Sociology PhD in Culture, Digital Sociology, Inequality, Environment and Political Action at the University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

The University of Edinburgh invites applications for the Socio-Cultural Studies PhD in the School of Social and Political Science. The programme is designed for interdisciplinary sociological research into sociocultural topics, theories, and methodologies. Research may address culture, digital sociology, finance and economic sociology, environment and energy, intimacy, nationalism and political action, race and decolonisation, gender and sexualities, sociology of emotions, or sociology of art. S...

New 2-year postdoctoral opportunity in the IrrEO project at The University of Manchester for a social scientist interested in the use of high-resolution satellite Earth Observation data for agricultural monitoring . The role focuses on the benefits and social risks that may arise when EO data are used to “put irrigation on the map.” The postdoctoral researcher will help map existing frameworks and guidance for the ethical and fair use of Earth Observation in agricultural monitoring, evaluate the...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a four-year, full-time PhD research fellowship in Sociology in Trondheim, Norway. The project examines power, governance, and the political economy of fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with particular attention to pharmaceutical innovation, markets, regulation, procurement, antibiotic sovereignty, and security of supply. The doctoral researcher will join the interdisciplinary project “Preparedness and Respo...

PHAETHON Centre of Excellence is offering five PhD positions (R1) in Sociotechnical Embedding of Energy Technologies at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus. The positions sit within the Energy Geopolitics and Governance, Socioeconomics and Environmental Sustainability Research Unit and are aimed at highly motivated early-stage researchers interested in how energy technologies are embedded in society. The project focuses on energy communities and related themes such as citizen perceptions...

The University of Oulu is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Social Sciences and Digital Infrastructures to join the General Education Research Unit in the Faculty of Education and Psychology. The researcher will work on the Research Council of Finland-funded DATAVOID project, “From a Void to the Cloud? Data Centres in the Afterlives of Arctic Industries.” DATAVOID investigates how data centres emerging in post-industrial northern communities interact with the physical and social...