PhD in Sociology: Power, Governance, and the Political Economy of Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is advertising four PhD positions within the interdisciplinary project Preparedness and Response to AMR, the Silent Pandemic , based in Trondheim, Norway. The initiative addresses antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the most pressing global health challenges. The four coordinated doctoral projects combine molecular and medical sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, and social and political sciences to strengthen preparedness for rising AMR....

Technical University of Munich (TUM) is recruiting a doctoral candidate for the MSCA Doctoral Network REGULAIRE (Regulatory Learning for the Governance of Transformative Technologies). The project focuses on accountability in adaptive governance , with a strong emphasis on how regulation can remain transparent, legitimate, and resistant to capture while learning and adapting over time. The doctoral project sits within a broader network studying regulatory learning in the governance of emerging t...

Nord University in Bodø, Norway, invites applications for 1–2 temporary, full-time PhD Research Fellow positions in Social Science specializing in Arctic Security and Preparedness. The PhD project explores how experiences of war and emerging technologies have shaped ideas about security, preparedness, and threat in the North. It welcomes historically and politically grounded research on Arctic geopolitics, great-power rivalry, external actors, governance, securitisation, democratic resilience, h...

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...

PhD study is available in the School for Policy Studies (SPS) at the University of Bristol, a world-renowned centre for research into the theory, practice, and implementation of social and public policy. The School emphasizes a multidisciplinary research approach, combining innovative conceptual thinking with diverse methodologies to study the determinants of social problems and the responses of governments, policy makers, and practitioners. Research is embedded in the School’s research centres ...