PhD and Postdoc Positions in Film Studies in Denmark

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for Olafur Eliasson × ARoS – Shared Futures , a long-term collaboration that centres on a major solo exhibition with Olafur Eliasson. The post is embedded in the museum’s curatorial and research environment and is closely tied to the upcoming exhibition project, including its public programme and related interpretive work. The research focus is Olafur Eliasson’s practice and immersive installation art more broadly. The role invites a pr...

Aalborg University is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher in Lighting Design for its Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology at the Copenhagen Campus. The two-year position is connected to the transdisciplinary Lighting Design Lab and combines research, supervision, teaching, and semester coordination. The postdoc will contribute to externally funded research projects that address societal challenges through lighting design, technology, and human-centric approaches. Th...

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a one-year project in medical robotics , focused on simulation-based learning for navigation and control of robotic endoscope devices. The project addresses two connected research challenges. The first is image-based navigation: developing reward functions that evaluate navigation policies for medical robots moving inside the human body using image information alone, while accounting for environmental changes through interacti...

This postdoc sits in AAU Energy at Aalborg University and is embedded in the Underwater Technology research group in the Esbjerg Energy section. The project is part of the ABBA USV – Above and Below Autonomous Unmanned Systems initiative, which develops coordinated autonomous systems for offshore inspection, maintenance, repair, and surveillance. The advertised research focuses on the collaborative control of a tethered USV–UUV system , where an unmanned surface vehicle and an unmanned underwate...

Aalborg University is offering a PhD position in safe, resilient learning-based planning and control for heterogeneous multi-robot systems operating under connectivity constraints. The project is based in the Automation and Control Section of the Department of Electronic Systems in Aalborg and is connected to the EU Horizon ROX6G project. ROX6G develops autonomous robotic systems for exploring hazardous, poorly documented underground mines. The robot teams will combine exploration, mapping, sens...

The University of Southern Denmark invites applications for a postdoctoral position in AI-improved robotic welding control for large steel structures . The appointment is based at the SDU Center for Large Structure Production (LSP), part of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, with the main work location at Odense Havn in Odense. The project addresses the reduction of production costs and the scalability of floating wind turbine platforms for offshore waters deeper than 60 metres. These platfo...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, and is tied to the research project “Stories from my new life: Mobile transitions and social becomings among resettled refugees in Denmark” (TRANSIT) . The project focuses on the lives of resettled refugees, with particular attention to the legal, social, and existential transitions that accompany resettlement. TRANSIT is built around the resettlement of appro...

Roskilde University is recruiting one or two postdoctoral researchers for a 24-month project on digital media and the conditions for democratic debate . The positions are based in the Department of Communication and Arts, with affiliation to the Centre for Digital Citizenship and the Digital Media Lab. The project investigates how digital news media, search engines, social media and AI chatbots represent pressing issues in Danish public debate. It asks whether digital platforms broaden or narrow...

Aalborg University’s Lighting Design Lab is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a two-year position based at the university’s Copenhagen campus in Denmark. The role combines lighting design, architecture, engineering and the study of how people experience designed spaces. Teaching is a substantial part of the position. The successful postdoctoral researcher will work with MSc students, helping them connect measured lighting conditions with human perceptions and experiences of the environments ...