Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) – Trees and the travels of knowledge: making modern (trans)imperial forestry from the margins, 1917–1939 University of Eastern Finland in Finland

Two doctoral researcher positions are available at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies at the University of Eastern Finland, based on the Joensuu Campus. The successful candidates will join a Research Council of Finland-funded project on the history of forestry knowledge and its international movement in the interwar period. The project investigates how local forestry practices were transformed into global science between 1917 and 1939, and how Nordic forestry became entangled ...

Two fully funded PhD positions are available in Environmental and Global History , with a focus on forestry knowledge and transimperial history . The positions are part of the TreeKnow Project at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies , University of Eastern Finland . These doctoral researcher openings are suited to applicants with a strong background in history , especially those interested in environmental history , global history , archival research, and historical methods. The...

The University of Oulu is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the General Education Research unit at the Faculty of Education and Psychology. The role sits within DATAVOID (From a Void to the Cloud? Data Centres in the Afterlives of Arctic Industries), an interdisciplinary research project examining how data centres emerge in post-industrial northern communities and how they relate to the legacies of earlier industries. The post is designed for a researcher who will develop a comparative st...

Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria, is offering up to five funded PhD places in Comparative History for the 2027/28 academic year. The four-year programme is accredited in Austria and the United States and welcomes interdisciplinary research proposals examining interconnected historical cultures and geographies. Historical Studies at CEU has particular strengths in the history of Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, while faculty research also covers areas ranging from...

The University of Lapland’s Faculty of Law is recruiting one funded PhD Junior Researcher for the Arctic Transitions (AT) project, “Arctic Transitions, Energy and Climate Governance Horizons in the Far North.” The full-time position is based in Rovaniemi, Finland, with remote working possible within Finland. The project investigates how climate change and demand for rare and valuable earth materials are reshaping extraction activities, infrastructures, security configurations, governance arrange...