Postdoc in Public Perceptions and Acceptability of Hydrogen Developments University of Groningen in Netherlands

RPA XL grants 2026 are open at the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) in the University of Amsterdam social sciences faculty. This call supports sustainability projects with funding of up to €90,000 . The grant is described as flexible and can be used for participant payments, surveys, travel, research materials, research assistant hours, post-doc positions , computing, workshops, and other project costs. The opportunity appears aimed at UvA researchers , including PhD candidates ...

Arc Universities Group is sharing a fully funded PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University , based in the Global Sustainability Institute . The project will explore how Europe’s energy transition can become more inclusive, with a focus on low-carbon energy decisions , community knowledge , and the role of expertise in shaping policy and practice. The research is funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) . The successful PhD candidate will be able to shape their own project with...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focusing on the economization of seaweed and blue economy strategies in South Africa. The project examines how seaweed-related development affects coastal communities, especially in contexts shaped by colonial and apartheid legacies and unequal access to coastal areas. The PhD researcher will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behaviou...

PhD opportunity at the University of Basel in the Sustainability Research Group within the Horizon Europe project FAIR4COMMUNITIES . The project develops AI-driven tools for fair, human-centric, and grid-friendly energy sharing across Energy Communities and multi-community ecosystems. This PhD focuses on the societal dimensions of AI-enabled energy sharing, including acceptance, trust, perceived fairness, and participation. The successful candidate will help develop a Societal Readiness Framewor...

PhD opening at ETH Zürich in the area of perceptions of population decline , with a focus on how people perceive the potential opportunities and risks of demographic decline. The project is hosted by the consumer behavior research group at ETH Zürich in Switzerland . The doctoral research will examine public perceptions of population decline, including how these perceptions are shaped and what factors influence them. The topic connects sociology , economics , environmental science , and psycholo...