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

The Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the project “Short-Term Mindsets and Crime: Testing and Validating the Theory.” The position sits within an interdisciplinary research program that aims to advance Short-Term Mindsets Theory , a framework that connects diverse predictors of criminal behavior through a temporal mechanism centered on immediate versus long-term outcom...

This PhD project is based at the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy | Geobiology at the University of Cologne and is embedded in the DFG Priority Programme SPP 1158 Antarctic Research . The research focuses on the palaeoecological evolution of lakes in East Antarctica , with particular attention to how microbial communities changed during the Holocene in response to environmental and climatic shifts. The successful candidate will work with sediment deposits from several Antarctic lakes to recon...

The Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the project Short-Term Mindsets and Crime: Testing and Validating the Theory . The position sits within the institute’s broader Short-Term Mindsets research program, which aims to explain crime through the temporal focus of individuals on immediate versus long-term outcomes. The successful candidate will join an international, interdisciplinary team in Fr...

At the Romanisches Seminar of the University of Freiburg, two part-time research assistant positions are available in French and Italian literary and cultural studies. The roles are anchored in a doctoral research environment and are linked to the professorship of Prof. Dr. Manuel Mühlbacher. The successful candidates will work toward a dissertation in French and/or Italian literary and cultural studies while also contributing to the academic life of the chair and seminar. Alongside their own do...

Technische Universität Dresden is seeking a doctoral researcher for the project “Moving from Symptom Categories to Cognitive State Signatures in ADHD and ASD.” The project is led by Dr. Paul Wendiggensen and concerns the development of a deeper, cognition-focused understanding of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. The PhD researcher will join an interdisciplinary research team working at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience , cognitive neurophysiology , ...

PhD position in cognitive neurophysiology of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder at the Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, led by Professor Christian Beste in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. The project, titled “Moving from symptom categories to cognitive state signatures in ADHD and ASD,” will investigate how cognitive processes in adolescents with ADHD and autism spectrum disorder can be characterized beyond conventional symptom-based categories. The research wil...

Europa-Kolleg Hamburg Early-Career Fellowship offers a funded three-month research opportunity at the Institute for European Integration, University of Hamburg, in Germany. Fellows will develop their own research projects in political economy, infrastructure, or geoeconomics . The proposed work must connect with European history or current European issues, creating scope for interdisciplinary research in European studies, economics, political science, international relations, and history. The fe...

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for research at the intersection of science diplomacy, peace and conflict studies, and Middle East studies . The project focuses particularly on the Palestinian territories and the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The position forms part of the BMFTR-funded project “Palestinian-German Science Bridge” , led by Forschungszentrum Jülich. The postdoctoral researcher will c...

The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior is offering a postdoctoral position in the Genes and Behavior Research Group, based in Constance and Radolfzell, Germany. The project examines the sensory ecology of worm towers in Caenorhabditis nematodes, building on recent findings that towering behavior can function as a mechanism for collective dispersal. The successful candidate will study how worm towers acquire, process, and respond to environmental and social information to enable tower constr...