Heritage Studies, Architecture History, Art History University of Groningen in Netherlands

Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellowship in Visual Culture at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Caltech’s Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences is inviting applications for a two-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship in Visual Culture , beginning in time for Caltech’s fall term 2027. The position is especially suited to scholars working at the intersection of visual culture and the environment , with preference for candidates whose research could benefit from access to co...

Recruitment of an Associate Fellow (fixed-term research position) at the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties , part of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage , for research on the restoration of the Daigokuden Palace / First Daigokuden Hall of Heijo Palace . This opening is centered on architectural history , cultural heritage science , and general history , with work involving academic cooperation in restoration and maintenance, editing the English version of restora...

Leiden University is seeking a PhD candidate for the research project “Entangled with Seaweed: The Politics of Economising Nature in Scotland and South Africa.” The successful candidate will conduct ethnographic research into the impacts of seaweed economisation and blue economy strategies on coastal communities in Scotland. The project draws on political ecology, valuation studies, environmental anthropology, sustainability research, and the multispecies turn. It examines how seaweed harvesting...

Postdoc in Urban Climate Morphology at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) This postdoctoral position sits within the CROSS-PED project (Cross-scale Passive Cooling Strategies for Positive Energy Districts), an international collaboration focused on making cities more climate-resilient through scalable passive cooling strategies. The role is based at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft in the Netherlands. The postdoc will develop and apply data-driven methods ...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the NWO-funded project Entangled in Seaweed: The Politics of Economizing Nature in Scotland and South Africa . The PhD research will examine how the economization of seaweed within blue economy strategies affects coastal communities in South Africa, including how colonial and apartheid legacies shape access to coastal areas. The project draws on cultural anthropology, political ecology, valuation studies, environmental humanities, sustainabilit...