The University College London, in collaboration with The Science Museum Group, offers a fully funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship titled ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’. This unique PhD opportunity, starting 1st October 2026, is designed for candidates interested in the intersection of history, heritage, and space technology. The project addresses the urgent need for museums to develop frameworks for accessioning and interpreting ...

Ghent University, in collaboration with the Centre Leo Apostel at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is offering two fully funded PhD positions in Early Modern Intellectual History, History of Science, and Astronomy. The research project centers on Govaart Wendelen, a priest-astronomer whose correspondence and notes illuminate a transnational scholarly network in the Habsburg Netherlands and beyond. The project integrates intellectual history, history of science, manuscript studies, and the study of kn...

The Tilburg School of Catholic Theology at Tilburg University is currently seeking talented individuals for PhD and postdoctoral positions in the fields of contemporary Catholic church history, (post)colonial history, the (pre-)history of Vatican II, and the history of dialogue between churches and religions in the Late Modern Era. The faculty is also planning to open an associate professor position in contextual theology soon. Research at the school is focused on the study of Catholicism in its...

The President’s Doctoral Scholar Award at The University of Manchester offers a fully funded PhD opportunity focused on the prevention of species loss and its implications for human health and wellbeing. This interdisciplinary project explores the historical and cultural roots of conservation, de-extinction, and rewilding, tracing their development from the nineteenth century to the present. The research will examine how longstanding ideas about the therapeutic and restorative potential of natur...

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...

RMIT University is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity as part of the ARC Discovery Project titled 'Making Histories: Young People as Visual Historians of Changing Cities.' This project investigates how young people contribute to urban change in Melbourne (Naarm) and Geelong (Djilang), focusing on their roles as visual historians and agents of historical transformation. The research is designed for candidates interested in marginalised or underrepresented histories, urban change, visual and ...

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 ...

The University of Melbourne, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, is offering a fully funded PhD position in Latin Language and Literature, focusing on the project 'Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul.' The successful candidate will be co-supervised by Sarah Corrigan (University of Melbourne) and Associate Professor Cillian O'Hogan (University of Toronto). This unique opportunity allows the student to spend a year in Toronto, several months in F...