Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Urban Metabolisms, Supply Chains, and Land Use Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany is advertising PhD Researcher positions in Quantitative Past Urban Studies within the Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanization. The project focuses on quantitative, historical, and archaeological urban research, with particular emphasis on analyzing urban patterns and processes across large past datasets through the URBank initiative. The successful candidate will work on multidisciplinary research spanning archaeology, histo...

The IRI THESys Graduate Programme at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offers a flexible and interdisciplinary doctoral training focused on the dynamics of human-environment relations. The programme is designed for doctoral researchers whose dissertation projects align with the research areas of IRI THESys, including climate change, land use, water and energy governance, food-fuel-fibre production, resource extraction, biodiversity management, and urban-rural interactions. The curriculum is structu...

Felix Anderl, Professor of Conflict Studies (Tenure Track) at Marburg University, is recruiting for a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher for a two-year project on environmental conflicts , climate crisis , and the EU Green Transition . The project is titled “Contested Responses to the Climate Crisis: Environmental Conflicts in Southeast Europe in the Shadow of the EU’s Green Transition” and is funded by the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung . The research will examine how the EU is perceived ...

Utrecht University’s Faculty of Geosciences is advertising a fully funded four-year PhD position on global talent mobility and Europe’s strategic autonomy . The project sits at the intersection of economic geography , innovation studies , migration , and geography , with a particular focus on how the mobility of highly skilled people—especially STEM PhD recipients —shapes innovation systems, knowledge networks, and the translation of research into technological and economic value. The PhD candid...

Leuphana University of Lüneburg invites applications for up to seven postdoctoral fellowships in the field of transformation research within the Leuphana Transformation Lab. The Lab is an international, interdisciplinary research environment focused on major transformation processes in contemporary societies. It brings together research across five key subject areas, including climate futures in digital cultures, democratic resilience, organizing in times of crisis, towards a regenerative societ...