KU Leuven’s Institute of Social Law is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship in comparative social security law. The successful candidate will conduct doctoral research focusing on the interaction between national social security law, national competition law, and European internal market rules. The project emphasizes both empirical and theoretical approaches, aiming to analyze the societal relevance and policy impact of social security regulations. The PhD candidate will be e...

KU Leuven’s Institute for Property Law is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship in comparative property law. The successful candidate will conduct independent, high-quality doctoral research in private and public real estate law, with a strong comparative perspective. The position involves preparing national and international publications, engaging in the Institute’s ongoing research projects, and limited involvement in educational guidance such as seminars and tutorials. Appl...

KU Leuven invites applications for a full-time PhD scholarship in European economic law, focusing on competition, consumer, and internal market law, with an optional emphasis on comparative business law. The successful candidate will conduct original doctoral research within the Consumer Competition Market (CCM) research group, develop a dissertation under the supervision of KU Leuven academics, and participate in seminars and limited teaching activities on the Brussels and Leuven campuses. The ...

The Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague is offering a fully funded PhD position within the research project "Psychological Limits to Algorithmic Sentencing," supervised by Assistant Professor Michał Kłusek. This four-year doctoral opportunity focuses on the intersection of law, psychology, and artificial intelligence, specifically investigating the psychological and moral boundaries of delegating legal judgment to AI systems. The project addresses critical questions about justice, aut...

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...

The ERC LawAtWork PhD Scholarship at the University of Glasgow offers an exciting opportunity to investigate the impact of novel workplace technologies, such as AI and algorithmic management, on employment law enforcement and compliance. This project is designed to test the hypothesis that breaches of employment law may become more difficult to detect, remedy, and prevent when advanced technologies are used to recruit, manage, and monitor workers. The research aims to identify both the challenge...

The University of Glasgow's College of Social Sciences is offering the ERC LawAtWork PhD Scholarship for research on 'The Rule of Law at Work: Breach of Workers' Rights and Public Faith in the Rule of Law.' This project investigates the hypothesis that breaches of employment law may be more difficult to detect, remedy, and prevent when artificial intelligence and other novel technologies are used in recruitment, management, and monitoring of workers. The research will explore the intersection of...

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...

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) ...