PhD Opportunities in Nutrition

The doctoral position is based in the Active and Healthy Ageing research group at the Department of Health Sciences , Lund University . The group is part of the interdisciplinary Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) , where senior and junior researchers from several faculties work together in a collaborative and international environment. The PhD project is linked to the four-year research project PRO-COG , which examines what makes public environments accessible and usable for p...

The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä is seeking four doctoral researchers to join its research and doctoral training environment starting on 4 January 2027, or by agreement. The faculty describes itself as Finland’s only faculty of sport sciences and a nationally and internationally significant scientific community. Its work is interdisciplinary and focused on the connections between physical activity and health, carried out together with actors from different ...

The National Institute of Sports Science (JISS), within the Japan Sport Council’s High-Performance Sports Center, is seeking a contract researcher or postdoctoral-equivalent researcher in training science . The researcher will contribute to research and practical support aimed at improving international athletic performance. The work includes conducting fitness measurements covering morphology and body composition, muscle strength and muscle power, aerobic capacity, and related performance indic...

This doctoral position is based in Theme Technology and Social Change at Linköping University, a research and teaching environment that brings together social-scientific, humanistic, and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology, science, medicine, and social change. The project examines how socio-technical systems change when biogas , previously mainly legitimized as an energy technology, is increasingly valued through multiple and potentially competing functions. The doctoral researcher wil...

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS CDT) offers a multidisciplinary PhD focused exclusively on the safety of artificial intelligence. The programme develops research expertise for ensuring that AI systems deliver benefits without introducing harm as their capabilities, environments and operating contexts evolve. Research centres on the lifelong safety assurance of increasingly autonomous AI systems in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Projects draw on concepts and methods f...

Ulster University is offering a funded PhD opportunity on seafood, environmental contaminants and pregnancy. The project examines how seafood consumption during pregnancy may provide nutritional benefits while also contributing to exposure to environmental contaminants, with a particular focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The research will compare maternal exposure in Northern Ireland and the Seychelles. By investigating this balance between the benefits and potential risks of ...

The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Plant Science (IMPRS MolPlant) is a joint doctoral programme of the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam, Germany. It offers PhD research and training in modern plant science within an interdisciplinary and research-intensive environment. Doctoral researchers work on fundamental questions in plant biology, including photosynthesis, central metabolism, respiration, organ and tissue fo...

The International Max Planck Research School for Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism (IMPRS-EBM) is a collaborative doctoral programme between the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg. The programme offers research-oriented interdisciplinary training across epigenetics, biophysics, metabolism, biochemistry, cell biology, proteomics, bioinformatics, and functional genomics. Doctoral researchers rotate through three labor...

This PhD project at Amsterdam UMC focuses on improving glucose regulation for women with type 1 diabetes during the menopausal transition. The research is part of the DAME-APersonal project and brings together clinical research, data analysis, and technology development to create a more personalized approach to diabetes care for this group. You will investigate how menopause-related factors, such as hot flushes and changes in heart rate, affect glucose levels in women with and without diabetes. ...