Postdoctoral Researchers in Political Economy and Environmental Justice Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Japan

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focusing on the economization of seaweed and blue economy strategies in South Africa. The project examines how seaweed-related development affects coastal communities, especially in contexts shaped by colonial and apartheid legacies and unequal access to coastal areas. The PhD researcher will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behaviou...

Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley support advanced research for the 2027–2028 academic year. The fellowship is designed for scholars working on natural resource economics , political economy , and related areas of environmental resources . The program welcomes applicants from any social science discipline, as well as related professional fields such as law and planning . The strongest proposals a...

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan is recruiting a tenure-track fixed-term research fellow in the Social Systems Domain for research aimed at the social implementation of environmental research results toward a sustainable society. The call is broad and interdisciplinary. Example themes include environmental policy , environmental economics , environmental sociology , environmental ethics , behavioral economics , international policy , political science , systems engineer...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Social Science at Makerere University, Uganda , within the NETOMA Project (Health Work and Professional Identity in Africa). The project is linked to a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award and involves collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , University of Zambia , and University of Nigeria . This opening is well suited to candidates interested in anthropology , sociology , development studies , political economy , public health , and qualit...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam in the CERRADO Project (Conservation and Ecological Restoration for Resilient Agriculture and Development Outcomes), focused on environmental justice , agrarian justice , and sociobioeconomies in Brazil’s Cerrado , especially the MATOPIBA region. The project examines how agricultural development and biodiversity conservation can be better balanced amid agribusiness expansion, deforestation, land conflicts, and climate change. The PhD research will cont...