Social Anthropology PhD with Ethnographic Fieldwork and Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

The Cambridge Interfaith Programme (CIP), based in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge , invites applications for a fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in its Peace, Conflict and Religion research programme. The successful early-career researcher will develop an independent, three-year project examining how people and communities create, experience, contest, and sustain peace in contexts of conflict and political violence. Relevant research may explore the cultural, re...

Research Fellow in Sociology / Religion and Extractive Industry Struggles at the University of Warwick, Department of Sociology. This is a fixed-term, full-time research post on the ERC-funded RAIDS project: Religious Authority in Extractive Industry Struggles , led by Professor Claire Blencowe. The project examines how religion, spiritual authority, and forms of “soft power” operate in conflicts over mining and extractive infrastructure, with a specific focus for this post on case studies in th...

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...

The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for its South Asian Studies PhD , offered full-time over three years or part-time over six years, with a September 2027 start. The programme is based in the School of Social and Political Science within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. This research degree supports in-depth theoretical, methodological or substantive research on a topic of the applicant’s choice concerning South Asian society, cu...

The University of Edinburgh is accepting applications for the MScR Scottish Ethnology , a postgraduate research programme beginning in September 2027. The programme is designed for students who want to undertake an independent research project in Scottish ethnology, traditional and popular culture, folklore, heritage, and ethnographic practice. Students develop research skills through methods training, two 5,000-word research assignments, and a supervised 20,000-word dissertation. Research inter...