Fully Funded PhD Positions in Oil, the State, and the Energy Transition in the Global South University of the Basque Country in Spain

NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) is advertising a PhD position in Geography focused on post-fossil fuel transitions in petroleum-producing nations . The position is based in the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology and is linked to the research group Geographies of Just and Sustainable Transitions as well as NTNU Energy’s focus area Beyond the Fossil Fuel Era . The project examines the contradictions and dilemmas democratic states face as they navigate uncertainty...

Two postdoctoral researcher positions are available for the ECOIP project, Towards an Ethical Economy: Addressing the Impacts of Commodity Trade and Consumption on Indigenous Land and Survival , at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. The project examines how global commodity production, trade, and consumption affect Indigenous Peoples, their territories, livelihoods, rights, and ways of life. The research sits at the intersection of political economy , environmental justice , and bro...

The University of Johannesburg Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation is inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships . This opportunity is aimed at highly motivated researchers whose work aligns with innovation and development . Priority areas mentioned in the post include alternative innovation practices , innovation for a green and just transition , and innovation and energy policy , including renewable energy transitions in South African communities . Successfu...

IPNA-CSIC (Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology of the Spanish National Research Council) invites applications for a fully funded doctoral / PhD position in Multimodal and More-than-Human Ethnography within the ERC project FRONTCAT – Beyond the Cat Wars: Reimagining Multispecies Governance and the Ethics of Care amid Rural Populism , led by Dr Pablo Alonso González . The project examines conflicts surrounding free-ranging, feral, and community cats as a lens onto broader transformations...

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission are offering a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD researcher position in the broad area of economic aspects of energy governance. The project addresses a highly topical policy challenge: how to improve decision-making about energy infrastructure investment when cost estimates and other key economic inputs are deeply uncertain. The research is especially relevant to emerging technolo...