PhD in Minority Representation in European Heritage, Tourism and Media Erasmus University Rotterdam in Netherlands

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki is recruiting a Doctoral Researcher in Global Development Studies for a fixed-term appointment of at least three years, starting on 1 March 2027 (or as agreed). The project is Forests At Tipping points in the Era of Post-truth and Polycrisis: Insights from Brazil and Finland (FATE) , funded by the Research Council of Finland (2024–2030). The project examines deforestation and clearcutting in Brazil and Finland as contributors to climat...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focusing on the economization of seaweed and blue economy strategies in South Africa. The project examines how seaweed-related development affects coastal communities, especially in contexts shaped by colonial and apartheid legacies and unequal access to coastal areas. The PhD researcher will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behaviou...

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 ...

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...

Wageningen University & Research is advertising a fully funded PhD position on Militarization of Societal Resilience in the Netherlands. The project sits in the chair Sociology of Development and Change and examines how Dutch resilience policies, crisis planning, civil-military relations, and military expansion may contribute to militarization and militarism. The PhD will combine a literature review, analysis of Dutch policy documents, and qualitative empirical research on the implementation of ...