Sayaka Osanami Törngren

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Malmö University is recruiting a doctoral candidate in Global Politics as part of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network project 'SOCIAL – Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia.' The program brings together 14 leading universities across Europe and Canada to train 17 doctoral candidates in the sociology of authoritarian law, focusing on administrative legislative reforms and authoritarian legitimation in Central Asia. The doctoral project will examine how legal frameworks, judicial practices, and institutional cultures shape public perceptions of legal responsibility and legitimacy in authoritarian political systems. The position is based at the Faculty of Culture and Society, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University, Sweden. The doctoral candidate will benefit from joint supervision, interdisciplinary training, and international networking, including mandatory academic and non-academic secondments abroad and fieldwork in Central Asia. Applicants must have a relevant master's degree, strong research orientation, excellent English skills, and meet Marie Skłodowska-Curie mobility requirements. The position is fully funded for four years, including salary, mobility allowances, and tuition coverage. The application deadline is January 18, 2026, and the program starts in September 2026. For more information, contact Professor Bo Petersson ([email protected]), Docent Sayaka Osanami Törngren, or Professor Mona Lilja. Apply through Malmö University's recruitment portal with all required documents.

Malmö University is recruiting one fully funded PhD student in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at the Department of Global Political Studies , within the research environment of the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) . The project focuses on survey studies of diversity and inclusion in Sweden, using a unique Diversity and Inclusion Survey and related register/survey data. The research theme is closely connected to migration studies , superdiversity , social inequalities , ethnic relations , belonging , inclusion and exclusion , and quantitative social science methods. The doctoral student is expected to design and carry out an independent research project based on the survey data. The announcement highlights interest in applicants with strong theoretical and methodological maturity, a solid and original research plan, and experience or interest in quantitative analysis , statistics , data visualisation , and managing/analyzing databases built from survey and register data . Eligibility requires a second-cycle qualification or equivalent knowledge, with specific relevance to IMER or related social science/humanities fields such as sociology, political science, cultural geography, anthropology, economics, history, ethnology, religious studies, gender studies, and cultural studies. The doctoral programme is 240 credits over four years full-time, and the position may include up to 20% departmental duties. Funding: fully funded doctoral employment. Deadline: 2026-08-31. Application: submit via Malmö University’s recruitment system and include CV, diplomas/transcripts, certificates, and a research plan of up to 3000 words. Relevant contacts include Professor Pieter Bevelander and Associate Professor Sayaka Osanami Törngren at Malmö University.