Radboud University’s Faculty of Social Sciences in Nijmegen, Netherlands, is offering a fully funded PhD position as part of the NWO-funded WECARE project, titled “Women building cities: Overcoming violence and transforming the city with communities of care.” This research opportunity is situated within the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies and focuses on how women in peripheral Latin American communities create safer, more sustainable, and democratic urban spaces through grassr...

The Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the University of Bern, Switzerland, is inviting applications for two full-time PhD positions as part of the ERC Starting Grant Project “Legal Governmentality - governing climate activism through criminal law and human rights in Europe (LeGo)” (2026–2031). The project investigates how climate activism, particularly civil disobedience, is governed through legal frameworks, criminal law, and human rights discourses in Europe, with a foc...

Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, is offering a fully funded PhD position in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies. The project, titled 'Women Building Cities,' is part of the NWO-funded WECARE initiative and focuses on how women in peripheral communities in Latin America transform their urban environments to become more liveable, sustainable, safe, and democratic. The research will use qualitative, participatory, and co-production methodologies to explore grassroots ...

This PhD project, titled 'Sensing the Machine: Generative AI and the Transformation of Musical Ensemble Practice (CreativeAI Studentship)', offers a unique opportunity to investigate how generative AI is reshaping creativity, collaboration, and trust within musical performance, production, and composition. As AI systems become increasingly integrated into creative workflows—from real-time improvisation tools to AI-assisted compositional platforms—musicians are beginning to treat algorithms not o...

The University of Manchester invites applications for a fully funded PhD project titled '[PDS Award] The Future of Sex: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sexual Biology and Gender Studies.' This innovative doctoral research responds to the evolving role of 'sex' as an organising concept in the humanities, aiming to bridge insights from gender and sexuality studies with recent scientific developments in sexual biology. The project leverages the humanities' capacity to interrogate the social and cul...

This interdisciplinary PhD project, based at The University of Manchester, investigates the environmental, cultural, and economic impacts of end-of-life practices in 21st century Britain. The research addresses the pressing question of how Britain should dispose of its dead, considering the intersection of environmental science, cultural heritage, medical ethics, and public policy. Traditional burial and cremation methods are evaluated for their resource use and carbon footprint, while the ecolo...

Ghent University in Belgium is offering a full-time PhD fellowship as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK Project, which investigates the asylum procedure through linguistic, sociocultural, psychological, and legal lenses. The project aims to enhance fairness in asylum processes and understand the lived experiences of applicants, officials, interpreters, and lawyers. The research is conducted in collaboration with the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) ...

KU Leuven’s Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology is offering PhD positions as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK project, focusing on asylum procedures in Belgium. The research aims to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for fairness in asylum procedures, combining front-office and back-office perspectives. This project is funded by iBOF and involves collaboration with Ghent University and the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)....

Utrecht University is offering a PhD position on the Delta Climate Center (DCC)-funded project ‘Delta Values’, focusing on the intersection of climate adaptation, human-landscape interaction, and social sciences. The project is based in Zeeland, a region with a rich history of living with environmental hazards such as floods and droughts, now facing increased risks due to climate change, sea level rise, and salinisation. The research aims to understand how residents of Zeeland have historically ...