PhD Position in Negotiating Democracy, Urban Democracy, and Social Movements in Amsterdam University of Amsterdam in Netherlands

PhD Candidate in Access, Actors and Accountability: The Role of Researchers in AI Governance at the University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam Law School, Institute for Information Law (IViR). This doctoral project sits at the intersection of law , AI governance , digital platforms , and information law . It examines the legal position of researchers under the EU DSA and AI Act , including research exemptions, safeguards, access rights, and policy processes that enable independent researchers to genera...

Leiden University’s Institute for History is advertising a PhD position in the area of Belonging of European Muslims to the EU . The project is part of the NOW Open-L funded research programme European Muslims and Belonging to the EU, 2015–2025 , led by Professor Sarah Wolff . The PhD researcher will contribute primarily to WP2, Agency of Belonging in Europe , and will study how European Muslims act as transnational and bottom-up agents shaping, negotiating, and contesting belonging in European ...

Leiden University’s Institute for History is offering a full-time PhD position in the project European Muslims and Belonging to the EU, 2015–2025 , led by Professor Sarah Wolff. The project investigates how European Muslims understand, negotiate, contest, and express belonging to the European Union, with a particular focus on transnational and bottom-up agency, EU citizenship, minority representation, and politics of belonging. The appointed PhD candidate will work primarily in work package 2, A...

Utrecht University is offering a four-year PhD position in the history of democracy , with a focus on the 1970s , media governance , and the contestation of public service broadcasting in Western Europe. The position is part of an NWO-funded VIDI project on Democracy and the (de-)regulation of the media . The PhD researcher will study how social movements, alternative media initiatives, intellectuals, and cultural pioneers challenged the postwar public media monopoly and promoted democratic idea...

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 ...