Seed Funding for Junior Post-Doctoral Scholars in History, Anthropology, and Linguistics (2026/2027) University of Regensburg in Germany

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany is advertising PhD Researcher positions in Quantitative Past Urban Studies within the Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanization. The project focuses on quantitative, historical, and archaeological urban research, with particular emphasis on analyzing urban patterns and processes across large past datasets through the URBank initiative. The successful candidate will work on multidisciplinary research spanning archaeology, histo...

Four 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships are available at the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz in Germany . The call is open across Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences , making it suitable for researchers with interdisciplinary interests and strong project ideas tied to a discipline at the University of Konstanz. Funding: The fellowship provides E 13 TV-L full-time salary , an individual research allowance , and access to cooperative project, travel, and equipment funding . Eligi...

The International Research Training Group (IRTG) Cultures of Repair at the University of Potsdam is advertising 2 postdoctoral positions (65% TV-L 13) starting 1 February 2027 . The programme is a joint doctoral training and research initiative with The University of Melbourne, co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and The University of Melbourne. The postdoctoral researchers will be based at Potsdam for the full appointment period and will contribute to the IRTG’s research activitie...

PhD opportunity at Friedrich Schiller University Jena within the Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining Cluster of Excellence in Germany. The doctoral research is embedded in an interdisciplinary Research School focused on shared ideas, narratives, images, and the practices of “social imagining.” The programme offers seminars, working groups, summer schools, guest lectures, workshops, professional development courses, and specialised coaching. It also connects doctoral researche...

PhD opportunities are available at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany for research in quantitative past urban studies . The positions are in the Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanization and are part of the URBank initiative. The project focuses on analysing urban patterns and processes across large archaeological and historical datasets. The post is especially relevant for applicants interested in computational archaeology , urban history , urban studies ,...