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

This fully funded PhD project, Authority on Shifting Ground , investigates how land ownership shapes political authority and post-war political order in Lebanon and Syria. The research examines the relationship between land, civil war, and governance through a combination of archival research, interviews, and survey data. The project is situated at the intersection of international relations and political science, with a focus on conflict-affected societies and the political transformations that...

PhD position in Sociology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, starting in February 2027. The project investigates how digital and physical social spaces shape youth socialization and social inequalities. The doctoral researcher will study these processes using a combination of longitudinal, diary, geospatial, and experimental data. This interdisciplinary empirical design offers an opportunity to examine how young people’s social environments influence development, interaction, and unequa...

The University of St.Gallen’s Chair of Legal History, Sociology of Law, and Criminal Law, led by Prof. Dr. Lukas Gschwend , is seeking a research assistant / PhD student to contribute to its research and teaching activities. The role combines academic research with teaching support. The successful candidate will help prepare and deliver lectures, organize seminars and scientific events, and support the design, administration and supervision of examinations and other teaching formats. The positio...

The Department for Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work at the intersection of law and technology. The research focuses on legal AI, legal technology, and the implementation of legal automation in practice. The successful researcher will conduct high-impact research, develop an independent research profile, and contribute to the broader law and technology community through publications and community events. The role includes mentoring mas...

The Policy & Sustainability (PASU) lab at EPFL invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to join a new SNSF-funded project on managing a just transition to net zero. The project combines applied and theoretical research on the economics and politics of sustainable development, with a strong focus on how decarbonization policies affect workers, regions, and public preferences. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to three main strands of work: measuring economic and job vulnerabilitie...

The University of Zurich's Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning is inviting applications for an 80% Doctoral Candidate position in AI and Optimization. The doctoral project will be conducted in the AI and Optimization Lab with Prof. Anastasia Koloskova. Research will focus on theory or the intersection of theory and practice in areas including optimization for machine learning, privacy, machine unlearning, distributed optimization, and federated learning. Applicants should ho...

University of Bern is advertising a Postdoc in Educational Sociology within the Department of Sociology of Education / Institute of Educational Science in Switzerland . The position is designed for researchers interested in educational sociology , educational inequality , social inequality , family processes , and the intergenerational transmission of inequality . The successful candidate will conduct independent research on educational processes across the life course and contribute to ongoing ...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in chironomid biodiversity across Swiss lakes. The project is linked to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES) , an initiative focused on building a stronger scientific basis for monitoring biodiversity in Swiss lakes and connecting research with conservation and management needs. The student will work with chironomids collected during the plann...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater biodiversity , community ecology , macroinvertebrates , and lake ecology within the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc), in collaboration with the Aquatic Ecology department. The thesis contributes to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES), a project focused on improving the assessment of Swiss lake biodiversity and s...