Postdoctoral Researcher in the Colonial History of Credit and Securitization University of Amsterdam in Netherlands

This postdoc is based at Utrecht University and focuses on an exploratory historical investigation into the Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) in the decades after the Second World War. The project asks how the BVD and related intelligence services gathered information about former resistance members, victims of persecution, and victims of political violence in Indonesia. The appointed researcher will use literature review and exploratory archival/source research to map the current state of kn...

This fully funded PhD project examines how the European Union’s drive for digital autonomy is reshaping labour markets and labour migration policy across Europe. Hosted by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the position sits in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. The project is part of the ERC Starting Grant Migrant Labor in EU’s Pivot to Digital Autonomy , led by Dr. Julia Rone . It explores how the governance of labour ...

PhD opportunity in Economic and Financial History with focus on Panama at the University of Luxembourg , within the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH). The doctoral researcher will work under Professor Benoît Majerus on the ERC-funded project DIGSHELL (“Digital archaeology of shell companies: infrastructures of global connections and local networks”). The project investigates the history of global tax networks and multi-jurisdictional financial spaces, with case studie...

Scaling Dutch Defence (SCANED) is a collaborative PhD project at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy in Breda, carried out with Tilburg University. The project examines how the Dutch defence organization and relevant parts of Dutch industry can prepare for large-scale conflict scenarios in which civilian industry may need to be reoriented toward the production of defence materiel and related materials. The research looks at defence-related production networks and ...

Guo Xu at the University of California, Berkeley is looking for a pre-doc for a one-year appointment, with the possibility of a one-year extension. The position is intended to start in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2027. The project focus is on economic history and political economy, with broader connections to development economics and organizations. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in research assistance, empirical work, and academic preparation for graduate study. The application is p...