European Culture and Literature University of Groningen in Netherlands

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on the effects of incorporating emotion-sensitive AI into politics and policymaking. This opening is part of the interdisciplinary A.I. Feels project, which examines how emotion-sensitive AI chatbots used by politicians and civil servants may shape policymaking and democracy. The PhD researcher will work on sub-project 1, focusing on how emotions are expressed in chatbot outputs generated in response to prompts relevant to policymakers. The project sit...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is advertising a postdoc in Sociology on de-escalating aggressive encounters between frontline workers and citizens. The project asks when and why aggression and violence against frontline workers occur, and aims to improve understanding and prevention of violence in frontline professions. The postdoc will work in the Department of Sociology and contribute to the ORC-NWA consortium project “De-escalating Aggressive Encounters between Frontline Workers and Citizens.” ...

NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) is advertising up to 7 PhD Research Fellow positions at the Faculty of Humanities. The call is especially relevant for applicants interested in linguistics , language , English sociolinguistics , and related humanities research areas. The positions are full-time for 3 years and include up to 100,000 NOK in funds for carrying out the research project. Applicants are expected to coordinate their application with one of the relevant research gro...

Call for applications for a postdoctoral contract from the Alliance Paris Lumières , jointly involving the University of Paris 8 and the University of Paris Nanterre . The opportunity is open to recent PhD graduates who defended their thesis between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2026 , regardless of their university of origin and whether they earned the doctorate in France or abroad. This year’s call is also open to PhD holders from Paris 8 and Paris Nanterre under specific hosting rules: Paris 8...

Applications are open for Postdoctoral Fellowships at The British Academy . This call invites early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to pursue an independent research project leading to a significant piece of publishable research . The opportunity is aimed at researchers developing work in fields such as anthropology, sociology, history, political science, literature, communication studies, and related disciplines. The post does not specify a stipend amount or other fundi...