PhD Position in Causal Inference and Statistics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Netherlands

PhD Position in Causal Inference at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Netherlands. This opening is hosted by the Department of Mathematics within the Faculty of Science . The research environment emphasizes both pure and applied mathematics, with links to statistics, data analytics, probability, and interdisciplinary applications. Research area: causal inference, mathematics, statistics, probability, data analytics. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 25 September 2026. Interested candi...

PhD Studentship in Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham, England, United Kingdom). The Department of Economics offers a small, research-intensive PhD environment with advanced economics training in the first year and a four-year full-time route (or eight-year part-time route). The programme emphasizes independent research leading to an original contribution in economics, with strong placement outcomes in academia, research organisations, government, international bodies, and ...

Doctoral Researcher Positions in Finance at the University of Luxembourg , Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF), Department of Finance. This is a PhD opening in Finance with strong links to Economics , Statistics , and Econometrics . The program follows a standard international doctoral format: rigorous coursework in the first year, then up to five years of research leading to the final thesis. The first year corresponds to the Master in Quantitative Economics and Finance (MQEF) . Course...

PhD opportunity in social data science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , linked to Jon Roozenbeek’s Vidi project, The economy of digital influence operations . The project studies the market infrastructure behind influence operations in online environments, including the buying and selling of fake accounts, engagement, and bot services. The successful candidate will work on a fully funded four-year PhD and investigate the “online manipulation economy” through a mix of interviews with key actors ...

Lyudmila Grigoryeva, Associate Professor at the University of St.Gallen (School of Economics and Political Science, SEPS-HSG), is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a project at the intersection of statistical learning theory , nonparametric inference , kernel methods , and random weight neural networks . The research topics include statistical inference for kernel and random-feature ridge regression; finite-sample and asymptotic theory for random-feature sieves; covariance kernels and RKH...