Postdoctoral Researcher in War Studies on Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisations in Finland and Sweden Swedish Defence University in Sweden

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. This doctoral position is part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on women’s legal agency in post-imperial Islamic legal cultures across Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa , with specific empirical attention to Tunisia, Lebanon, and Uzbekistan . The project examines how women use Islamic and secular legal frameworks to claim rights, challenge discrimination, and expand access to justice. The successful candidat...

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. The project is titled Civil Islam and Non-Coercive Governance Across Post-Imperial Islamic Societies in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and North Africa and is part of the MINARET / NORCA research environment at the Sociology of Law Department. The doctoral project examines how civil Islam, legal mobilisation, and faith-based movements can contribute to non-coercive governance and constitutional participation in Tunisia, Indonesia, an...

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. This doctoral position is part of the MINARET project and focuses on Islamic ethics, Islamic legal culture, governance reform, and administrative reform in Central Asia , with empirical work in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . The project asks how religiously informed governance practices and legal strategies may affect accountability, public trust, institutional effectiveness, and political legitimation. The successful candidate will be...

The Australian National University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Canberra, Australia, to join the ANU Law School and contribute to the ARC Discovery Project “Becoming a ‘World Court’? Globalisation and Judicialisation at the International Court of Justice” (2026–2029). The successful researcher will undertake interdisciplinary work examining the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and its evolving role as the “World Court.” Research activities will include archival research, qualitative i...

Two PhD positions are available with Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt at the University of Zurich for a new project titled “Governing the Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Holds Itself Together” . The positions are based in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS) and are part of an SNSF-funded research project. The project focuses on Chinese politics , party governance , and the internal organization of the Chinese Communist Party , making it especially relevant for applicants inter...