PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Journalism in Switzerland

PhD Position in Applied Marketing Research at the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) , hosted by the Institut für Marketing und Customer Insight and supervised individually by Prof. Dr. Reto Hofstetter . This is a full-time research associate position (100%) leading to a doctorate in applied marketing research. The role combines academic research with practical collaboration on current topics in AI-driven marketing , consumer behavior , and social media , while working in an interdisciplinary...

Senior Research Fellow (Oberassistenz) in Cultural Studies and European Ethnology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. This is a postdoctoral opening (60%) starting in the spring semester of 2027, with the appointment beginning on 1.2.2027. The post is designed for researchers aiming to complete a habilitation while contributing to a dynamic department working across culture, everyday life, politics, globalization, migration, mobility, anthropology of knowledge, science and technology studie...

Postdoctoral positions in NLP, Human-Centered AI, and Conversational AI are available at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland through the SNSF-funded interdisciplinary project CREST-AI . The project sits at the intersection of Natural Language Processing , Human-Centered AI , Conversational AI , Large Language Models , philosophy, and law. The research aims to develop interactive language technologies that can detect gaps and misconceptions in user understanding and provide adaptive, ground...

Two PhD positions are open at the University of Zurich in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS), Chair of Modern Chinese Studies, for the SNSF-funded project “Governing the Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Holds Itself Together” . The project examines the Chinese Communist Party as an organisation, focusing on how it governs itself through institutions, routines, ideology, supervision, recruitment, training, evaluation, promotion, and organisational expansion. The team welcome...

Berner Fachhochschule BFH’s Institute for Digital Technology Management (IDTM) is advertising a Postdoc & Scientific Coordinator (80–100%) role. The post is shared by Nikolaus Obwegeser , Professor and Director of IDTM, who invites interested candidates to get in touch and discuss the opportunity with the team. This opening sits in the broad area of digital technology management , with relevance to management , business , information technology , and potentially computer science . The role appea...

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a Postdoc position in the Networked Systems Abstractions Lab (LASeR) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The lab works on programming languages and formal reasoning tools for networked systems , with research directions including: - Design and semantics of network programming languages in the NetKAT family, including quantitative and probabilistic extensions - Scalable verification using symbolic automata and related decision procedures - Rout...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Computer Science at HEG Genève, HES-SO Geneva , within an SNSF project on Decentralised Human-Centric AI of Things . The project focuses on graph neural networks (GNNs) and decentralised AI , with related interests in knowledge graphs and stream processing . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in AI methods, graph-based learning, and data-intensive intelligent systems. Eligibility highlights: applicants should hold a Master's degree in Computer Science ...

Fully funded PhD position in Computer Science at HES-SO Geneva, Switzerland , within the School of Management (HEG Genève) and an SNSF project on Decentralised Human-Centric AI of Things . The project focuses on graph neural networks (GNNs) , decentralised AI , knowledge graphs , and stream processing . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in AI systems, machine learning, graph-based learning, and data-intensive computing. Eligibility highlights: a Master's degree in Computer Science o...

Research Associate at the University of Bern (Rectorate, Bern, Switzerland). This is a permanent staff position at 80–100% starting January 1, 2027 or by agreement. The role supports the Rector in strategic, university policy, and institutional matters, with responsibilities including scientific research, preparation of presentations and briefings, committee coordination, and independent handling of demanding tasks. Profile: completed Master’s degree required; experience in higher education is p...