Fully Funded PhD Candidate in Regulation, Integrity, and Gender in Sport at UNIL Sport University of Lausanne in Switzerland

The UZH Department of Political Science (IPZ) is inviting applications for a three-year postdoctoral position in the research group of Fabrizio Gilardi at the University of Zurich . The appointment runs from January 2027 to December 2029 . The position combines independent and collaborative research on digital technology and politics , broadly defined, with some teaching at the BA and/or MA level . The post is especially relevant for candidates working in political science , computational social...

PhD position at the University of Zurich , Department of Geography, in the Political Geography Group on Pastoralist Futures: Land Transformation in East Africa's Drylands . The project examines the longue durée of pastoralist land transformation at the intersection of climate change , state intervention, capitalist practices, land-use and land-cover change, property regimes, and pastoralist agency. The dissertation will focus on pastoralist territories in Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya . T...

Applications are open for the IOC Olympic Studies Centre Research Grant Programme 2027 , a research funding opportunity for PhD students and early career academics working on Olympic-related topics. The programme supports research on the Olympic Movement , the Olympic Games , athletes , and their broader societal and cultural impact . It is connected to the Olympic Studies Centre , which provides access to collections in Lausanne, Switzerland . This is a grant programme rather than a job opening...

University of Bern, Switzerland, is advertising a post-doc (100%) in political communication at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies (icmb) , Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences. The position is linked to an SNF-sponsored cross-national project on how lack of social recognition influences political information usage and effects, with a focus on social identity and identity threats in political information behavior. The role also includes the opportunity to develop and im...

FAPESP is advertising a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Law focused on predictive policing , surveillance , data use/profile systems , school security , and the human-rights implications of public security technologies. The opportunity is based at the Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo in Brazil . The research will involve legal and normative analysis , comparative research , and assessment of legal risks arising from surveillance, profiling, and data-sharing systems. This is a strong fit ...