Politics of immigration, education, equal opportunities, and labor markets University of Lausanne in Switzerland

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 ...

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...

Two fully funded postdoctoral positions are available at the University of Milan in the Department of Social and Political Sciences as part of the INTEGRED Horizon Europe Project . The research focus is the evaluation of educational policies , making this a strong opportunity for candidates with interests in political science , public policy , sociology , economics , development studies , and related policy evaluation methods. Eligibility highlights: applicants should have a PhD in Political Sci...

Science Works is recruiting a Research Associate based in London, United Kingdom, to investigate how philanthropy is allocated in science and how philanthropic funding is changing the organisation and financing of scientific research. The role focuses on the relationship between science philanthropy, research funding, and the structures through which science is organised. The successful researcher will contribute to work examining how philanthropic resources are distributed across science and wh...

Sciences Po in Paris is inviting applications for two postdoctoral positions at the AxPo Observatory of Labor Transformation . The observatory examines changes in work and labor, with the research situated within Sciences Po’s wider environment of social science scholarship. The positions offer an opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to contribute to research on labor transformation and related questions concerning the organization of work and the polarization of market society. The opening ...