Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Rural Planning and Rural Development at University College Dublin University College Dublin in Ireland

Ehab Diab, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan, is recruiting 2–3 PhD students for the Fall 2027 intake. The positions are fully funded and supported by NSERC and SSHRC. Research topics include 15-minute cities , proximity planning , public transit user experience , and social equity . Students will work on meaningful projects with research partners and collaborate with scholars from Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. This opportun...

PhD opportunity at the University of Limerick in the social acceptability of agrivoltaics , working with Prof. John Garvey on the PasturePV project. This is a 3-year fully funded PhD within a large, multidisciplinary, industry-funded research project focused on the integration of solar energy and agricultural production . The topic sits at the intersection of Agriculture , Environmental Science , and Sociology , with a strong social-science angle on public acceptance and sustainable land use. Ap...

PhD opportunity at the University of Strathclyde within the SATURN CDT on Sustainable Nuclear Landscapes: Place, Just Transitions, and Long-Term Stewardship in UK Nuclear Communities under Decommissioning . This project explores how UK nuclear communities and landscapes change as facilities move into decommissioning. It focuses on nuclear decommissioning , place-based regeneration , just transitions , long-term stewardship , human geography , urban planning , sociology , and related social-spati...

The Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna is offering a full-time postdoc position in climate/environmental anthropology for 24 months, from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028. The post is part of the ERC-funded project Climate and contemporary transformations of vernacular architecture , led by Huberrt Feiglstorfer, and focuses on how climate and climate change shape vernacular architecture in Alpine and Himalayan regions. The successful researche...

Utrecht University is advertising a fully funded PhD in co-production of land use futures for Brazil , based in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning within the Faculty of Geosciences . The project focuses on the MATOPIBA region in the Brazilian Cerrado , a landscape of major agricultural importance and high biodiversity value. The research asks how future land use strategies can balance agricultural production , biodiversity conservation , social justice , and climate resilienc...