PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Anthropology in France

ENS-PSL / Université PSL in Paris is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Re-contract Research Program (Axis 1) , focused on trust, social contract renewal, and intergenerational social protection. The project examines how citizens view social protection politically and normatively: what should be protected, who should organize it (state, non-profit sector, or insurance sector), how resources should be pooled and redistributed, and how trust in institutions and shared political projects ...

Aix-Marseille University’s Mesopolhis Lab is recruiting a postdoc for the project “Mediterranean Dreaming: Tourism Massification and Migration in Maritime Cities.” The project investigates how tourism massification and migration are reshaping Mediterranean cities, how municipalities regulate these dynamics through urban policies and planning, and how residents experience the social and economic consequences. It also examines the imaginaries of the Mediterranean city emerging from official polici...

Applications are open for the 2026 John G. Bene Fellowship from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) . This student award supports master’s and doctoral students conducting field research in the Global South for their thesis work. It is designed for students whose academic background combines an interest in forests with social sciences , and whose research examines the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in...

Postdoctoral Position in Social and Experimental Psychology at the University of Strasbourg , Faculty of Psychology, within the Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions (LPC-EA 4440) . This 12-month full-time postdoctoral appointment is part of the IdEx 2026 Research Support Fund . The project, “Ageism and Virtual Reality: Study of Intergenerational Dynamics,” explores ageism, intergroup relations, and spontaneous avoidance behavior in a controlled virtual environment. The research focuses on h...

École Normale Supérieure (ENS), through its Department of Cognitive Studies and the Interventional Neuropsychology Laboratory (NPI), is offering a postdoctoral researcher position focused on language and communication research with neurological adult patients. The position is embedded in Charlotte Jacquemot’s team, a group that combines clinical research aimed at improving care for patients with cognitive disorders and fundamental research in cognition . The post is connected to the NPI laborato...

Post-doctoral position in social sciences at Cermes3 / Inserm in Villejuif, France, focused on research into treatment practices for recurrent pulmonary embolisms and venous thromboses. The post is part of a collaborative research effort combining hospital-based observation, interviews, qualitative analysis, and interdisciplinary discussion between medicine and the social sciences. The successful candidate will observe consultations and professional meetings in a hospital setting, conduct interv...

CNRS is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded MOVING project, led by Prof. Véronique BENEÏ at the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Politique (LAP), based at EHESS, Paris . The project studies the embodied traces and memories of African-originated slavery in diasporic contexts, with a focus on the Colombian Caribbean and the broader themes of anthropology , ethnology , ethnographic methods , arts-based research , and interdisciplinary social science. The successful candidate will con...

A 2-year post-doctoral position is available at the Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR), Sorbonne University, in Paris, France, on the HAPSEAT project, Haptic Seating for Wellbeing . The project focuses on human perception and haptics and aims to empirically validate the efficacy and safety of a haptic seating platform delivering multipoint vibrotactile stimulation for wellbeing applications. The postdoctoral researcher will work under the supervision of Sinan Haliyo, Gille...

Postdoctoral positions in gender and sexuality social sciences are open through the EUR GSST (Ecole Universitaire de Recherche Sciences sociales du genre et de la sexualité), with hosting options at EHESS and INED in France . The call recruits 4 postdoctoral researchers for 18-month contracts : 2 positions at EHESS partner research centers and 2 positions at INED research units. The research theme is centered on gender and/or sexuality , using qualitative and/or quantitative data . EHESS hosting...