PhD Opportunities in Economics

The Technical University of Dresden is offering a funded PhD research assistant position in International Monetary Economics within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, at the Chair of Economics, especially International Monetary Economics. The doctoral researcher will investigate topics including financial stability, political risks, monetary policy, exchange rates, and international financial markets . The role includes developing research papers and completing a cumulative di...

The Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University is accepting applications to its PhD program in economics. The program is designed for doctoral students who want to develop advanced expertise in economics and pursue research-oriented careers. The department highlights the career outcomes of its recent graduates, who are working in academia and industry around the world. Prospective applicants can learn more about the program through an information session hosted by Graduate Chair Kevin Sc...

PhD opportunity in Human–AI Interaction, Operations and Supply Chain Management This doctoral project is part of the Global Human-AI Alliance and explores how artificial intelligence can be integrated with human decision-making to address real-world challenges in operations and supply chain management. The research is jointly supervised by Kejia Hu at the University of Oxford and Professor Stefan Minner at the Technical University of Munich. The doctoral degree will be awarded by TUM, with the p...

The Department of Economics at the University of Southampton is recruiting doctoral students for programmes starting in 2027. The opportunity is designed for research-focused students interested in advancing their expertise in economics within a university department and doctoral training environment. Research supervision is available across applied economics , economic theory , experimental economics , macroeconomics , and econometrics . These areas provide scope for doctoral research examining...

Aarhus University is recruiting a PhD student for a project on dynamic flood exposure in Denmark and the question of where people will live as flood risk increases. The research addresses a major limitation in long-term flood-adaptation planning: projections often assume that households and buildings remain fixed in their current locations for the next 80–100 years. The PhD project will model how household location decisions influence future flood exposure and how these changing patterns can inf...

UIC Barcelona’s School of Architecture research laboratory is seeking a predoctoral candidate to develop a doctoral thesis connected to the Carbon Passport Tool (CPT), a decision-support tool for building decarbonization. The CPT is being developed to compare and prioritize building rehabilitation strategies according to their carbon impact while incorporating energy and economic criteria. The doctoral research will contribute to the decarbonization and circular economy of the building sector, w...

Kuehne Logistics University is offering a PhD opportunity within UNITY, a new research project developed in collaboration with the Kuehne Climate Center. The project addresses a central challenge in sustainable logistics: how accurate are transport-emission estimates, and what are the consequences when decisions depend on inaccurate estimates? The doctoral researcher will help develop a unified, open-source model for estimating emissions across all major transport modes. The model will bring tog...

Sungkonghoe University in South Korea is inviting international applicants to its English-taught PhD in Convergence Management for Spring 2027. The programme brings together research perspectives from business and management with broader climate and social issues. Its interdisciplinary convergence-management focus is suited to applicants interested in examining organisational, managerial and societal challenges through research that connects multiple fields. The programme is offered in an Englis...

The Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim is recruiting a doctoral researcher for a four-year PhD project in sociology. The project, “Power, governance, and the political economy of fighting antimicrobial resistance,” examines how antimicrobial resistance is addressed through systems of governance, political decision-making and economic relations. The research sits at the intersection of sociology, governance, anti...