PhD in Sustainability Transitions and Mass Mobilisation via Citizen Collectives at Utrecht University Utrecht University in Netherlands

Utrecht University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the project “The Urban-Ocean Nexus: Towards Developing Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Blue Economy in Indonesia and the Netherlands” within the Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, International Development Studies (IDS) section. The postdoc will lead a work package on the social impacts of urban-blue frontier expansion , focusing on social inclusion, changing water-society relations, and...

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 Postdoc in Governance and Sustainability Transitions in Farming Systems at the Animal Production Systems group . The project focuses on the governance of transitions toward more sustainable and regenerative farming systems, with particular attention to livestock farming systems , public-private governance , certification schemes, private standards, policy incentives, sustainability indicators, and the perceptions of those affected by sustainabili...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Participatory Urban and District Energy Planning at the University of Groningen , Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Department of Planning and Environment. This postdoctoral opening is part of the EU Life-funded CHIP-EU project, which focuses on accelerating the decarbonisation of heating and cooling in European cities through integrated, sustainable local H&C plans. The project emphasizes participatory urban planning , district energy planning , spatial planning, energy go...

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 ...