PhD and Postdoc Positions in Political Science in Denmark

DTU Compute is offering a PhD scholarship focused on developing machine-learning methods for faster analysis and optimization of cyber-physical systems. The project will connect learned prediction models with optimization methods to address analytical calculations and simulations that are too expensive to evaluate repeatedly within practical computing budgets. The PhD researcher will develop surrogate models for predicting outputs such as execution delays, energy use, and resource demands. Machi...

The PhD fellowship is hosted by the Human Centered Computing section in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, within the Faculty of Science. The project sits inside REGULAIRE, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network focused on how regulation can adapt when technologies, risks, and expectations change quickly. The research topic centers on the street-level bureaucracy of regulatory implementation for AI. The doctoral student will carry out in-depth qualitat...

This scholarship supports Danish citizens with close ties to Denmark who are pursuing a Master’s degree in the United States, usually at the Harvard Kennedy School and in some cases at another comparable Ivy League university. It is designed for study in public policy or public administration and is administered by the Danish-American Fulbright Commission. The award can support either a one-year or a full two-year master’s programme. The one-year option is intended for experienced professionals,...

Copenhagen Business School is recruiting a postdoc in work-life balance policy: citizens, policies and firms at the Department of International Economics, Government & Business . The post is embedded in a multidisciplinary environment that brings together research on international business and political science, with a strong orientation toward societal challenges and the relationship between business, government, and broader public policy. The postdoc will join the AGILE work-life balance proje...

The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) at the University of Southern Denmark invites applications for one or more full-time postdoctoral positions within the Hybrid War and Democracy initiative in Odense. The initiative examines how international conflicts are increasingly waged through domestic and foreign influence campaigns supported by digital technologies and artificial intelligence. The research addresses the consequences of these developments for democracies, threat perceptions, i...

Aarhus University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a three-year project on how automation is transforming labor markets in the global economy. Supported by the Carlsberg Foundation, the project examines how technologies including industrial robots and generative AI affect workers and skill development. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the project’s empirical and quantitative research, engaging with questions at the intersection of labor economics, international trade, an...

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...

This postdoctoral position at Aarhus University is based in the Department of Environmental Science and linked to the Environmental Social Science and Geography research unit at Risø Campus in Roskilde. The project is part of the Horizon Europe initiative BALANCE and sits at the intersection of environmental science, economics, and policy-oriented research. The postdoctoral fellow will work on an interdisciplinary, EU-wide study of how nature restoration and nature-positive farming systems can s...

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...