Postdoc in Political Economy (Quant) at IE University IE University in Spain

IE University’s School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs (SPEGA) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Economy (Mixed Methods) for the ERC-funded project (DIS)EMPOWER , led by Professor Michael Becher . The project studies how automation, AI, and robots affect worker power in the workplace and in democratic politics, with a focus on mobilization, bargaining, and political competition during technological change. The position is based at IE University in Madrid, Spain , withi...

PhD opening at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in the DEC group for the project MINIM: “Minority rights in an age of immigration” , led by PI Alina Vranceanu and funded by the Spanish Research Agency . The doctoral thesis will be in Political Science , focusing on minority rights , immigration , and elite influences . The project involves data collection , analysis , publications , and conference participation , with a strong emphasis on experimental designs , quantitative methods , and ...

The Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting two fixed-term postdoctoral researchers for the project Labour Migration as a Source of Institutional Change . The project examines how companies’ use of migrant labour can reshape labour market institutions in receiving countries, with comparative case studies across manufacturing, construction, and hospitality in two-country comparisons (either Austria and the Netherlands or Ireland and Sweden ). The postdoctoral researc...

Up to 20 Jean Monnet Fellowships are available at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, part of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, for the academic year 2027/28. This is a postdoctoral-level fellowship opportunity aimed at scholars who obtained their doctorate more than five years before the start date of the fellowship on 1 September 2027. The programme is open to postdocs, tenure-track academics, and researchers planning to spend a sabbatical at the Centre. Fellows...

The University of Pennsylvania is inviting applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the School of Engineering’s Computer and Information Science department, focused on public interest AI audits . The project is Ford Foundation-funded and examines audited systems such as automated decision systems, online platforms, generative AI systems, and related technologies. Current lab interests include dynamic and surveillance pricing systems, generative AI political and creative speech,...