Postdoc in GIVE RIGHTS project: Italian case study, media and interview research Malmö University in Sweden

Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is offering a funded PhD programme for students worldwide, with a strong research environment in Political Science , International Relations , Public Policy , Political Theory , Communication Studies , and Media Studies . The programme welcomes research proposals across several broad themes: Critical Global Politics (foreign policy, global and regional governance, borders, international security, international org...

PhD student in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. This opening is part of the research project “A Divisive Spiral? Elite Communication, Voter Engagement, and Algorithmic Amplification of Affective Polarization” , led by Professor Hanna Bäck at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. The project examines affective polarization , elite communication, voter engagement, and how algorithms and social media shape political attitudes. It uses large language models to analyze po...

Funded PhD position at the University of Alberta exploring the social and political implications of the consolidation, decline, death, and possible rebirth of local newspapers in rural communities in Canada and the United States . The project is supervised by Clark Banack . It sits at the intersection of Political Science , Media Studies , Communication Studies , Sociology , and Journalism , with a strong focus on local news ecosystems, rural public life, and the role of newspapers in democratic...

Stockholm University’s Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) is offering a PhD fellowship for a Doctoral Candidate in Information Society, starting 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is part of the EU Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Doctoral Network Acting in Crisis: Understanding Social Complexity to improve Crisis Preparedness (SoCRISP), a multinational consortium training 15 doctoral candidates in advanced methods, theory, and transferable...

Postdoc Position in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University within the ERC-funded research project GIVE RIGHTS . The position is hosted by the Department of Global Political Studies and the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) . The project examines the rights of undocumented migrants and the role of welfare professionals across Europe. The postdoctoral researcher will focus on the Italian case study , including a media study of Italian news outlets, interv...