PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Public Policy in New Zealand

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...

This PhD project sits within the ARC Research Hub for Value-Added Processing of Underutilised Carbon Waste (VAPUCW), an interdisciplinary and industry-connected research environment focused on turning underutilised carbon resources into valuable products and supporting the transition to a circular economy. The project examines the public policy and governance dimensions of Australia’s move toward circularity, with specific attention to carbon upcycling and emerging chemical recycling technologie...

This PhD project is based in the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is embedded in the research group Geographies of Just and Sustainable Transitions . The successful candidate will work within NTNU’s strategic energy area, Beyond the Fossil Fuel Era , in a multidisciplinary and international research environment. The project examines how democratic states in petroleum-producing nations negotiate the uncertainties of m...

Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a full-time, two-year Postdoctoral Associate in Psychedelic Ethics and Policy with the Ethical Legal Implications of Psychedelics in Society (ELIPSIS) Program in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The onsite position is based in Houston, Texas, and is expected to begin in Summer 2027. Working with Dr. Amy McGuire and a multidisciplinary team, the postdoctoral researcher will study the ethical, legal, social, and policy implication...

Leiden University is recruiting 2 PhD candidates for the project Cocreating Research to Improve Science for Policy (CRISP) , a funded research collaboration under the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). The positions are based at the Institute of Public Administration , Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, in The Hague. CRISP investigates how research evidence can better support policymaking by strengthening collaboration between researchers and policy actors. The project is embedded in a larger c...

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) is advertising a PhD position in long-term climate governance. This opportunity is aimed at a doctoral researcher interested in the governance, policy, and institutional dimensions of climate action over extended time horizons. The position sits within an academic environment focused on public-sector challenges, sustainability, and applied social research. A project on long-term climate governance is well suited to candidates with interests in climate polic...

Fondazione Machiavelli ETS is offering a Senior Research Fellow – Demography and Statistics position for a three-year research programme on immigration in Europe and its demographic, social, and economic effects. The role is based in Rome, Italy , and is part of a research team working on data collection, harmonisation, and analysis across several European countries. The successful candidate will work on official and administrative statistics, with a strong focus on dataset quality, documentatio...