, focus groups, and/or surveys.   Submission deadline: 20th April […]

We are currently advertising for a fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Glasgow (Adam Smith Business School), which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council via the Scottish Graduate School for Social Science (SGSSS). The project is titled “Public Futures, Deprivatisation and Municipalisation: Addressing Inequalities of Local Public Provision” and sits […]

​A studentship funded by the ESRC through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) is open for applications. The exciting PhD opportunity will explore the transformative potential of democratic finance – Community Bonds and Community Shares – in Scotland. This new form of finance creates citizen investors by harnessing and investing the financial resources […]

“The Urban Densification of Railway Stations Districts in Région Hauts-de-France — Observing, Measuring, Predicting” PhD funding (3 years) cofinanced by Région Hauts-de-France and Université Gustave Eiffel, starting in autumn 2025, candidate before 21st April 2025 Description of the PhD topic. Send CV and motivation letter to Alain L’Hostis, before the 31st March 2025.

The Department of Human Geography at Lund University is hiring a PhD student in economic geography (4 years)! The position is connected to research projects that focus on innovation and socio-technical transitions in the urban water management sector – globally and in select high- and middle-income cities. The position is well-suited for students with an […]

I am advertising two PhD and one Postdoc positions as part of my ERC-funded project “Climate Citizenship: Infrastructures, Environments, and Democracy in the Era of Climate Change.” One PhD position is for research in the US and the other for research in Japan. The candidates will be based at Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology […]

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, supported by the College of Business and Social Sciences to be undertaken within the Centre for Business Prosperity, Aston Business School at Aston University. The position is available to start in October 2025. Financial Support This studentship includes a bursary to cover the tuition fees and an […]

We have an exciting Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellow position open in Modelling of Green Maritime Fuel Transition taking into Account Risk and Uncertainty. Please share internationally 🙏 Only open for applicants who have lived less than one year in Denmark within the last 3 years 🌍 Our ‘Ports as Energy Transition Hubs’ (POTENT) Marie Skłodowska-Curie […]

Resilience of pastoral societies to social-ecological change in central Kenya https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-opportunities/research-students/research-studentships/resilience-pastoral-societies-central-kenya/ Duration: Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term Application deadline: 27 May 2025 Start date: September 2025 For further details contact: Dr James Bennett – apy073@coventry.ac.uk Introduction Pastoralism is a livelihood strategy premised on livestock mobility in marginal environments around the world, […]

At the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, we are inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Social Policy, with an interest in comparative research on policy developments and outcomes on topics such as gender inequality, socio-economic inequality, social care/childcare, ethnicity and migration, or religion. At the Unit “Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work”  in the Department […]

Funded PhD Studentship: The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies   This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affected societies. Project details Everyday economic spaces and practices give insight into […]