IIAS Asia in the World Fellowship Programme 2027–2028 for Asia-focused researchers International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University in Netherlands

The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies at the University of Oxford is welcoming applications for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027 . This is a postdoctoral fellowship for outstanding early-career researchers who want to strengthen their research and teaching experience in a university environment while completing a significant piece of publishable research. The fellowship is linked to Global and Area Studies and related research interests such as international relations...

Two postdoctoral positions are advertised in the SNSF Starting Grant project “Provisional Futures: Migrants as wanted workers, yet temporary residents” at the University of Zurich. The positions focus on research related to Canada and Japan , making this a strong opportunity for scholars interested in migration studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, and international relations. The project title suggests work on migrant labor, temporary residency, and the social/political condition...

PhD opportunity at the University of Amsterdam on labour and housing precarity in Amsterdam, within the Urban Impact Lab of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) . The project examines how labour migrants in Amsterdam experience, navigate, and resist precarious living conditions at the intersection of labour and housing. The position is supervised/announced by Emil van Eck (Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam) together with Fenne Pinkster . The vacancy sits in the ...

Teaching opportunity in Mediterranean Studies for the Master's programme Mediterranean Worlds in Motion (M2) at Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis , Paris, France. The post is looking for a colleague to teach a new course titled Mediterranean Studies during the Fall semester 2026–2027 . The course is 30 hours (10 × 3-hour sessions), taught in English , and delivered in person in the Paris area. The theme is open, so the instructor can design the course around their own expertise on the M...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on populist speech in EU parliamentary committees (1980–2000) . This is a research-focused doctoral opening for candidates interested in political discourse, populism, European institutions, and historical analysis of parliamentary communication. The vacancy is hosted on the University of Amsterdam careers site and appears to be connected to the Department of Political Science at Université libre de Bruxelles via the announcing account. The topic sits ...