Research Fellow in Religion and Extractive Industry Struggles (USA case studies) University of Warwick in United Kingdom

Research Fellow (Brazil) at the University of Warwick , Department of Sociology, on the ERC-funded RAIDS: Religious Authority in Extractive Industry Struggles project led by Professor Claire Blencowe . The project examines the role of religion, religious authority, and spiritual activism in conflicts around mining and extractive industries, with a specific research focus on Brazil . The fellow will work closely with mine-affected communities and contribute to participatory, community-based resea...

PhD Position in Decolonising Reparations at Radboud University (Netherlands) This PhD project asks what reparations for colonialism could look like, with a focus on the experiences and expectations of Indo and Indonesian communities affected by colonialism. The position is part of the NWO-funded project Decolonising Reparations: Transforming the Legacies of Colonialism , led by Dr Sanne Weber (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science) with Dr Haley Swedlund as co-supervisor. The rese...

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...

PhD position at the University of Zurich within the MINARET Doctoral Network: A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures , with a regional focus on Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. The position is based at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zurich, and is part of a European doctoral network funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under Horizon Europe. The DC7 project examines how religious, customary, and...

PhD opportunity in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh , within the Centre of African Studies and the School of Social and Political Science . This is an interdisciplinary doctoral programme focused on original research on Africa, with themes spanning political economy , social anthropology , legal studies , history , law , humanitarianism , sociology , gender studies , environment and development , and religious studies . The programme is available full-time for 3 years or part-time ...