PhD Position in Rule of Law, Urban Rights, and Social Justice in Amsterdam University of Amsterdam in Netherlands

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focusing on the economization of seaweed and blue economy strategies in South Africa. The project examines how seaweed-related development affects coastal communities, especially in contexts shaped by colonial and apartheid legacies and unequal access to coastal areas. The PhD researcher will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behaviou...

NWO Mosaic 3.0 offers a fully funded PhD opportunity for talented graduates from groups currently underrepresented in Dutch academia. The call is open across all academic disciplines , so your proposed research does not need to focus on migration, diversity, or discrimination unless that is your own interest. The post highlights an opportunity at Radboud University , specifically the Faculty of Law . Candidates interested in themes such as equality, discrimination, emancipation, inclusion , or r...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation , focused on India and grounded in political ecology , development studies , environmental humanities , human geography , anthropology , and hydrogeology . The project examines how individuals and communities in India care for, protect, rejuvenate, and recharge the groundwater they rely on for irrigating crops. It is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project Aquiverse , which studies groundwater care ...

PhD position at the University of Zurich within the MINARET Doctoral Network: A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures , with a regional focus on Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. The position is based at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zurich, and is part of a European doctoral network funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under Horizon Europe. The DC7 project examines how religious, customary, 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...