Fully Funded PhD in International Security at Hertie School (Cohort 2026) Hertie School in Germany

The Doctoral Programme in Governance at the Hertie School offers PhD candidates the chance to pursue doctoral research in the social sciences within an international and multidisciplinary environment in Berlin. The programme is designed for researchers working on today’s social, political, legal, and economic challenges, with support from distinguished scholars and a vibrant research community. PhD researchers benefit from rigorous academic training, close supervision, and institutional support,...

The Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) at Freie Universität Berlin is a full-time doctoral programme within the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS). It is offered in cooperation with the Hertie School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), and the Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS). BGTS is ...

The Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in International Politics within the interdisciplinary guiding theme “Energy Cultures in Transition.” The Lab brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities, artists, and STEM partners to examine how technology, science, and society shape one another. The doctoral project will investigate energy as a cultural, political, ecological, economic, and socio-technological phenomenon. Potential research dir...

Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) is advertising a 12-month full-time postdoc position at its ScienceCampus in Regensburg. The role is designed to support an independent research project that can later be used for applications to postdoc positions or third-party funding. Researchers are invited to propose projects in the thematic areas of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg : (In-)Security and Sovereignty , Translation of Knowledge and Cultures...

Saarland University is advertising a postdoctoral position in political economy within the research group of Valentin Lang, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Mannheim. The opportunity is focused on research at the intersection of political economy and international political economy, offering a postdoctoral researcher the chance to contribute to an academic research group working on contemporary political and economic questions. The position is announced...