PhD Candidate in Anthropology/Sociology on Seaweed Economization and Blue Economy in South Africa Leiden University in Netherlands

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focused on ethnographic research into the politics of valuing seaweed and the impacts of blue economy strategies in Scotland . The project sits in the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University and is part of a broader collaboration with the University of Edinburgh , the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) , and Stellenbosch University . The research...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam in the CERRADO Project (Conservation and Ecological Restoration for Resilient Agriculture and Development Outcomes), focused on environmental justice , agrarian justice , and sociobioeconomies in Brazil’s Cerrado , especially the MATOPIBA region. The project examines how agricultural development and biodiversity conservation can be better balanced amid agribusiness expansion, deforestation, land conflicts, and climate change. The PhD research will cont...

PhD opportunity at the University of Amsterdam in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, within the GID group and the broader Aquiverse project on groundwater care and governance. This project sits at the intersection of political ecology , development studies , environmental humanities , anthropology , geography , and earth science . It examines how irrigators and communities in Peru care for, protect, rejuvenate, and recharge groundwater, and how these practices relate to agrarian cha...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation , focused on India and grounded in political ecology , development studies , environmental humanities , human geography , anthropology , and hydrogeology . The project examines how individuals and communities in India care for, protect, rejuvenate, and recharge the groundwater they rely on for irrigating crops. It is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project Aquiverse , which studies groundwater care ...

An exciting PhD opportunity is available at the University of Vienna for the Cycling Together/Bersepeda Bersama project led by Sanderien Verstappen . The project focuses on everyday cycling in Yogyakarta and is looking for a candidate with training in social and cultural anthropology , ethnographic research experience, and excellent Indonesian and English . This is advertised as a scientific project assistant predoctoral position, making it a strong fit for applicants interested in anthropology,...