PhD Positions in Psychology, Migration, Climate, AI, History, Law and Education at Utrecht University Utrecht University in Netherlands

PhD Student in Law at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland , within the SNSF-funded project Responsible AI for the Swiss Judiciary . This doctoral project examines the role of artificial intelligence in judicial decision-making, with a focus on legal reasoning , behavioral responses , and institutional implications . The position sits at the intersection of law , computer science , and empirical social science , and is designed as a cumulative PhD. The researcher will study judicial decision-making...

Utrecht University is recruiting a Postdoc in AI-driven Urban (Re)Design for Health within the transdisciplinary ELEVATE project. The role sits in the Faculty of Geosciences , Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, and focuses on building an AI-enabled recommender system that turns scientific evidence into practical urban design guidance for healthier and more equitable cities. The project combines artificial intelligence , geospatial data science , urban analytics , street-view ima...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University via the Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (Cambridge DTP) , an ESRC-funded doctoral programme. The project is in linguistics and AI , asking whether AI systems can be persuaded into harmful or extremist responses . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in language, persuasion, radicalisation, and the interaction between human communication and machine behavior. The post indicates that the successful applicant will join the t...

PhD positions in Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) are open for Spring/Fall 2027 in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Department of Computer Science. The opening is in Fengran Mo’s research group and focuses on Retrieval-Augmented Generative AI , Conversational AI , Scientific AI and Deep Research , and Inclusive AI . Research themes include integrating information search systems with generative models, correcting misinformation in open-box LLM...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on the effects of incorporating emotion-sensitive AI into politics and policymaking. This opening is part of the interdisciplinary A.I. Feels project, which examines how emotion-sensitive AI chatbots used by politicians and civil servants may shape policymaking and democracy. The PhD researcher will work on sub-project 1, focusing on how emotions are expressed in chatbot outputs generated in response to prompts relevant to policymakers. The project sit...