Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy and Political Sociology on Intergenerational Social Protection Ecole Normale Superieure in France

The Re-contract research programme at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for Axis 1, which examines the elements that shape trust in interpersonal relations, in the individual’s relation to the collective, and in the relation between citizens and institutions. This postdoctoral project is embedded in a broader three-year initiative on the social contract and its rethinking for contemporary societies. The programme is concerned with a “polycrisis” contex...

Post-doctorate on the ‘revolving doors’ of European and national political elites at the University of Strasbourg , based in the SAGE Joint Research Unit (CNRS, University of Strasbourg) in Strasbourg, France. This is a 24-month full-time postdoctoral position starting on 1 December 2026 . The post sits within the Infiltrates project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation , a comparative research programme examining influence, elite trajectories, and wealth inequality across Germany, France, and t...

Postdoctoral Scholar opening in US immigration policy , with research spanning causal inference , policy evaluation, immigrant children and families, and community-level impacts. The position is associated with the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley , and is being advertised by Caitlin Patler in collaboration with Chloe East (University of Colorado Boulder Economics). The role includes causal research on the impacts of immigration policy, rapid-response des...

18-month postdoctoral position in Radical Communities: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Alternative Methods (COMMRAD) at Aix-Marseille Université , based at the Centre Norbert Elias in Marseille, France. The project explores contemporary political formations seeking systemic transformation in the context of democratic erosion, climate crisis, and authoritarian resurgence. It combines political science , political theory , philosophy , anthropology , communication studies , visual arts , media st...

The University of Caen Normandy is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology for a 16-month, full-time appointment based at the CERREV research unit in Caen, France. The position is part of a research programme on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coordinated by Milena Doytcheva . The successful researcher will contribute to qualitative data collection, analysis, and the dissemination of findings through publications and conference presentations. The main tasks include conducting and analy...