The Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA), based in the Geography Department at King’s College London, will be responsible for enabling and supporting the development of a co-production approach for the Climate Change Resilient Equitable Healthy Cities in Africa (CLARITY-Africa) programme. The post holder will coordinate implementation of participative research and engagement in CLARITY workstreams, monitoring and […]
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 […]
Institute for Forecasting of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of Slovak Academy of Sciences, recognized with the HR Excellence in Research Award, is looking for a Post-docResearcher in the field of employment, labour migration and social policy. The researcher will join a dynamic team of researchers at the Institute, which is characterised by disciplinary variety, methodological […]
The SWIFFT collective at Vrije Universiteit Brussel- Université Libre de Bruxelles is hiring a postdoctoral researcher on the theme of Decarbonization and Finance. This is a 5-year non-tenured position, full-time (but part-time work negotiable), based in Brussels (Belgium). You will be part of a team of 4 other postdocs, 8 PhD researchers and 8 PIs. […]
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 […]
I’m pleased to advertise a +3.5 or 1+3.5 studentship for postgrad research on anti-trafficking funding at University of Dundee. The studentship will be supervised by Jonathan Mendel and Kiril Sharapov (Edinburgh Napier University), with Suzanne Hoff (La Strada International) as an advisor. You’ll find more detail on the studentship (funded by the ESRC through the […]
Tom joined the RSA in 2025 as the Head of Publishing after many years working for leading academic publishers, specifically Elsevier and Sage Publishing. At the latter, as a Director, he helped lead the development of the company’s (then) nascent medicine and life science programme, as well as its gold OA journal programme. Throughout his […]
Please see this interesting call for a junior professorship at the geography department at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (with tenure track W3). For the professorship in “Human Geography and Global Transitions” we seek applicants who are researching global socio-economic dynamics of spatial transitions against the background of, for example, economic geography, development geography or demographic […]
“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.
As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and those of Minority Ethnic backgrounds as they are currently under-represented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience relative to the role. Department of Geography and Environment Assistant Professor of […]
The University of Stuttgart is one of the leading technically oriented universities in Germany in one of Europe’s most vibrant high-tech and industrial areas. The university is a reliable employer, partner for technology transfer and is committed to the interdisciplinary integration of engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences based on the fundamentals of cutting-edge […]
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 […]
The concept of ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem’ is gaining popularity in regional studies. Under this label, we find various conditions and policies that either support or inhibit local entrepreneurship, especially its most dynamic variety – innovative and growth-oriented new firms. In our ongoing research, we ask if the city ecosystem characteristics that support dynamic entrepreneurship are consistent […]
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 […]
The MA in Spatial Justice is designed for students who wish to deepen their understanding of critical geographical ideas and themes and apply this knowledge to the most pressing societal and environmental challenges of the 21st century. Students will be empowered to think geographically, to develop their critical thinking skills, undertake independent research in an […]
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 […]
There are a range of fellowships available at Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. These include the Postdoctoral Fellowship (closes 25 April 2025) for early-career scholars working in any discipline in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Other IASH schemes: Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship (closes 28 February 2025) for Indian citizens […]
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, […]
This year the CJRES annual conference is taking place in Cambridge at St. Catherine’s College the 17th and 18th of July 2025, as usual sponsored by the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient’ Further on the call for papers is available here: https://cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2025/ The current deadline for […]
It is a great pleasure to invite you to the Sustainability and Resilience International Scientific Conference (SRISC), to be held on April 10-11th, 2025. The SRISC aims to focus on economic and social sciences and related disciplines. The drastic changes in the international and domestic economic environment in the past period present new challenges to […]
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 […]