PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Public Policy in Ireland

The USC Price School is accepting applications for fully funded PhD study beginning in Fall 2027 in two doctoral pathways: Urban Planning and Development and Public Policy and Management . Students can shape an individualized academic trajectory after enrollment, with flexibility to select faculty for dissertation committees and research assistantships. The program provides opportunities to collaborate with faculty on research and publish scholarly work, including with Geoff Boeing, Associate Pr...

The University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs is accepting applications for its interdisciplinary PhD in Sustainable Development program. The program prepares researchers and practitioners to investigate complex global challenges through research on global development, public policy, governance, economic growth, poverty reduction, and social transformation. Its scope is international and welcomes applicants connected to the United States, Latin America, and Africa, with the oppo...

Postdoctoral research in immigration policy, families, and children at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. The postdoctoral scholar will join Professor Caitlin Patler’s research program focused on immigrant families, children, and communities, with work centered on the consequences of U.S. immigration policy. The role is embedded within the Empirical Research Hub to Protect Children in Immigrant Families, co-led by Professor Chloe East at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in partne...

S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowship in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley supports advanced research in a fellowship environment centered on natural resources broadly defined to include environmental resources. The award is hosted by the College of Natural Resources / CNR Office of the Dean at UC Berkeley and is designed to foster new and innovative intellectual connections and ideas in natural resource economics and political econ...

University of California, Irvine is offering a postdoctoral scholar position in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy within the School of Social Ecology on a project examining wildfire recovery and sustainable building practices in disadvantaged and low-income communities in California. The scholar will work on a multi-campus, community-engaged research project that brings together planning, policy, engineering, architectural, and community engagement expertise. The research combin...

This PhD project at Delft University of Technology focuses on participatory data governance for a just energy transition , within the FEDERATE NWO project. The research asks how energy data sharing can support city-level policy making with digital twins while also addressing questions of justice, trust, power, and shared stewardship. The doctoral candidate will work on Work Package 2 of FEDERATE and collaborate with residents, local organisations, municipalities, grid operators, and technology p...

The University of Eastern Finland is advertising six Doctoral Researcher positions within the doctoral programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The posts are based at the faculty in Kuopio or Joensuu and are linked to the university’s multidisciplinary research environment, where social sciences and business studies are described as theoretically and methodologically diverse and closely connected to the university strategy. One position will be filled in each of the facu...

DAAD EPOS 2027/28 offers fully funded postgraduate study opportunities in Germany through the German Academic Exchange Service. The programme supports eligible Development-Related Postgraduate Courses at participating German institutions. The scholarship is designed for experienced professionals from developing nations in the Global South. Successful Master's and PhD scholars join postgraduate programmes connected to international development and related academic fields, with the precise researc...

The Systems Engineering Research Center/Acquisition Innovation Research Center (SERC/AIRC) at Stevens Institute of Technology is seeking an AIRC Research Fellow to help lead advanced technical and policy research on defense acquisition innovation. The fellowship sits within AIRC, a center established to connect government acquisition teams with faculty research teams and to develop, prototype, and test new ideas across technology, process, policy, contracting, law, and human capital. The role fo...