PhD/Predoc Position in Political Science (60%) University of Basel in Switzerland

The University of Vienna is seeking a pre-doctoral University Assistant at its Institute of Political Science, within the Faculty of Social Sciences. The successful candidate will pursue and complete a political science dissertation at the intersection of Comparative Political Science and International Migration and Mobility. The research focuses on the political economy of international migration and mobility. Potential topics include migration-policy regimes, policy instruments and practices, ...

Saarland University is advertising a postdoctoral position in political economy within the research group of Valentin Lang, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Mannheim. The opportunity is focused on research at the intersection of political economy and international political economy, offering a postdoctoral researcher the chance to contribute to an academic research group working on contemporary political and economic questions. The position is announced...

Two PhD positions are available with Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt at the University of Zurich for a new project titled “Governing the Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Holds Itself Together” . The positions are based in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS) and are part of an SNSF-funded research project. The project focuses on Chinese politics , party governance , and the internal organization of the Chinese Communist Party , making it especially relevant for applicants inter...

This fully funded PhD project, Authority on Shifting Ground , investigates how land ownership shapes political authority and post-war political order in Lebanon and Syria. The research examines the relationship between land, civil war, and governance through a combination of archival research, interviews, and survey data. The project is situated at the intersection of international relations and political science, with a focus on conflict-affected societies and the political transformations that...

Fully funded PhD position on AI, political economy, welfare state politics, and social policy at the University of Lucerne (ZIBR), starting in 2027. The project is part of ERC Starting Grant (Re)distributive Politics after the AI Revolution (REPAIR) . It studies how artificial intelligence is reshaping welfare state politics across OECD countries, including how political actors respond to AI-driven labor market change and which social policies and reforms citizens support. This opening is for a ...