Two PhD Positions in Political Theory, Disinformation, and Computational Modelling at University of Bamberg Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg in Germany

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to lead and develop the research focus “Democratic Change and Knowledge” . The position sits at the intersection of democracy, knowledge, digitalisation, media, trust, disinformation, AI, and democratic publics . The role focuses on the epistemic infrastructure of democracy —how institutions, procedures, authority, and trust make distinctions between true and false possible, and how these sys...

The Zukunftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Konstanz has opened a call for four 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships for early career researchers. This opportunity is designed for researchers who want to develop and implement an independent research project . The fellowships are open to applicants from all fields represented at Universität Konstanz , making this a broad interdisciplinary postdoctoral call. Fellows become members of both a university department and the Zukunf...

Online Communication Lab (OCL) at the University of Münster is advertising an open post-doctoral position in computational methods . The role is part of the third-party funded project “Conflict, Religion, Institution” , supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung . The project focuses on using and further developing computational methods to investigate questions related to conflict , religion , and institutions . This is a 100% position for 4 years , starting October 1, 2026 . T...

Postdoctoral Researcher position in Computational Social Science with a focus on visual data analysis of gender-based disinformation . The role is part of GENDIS , a new joint project involving the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Technical University of Munich . The project combines computational methods with social science theories to conceptualise and classify gender-based disinformation and to build a tool that can automatically detect it online. The post is aimed at experi...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Litigation and Democracy at the University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam Law School, within the project Strategic Climate Litigation’s Direct and Indirect Consequences for Democracies . This postdoctoral opening focuses on climate litigation , democracy , European law , and interdisciplinary legal research. The project investigates the direct and indirect consequences of strategic climate litigation for democratic processes across Germany, France, the Netherlands, t...