Postdoctoral Researcher (Re-contract Research Programme) Axis 1 Ecole Normale Superieure in France

Postdoctoral position at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France within the Re-Contract research programme (Axis 1). The project examines the idea of the social contract in contemporary society, with a focus on intergenerational social protection , trust, and the relationship between citizens and institutions. The postdoctoral researcher will study how citizens define what is “just,” “desirable,” and “good” in social protection, and how these views relate to broader questions of collective lif...

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...

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...

PhD opportunity at the University of Montpellier in the field of transition public policies, governance, and social sciences. This 36-month doctoral position is part of KIPPT 2 (Key Initiative on Public Policies of Transition) , a programme of the University of Montpellier funded by France 2030 and led by Laura Michel at CEPEL (UMR 5112) . The project sits at the intersection of political science, economics, law/juridical sciences, geography, anthropology, and sociology, with a strong emphasis o...

PhD position (36 months) at Université de Montpellier in France on “Governing the dilemmas of transition public policies” . The project is part of KIPPT 2 (Key Initiative on Public Policies of Transition) , led by Laura Michel (CEPEL, UMR 5112) and supported by France 2030 . The doctoral researcher will be hosted in the supervisor’s laboratory and affiliated with a doctoral school at Université de Montpellier. The thesis is co-supervised by a supervisor from the Montpellier I-SITE and a member o...