PhD Position in AI Governance & Regulatory Foresight University of St. Gallen in Switzerland

Fully funded PhD position on AI, political economy, welfare state politics, and social policy at the University of Lucerne (ZIBR), starting in 2027. The project is part of ERC Starting Grant (Re)distributive Politics after the AI Revolution (REPAIR) . It studies how artificial intelligence is reshaping welfare state politics across OECD countries, including how political actors respond to AI-driven labor market change and which social policies and reforms citizens support. This opening is for a ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, within the Mistra CLEAN research programme. The project examines the links between institutional failure and environmental challenges, including corruption, policy and regulatory capture, environmental crime, accountability, and institutional resilience. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute mainly to work packages based at the University of Gothenburg, especially on vulnerability analysis and corruption risk...

The Department of Economics at the University of Zurich is inviting applications for a Pre-Doctoral Program – Global Talent Common Application (70% employment), starting 2027-03-01 and offered on a temporary basis. This pre-doc opportunity is designed for qualified applicants from low- and middle-income countries and/or applicants with a refugee background . It is a research-focused position in economics, with pre-doctoral fellows working closely with a professor in the department and gaining ha...

PhD Position 100% – AI Literacy & Regulatory Learning at the Institute of Law and Economics, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) . This doctoral opening is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network REGULAIRE and focuses on how AI literacy frameworks shape individual and organisational absorptive capacity in public bodies and support regulatory learning . The project uses case studies and pre/post assessment designs to examine how literacy interventions affect evidence genera...

Two PhD positions are open in Economics at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), announced by Associate Professor Laure Athias. The positions are especially suited to candidates with a master’s degree in economics, or those close to completing one, and with strong quantitative preparation. The post highlights data analysis and econometrics as key skills, along with a strong interest in public economics, political economy, or related fields. This is a research-oriented doctoral opportunity for stude...