PhD / predoctoral project assistant in Social and Cultural Anthropology and utility cycling University of Vienna in Austria

An exciting PhD opportunity is available at the University of Vienna for the Cycling Together/Bersepeda Bersama project led by Sanderien Verstappen . The project focuses on everyday cycling in Yogyakarta and is looking for a candidate with training in social and cultural anthropology , ethnographic research experience, and excellent Indonesian and English . This is advertised as a scientific project assistant predoctoral position, making it a strong fit for applicants interested in anthropology,...

Deadline approaching: a fully funded postdoc position in Social Anthropology is open for a project on Yemen , based in Vienna, Austria . The position is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project IDEO-YEMEN and focuses on the ideology of Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement . The advertised research theme is (In)Equalities: Gender, Descent, and 'Race' , with attention to how these questions are debated, experienced, and enacted in areas under Ansar Allah’s rule. The post is described as a 4-year, f...

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...

University of Vienna is advertising a University Assistant (Post-Doc) position in Science and Technology Studies (STS) within the Faculty of Social Sciences . The post is based in the Department of Science and Technology Studies and is linked to the research group of Professor Sarah R Davies . The research theme is Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures . The successful candidate will carry out an independent research programme, collaborate on joint projects, publish internationally, ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in TransRein: transition to reindeer pastoralism at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) , Sweden. This postdoctoral position is part of the ERC-funded TransRein project, which studies the profound historical transformation across northern Eurasia from hunting and fishing societies and small reindeer herds to large-scale reindeer herding (reindeer pastoralism) in the early modern period. The project examines this transition through a comparative historica...