The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium, is offering two full-time Research & Teaching Assistant positions in Political Science. These roles are ideal for candidates interested in pursuing a PhD while gaining teaching experience in a dynamic, multicultural academic environment. ULB is renowned for its international collaboration, diversity, and academic excellence, with a third of its students and researchers coming from abroad. The positions are based in the Faculty of Phil...

Ghent University is inviting applications for a PhD/Researcher position in Responsible AI and Law in Crime & Security, as part of the ERC-funded BIGDATPOL project led by Prof. Wim Hardyns. The project investigates the legal, regulatory, and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence in high-stakes societal domains such as policing, law enforcement, and crime prevention. The research will focus on data-driven risk systems, AI decision-making, fundamental rights, GDPR, and the AI Act. The succe...

The Brussels School of Governance at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is offering a fully funded PhD position on the project “The Weaponisation of Ideas: US–China Competition in the Symbolic Field,” supervised by Prof. Caterina Carta. This research opportunity is based at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) in Brussels, Belgium, and is funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO). The project investigates the ideational and symbolic dimensions of US–China rivalry from 2000 ...

Ghent University invites applications for a full-time doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law, as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK project. The UNPACK project, 'Unpacking the asylum procedure in its intersecting linguistic, sociocultural, psychological and legal dimensions', is a pioneering iBOF-funded collaboration among Flemish universities and the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS). The project aims to inves...

Ghent University, a top 100 institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law. The position is based at the Human Rights Centre within the Faculty of Law and Criminology, renowned for its expertise in human rights law and interdisciplinary research. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research project focused on 'Innovation and documentation in transitional justice,' with a specific empha...

Ghent University, a leading institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law. The position is part of the FWO project 'Reckoning with Belgium’s colonial past: Towards a better understanding of interconnected (truth) initiatives and their contribution to redress.' The research will focus on initiatives by grassroots actors and institutions aimed at redress and repair for colonial harm, encompassing mate...

Ghent University, a leading institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law, based at the Human Rights Centre within the Faculty of Law and Criminology. This position is part of the ERC project “Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up,” focusing on grassroots documentation initiatives of violations of international human rights and humanitar...

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) invites applications for a funded PhD position titled "The Weaponisation of Ideas: US-China Competition in the Symbolic Field." This opportunity is embedded within the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Brussels School of Governance, a leading research centre specializing in international security, diplomacy, and strategy. The project, led by Professor Caterina Carta and funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO), focuses on the id...

Ghent University invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, focusing on the legal and regulatory challenges of artificial intelligence in crime and security. This position is part of the ERC-funded BIGDATPOL project, led by Professor Wim Hardyns, which investigates how AI-driven analytical and decision-support systems can be developed and deployed in compliance with European law, fundamental rights, and ethical princ...