PhD opportunities in economics in Belgium

KU Leuven is offering a 4-year PhD position on Automated Compliance Engineering within LIRIS , the KU Leuven Research Center on Information Systems Engineering, based in the Department of Decision Sciences and Information Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business. The project is embedded in a strong research environment with international collaboration, close ties to industry, and a long-standing reputation in management informatics and business information systems. The PhD project add...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at KU Leuven in Belgium on Energy Systems Modeling . The project focuses on energy systems modelling , district heating , market design , heat pricing , and multi-energy systems . The research objective is to develop models and market mechanisms for heat pricing and financing district-heating networks within integrated energy systems. This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates with backgrounds in energy engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical en...

Doctoral scholarship holder in Urban Logistics at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), within the Department of Transport and Regional Economics in the Faculty of Business and Economics . This PhD opportunity focuses on consumer-centric circular logistics in an urban context , with the aim of developing models for more responsive, efficient, and sustainable logistics systems. The doctoral researcher will prepare and defend a PhD thesis, develop the research plan and methods with the supervisor, ...

KU Leuven is offering two PhD positions in the research area of dynamics in flat careers, titled “Flat but not static.” The positions are embedded in the Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology and Professional Learning (O2L), which studies the relationship between people and work with a strong sustainability focus. The group’s broader interests include well-being, employability, job insecurity, leadership, professional learning, and team learning, and it uses diverse method...

Vlerick Business School is offering a 4-year PhD Researcher position on AI-driven Employee-Customer Relationship Management in the Service Sector . The project is hosted by Vlerick’s Area Marketing & Sales team in collaboration with Glowi , a Belgian service company active in cleaning services, marketing solutions, HR solutions, and related operations. The research is designed to combine rigorous academic work with direct business impact, focusing on how data analytics, machine learning, generat...

University of Antwerp is offering a full-time doctoral scholarship in transport economics within the Department of Transport and Spatial Economics, part of the Faculty of Business and Economics. The position focuses on transport economic policy, goods transport, and data-driven policy analysis, with the goal of developing a policy-oriented modelling tool to assess the impact of policy measures on freight transport. The successful candidate will work closely with the research team and the Departm...

KU Leuven is offering a four-year PhD/research position in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics within the Society–Environment Interactions Research Group. The project sits in an interdisciplinary and internationally connected research environment focused on food production and consumption, ecosystem services, behavioural change, and policy-relevant sustainability transitions in forestry and agri-food systems. The position is attached to HSFood4All – Healthy & Sustainable Food for All thro...

The University of Antwerp is offering a full-time doctoral fellow position in Inclusive Leadership (HRM/Organizational Behavior) within the Department of Management of the Faculty of Business and Economics. This PhD opportunity is part of the research project “ALL ON BOARD! But are they really? The paradoxical impact of inclusive leadership on employees' citizenship and withdrawal behavior,” funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and led by Kim De Meulenaere . The doctoral researcher...

KU Leuven is advertising a doctoral thesis offer in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics within the Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Division. The position is based in Leuven, Belgium and is a full-time PhD opening with an initial contract of one year, renewable for up to four years after a positive evaluation. The research focus includes agri-food systems , environmental sustainability , food consumer behaviour , and broader topics in agricultural economics , food economics , reso...