The University of Glasgow is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the multi-year project 'Towards the University of the Future,' funded by Glasgow Changing Futures. This interdisciplinary research initiative explores the conditions that enable collaboration across differences in higher education, focusing on institutional infrastructures, organizational systems, relational dynamics, material realities, and imaginative horizons. The project is a collaboration between the Un...

The Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS) at the University of Passau, Germany, is inviting applications for its Research-in-Residence Fellowships and Academic Event Funding for 2026 and 2027. These opportunities are open to internationally established academics and promising junior researchers at the postdoctoral level. The fellowships support interdisciplinary research and international collaboration, with a focus on themes such as Zero Hunger and Peace, a...

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is seeking Post-Doctoral Associates in the Division of Social Science, with a focus on Data Science and Computational Social Science. The position is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and offers a unique opportunity to engage in multidisciplinary research at a globally recognized institution. Research topics may include social media analysis, collaboration and teamwork, gender inequality, diversity, online controlled experiments, and network science....

The Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S) at Goethe University Frankfurt is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in Empirical Computational Ethics. This interdisciplinary position is ideal for candidates whose work intersects Science and Technology Studies (STS), Critical Data Studies, Responsible AI, Feminist Technoscience, and Postcolonial Computing. The successful candidate will join a newly forming research group with strong institutional support and a vibrant, collaborative environme...

The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at Sciences Po, Paris, is inviting applications for a doctoral researcher (PhD candidate) and a postdoctoral researcher to join the ERC-funded LEARN project, led by Professor Bastian Betthaeuser. The LEARN project focuses on understanding the consequences of major health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, for children's education. The research aims to uncover how disruptive events—including health crises, natural disasters, and violent co...

The University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, through the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Migration and Democracy. This full-time, in-person position is based in South Bend, Indiana, and is designed for a promising social scientist with strong quantitative skills and an interest in agentic AI tools and public-facing research. The postdoc will work directly with Dr. Alexander Kustov, Associate Professor of Migration, ...

Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Criminology and Sociology to join a high-impact project on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The successful candidate will work within the Socio-Demography Research Group at the Department of Political and Social Sciences. The project focuses on evaluating the impact of penal and rehabilitative interventions on IPV desistance, conceptualizing reintegration as a multidimensional process that includes employment and healt...

The University of Amsterdam is seeking two postdoctoral researchers to join its Research Priority Area AI & Politics. These positions focus on the broad theme of how artificial intelligence is transforming societies and the reciprocal influence between politics and AI. One postdoc will be hosted at ASCOR (Communication Science) and the other at AISSR (Sociology/Geography), both within the University of Amsterdam. Supervisors and collaborators include Jaron Harambam (Assistant Professor of Media,...

The Max Planck Society, one of Europe's leading organizations for basic research, is currently inviting applications for over 41 PhD, postdoctoral, and academic positions across multiple institutes in Germany. These opportunities span a wide range of research fields, including engineering and technical research, physics and astrophysics, biology and neuroscience, chemistry and materials science, demography and social sciences, as well as computational and data science. Successful candidates will...