PhD, Postdoctoral, and Assistant Professor Opportunities in Sustainability, Climate Change, and Earth System Governance Earth System Governance Project in

Earth System Governance Project shares a roundup of academic opportunities in sustainability, climate change, governance, and related interdisciplinary fields. The post highlights openings across multiple institutions, including Lund University, University of Warwick, ETH Zürich, Heidelberg University, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Featured positions include PhD/doctoral researcher openings in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University, a postdoctoral position in Stakeholder Engagement at ETH Zürich, a Research Fellow role in Geopolitics, Energy Security, and Resilience of Net Zero at the University of Warwick, and assistant professor opportunities in Sustainability in Humanities or Theology and in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts.

The newsletter also includes a Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program 2026, a Call for Papers for the Lisbon Climate Conference 2026, and a call for special issues or symposia for Environmental Politics. In addition, it announces an Open Call for Contributing Authors to the International Panel on Earth System Governance, inviting researchers with backgrounds in social sciences or interdisciplinary sustainability research, especially those with expertise in earth system governance.

The contributing author call is aimed at early-career researchers as well, and the final assessment report will be presented at the 2027 Earth System Governance Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, with publication planned as an open-access volume with Cambridge University Press. The application deadline for that call is 2026-06-23.

No funding, stipend, or tuition details are provided in the post for the listed jobs. Interested applicants should use the linked opportunities page to find the relevant application instructions and deadlines for each opening.