Children as Agents of Cultural Evolution (ChACE) University of Durham in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in Developmental Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany . The post advertises a 75% position on the E13 TV-L salary scale , with a start date of January 1, 2027 . This is a research-focused doctoral opening for candidates interested in developmental psychology and related psychological research areas. Study/research focus: developmental psychology, psychology, and potentially education-related developmental research. Funding: paid employment at 75% of an E13 TV-L positio...

PhD opportunity in Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh , School of Health in Social Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This postgraduate research programme is designed for projects exploring health and wellbeing through arts, humanities, and social science perspectives, with a strong emphasis on health and social care research , policy, practice, and innovative cross-disciplinary methods. The programme welcomes research using a range of designs, with pa...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in the Education, Childhood and Youth theme, with supervision available from Cat Davies for an interdisciplinary Pathway Award focused on early years research. The advertised research areas include children’s early language , literacy , and education; how home and educational environments shape development; how screen use interacts with learning and development; the impacts of educational disruption on development; and using research to shape edu...

Durham University is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Education focused on young people's mental health and wellbeing . The role sits within an Horizon-funded 5-year European study developing evidence-based mental health promotion models for young people in education, training, and work . The project is led at Durham by Professor Aimee Quickfall and runs from September 2026 to August 2031 . The successful candidate will contribute to the co-creation, piloting, and e...

PhD opportunity in human biological evolution , culture , genetics , human genetics , behavioural biology , and evolution at Anglia Ruskin University (School of Life Sciences), Cambridge, United Kingdom, with supervision from Dr Jason Hodgson and Prof Andrea Manica (University of Cambridge). The project asks how cultural variation in marriage practice may shape genetic and phenotypic variation in three traditional ethnic groups in Madagascar. Using existing social, cultural, genomic, and phenoty...