PhD Opportunities in Astronomy in Finland

The University of Oulu is seeking a Doctoral Researcher in Peatland Restoration Hydrology and Biogeochemistry for a three-year project in the Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering Unit of the Faculty of Technology. The research investigates how restoration and rewetting of former peat extraction areas influence carbon cycling, water quality, lateral greenhouse-gas emissions, water storage, runoff dynamics, and catchment hydrology. The project centres on the intensively monitored Turvesuo–M...

The University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Arts is offering a full-time, three-year doctoral researcher position in archaeology, with the work located in the Department of Cultures. The position is linked to the Academy of Finland–funded SRTOOL project, led by Academy Research Fellow Maria Lahtinen, and places the doctoral researcher in a strongly international, interdisciplinary setting. The project focuses on strontium isotope tools for tracing mobility connected to aquatic diets across the past,...

The University of Helsinki is offering a 36-month doctoral researcher position in archaeobotany within the Research Council of Finland-funded NeoPlant project, which studies plant use, cultivation and the cultural roles of plants in Neolithic Finland (ca. 3000–1500 BCE). The project examines a major transition in human history: the shift from hunting and gathering towards food production and farming, while also recognising the continued importance of hunting, fishing and gathering in Neolithic F...

The University of Eastern Finland is recruiting three doctoral researchers for the School of Computing on the Kuopio campus to join the ERC-funded MINE-THE-GAP project. The project combines satellite imagery, mining data reports, and AI to study mining activities and their impacts worldwide, with a focus on improving transparency and sustainability in mining. Each doctoral researcher will lead an individual thesis within one of three research themes: mapping mining land use through semantic segm...

The Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory at the University of Oulu is seeking a doctoral researcher to join a research environment focused on space weather, the near-Earth environment, and Arctic geophysics. The role is embedded in the SafeEarth research programme and centres on understanding how solar activity drives disturbances in the Earth's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment, especially at high latitudes where these effects can create natural hazards. The successful candidate will work ...

The University of Eastern Finland invites applications for three full-time Doctoral Researcher (PhD Student) positions in the Development of Data Science and AI for Spatial Data at the School of Computing, Kuopio campus, Finland. The positions are part of the ERC-funded MINE-THE-GAP project, which combines satellite imagery, mining reports, and artificial intelligence to map mining activities and their global environmental impacts. Each doctoral researcher will lead a thesis in one of three area...

Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, is hiring 1–2 doctoral researchers for a PhD project combining gated two-dimensional device structures with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The research focuses on condensed matter physics, two-dimensional quantum devices, correlated quantum materials, atomic-scale phenomena, nanotechnology, and quantum technology. The project is particularly relevant to students interested in studying quantum materials and device behavior using advanced l...

Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, is seeking a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in condensed matter physics and two-dimensional quantum devices in the Atomic Scale Physics group at the Department of Applied Physics. The project investigates emergent electronic phenomena in gate-tunable van der Waals materials using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Research topics include correlated electron systems, topological systems, superconductivity and quantum phases in 2D materials....

Doctoral Researcher in Space Physics is being recruited at the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (SGO), University of Oulu , Finland. The successful candidate will be based at the Linnanmaa campus in Oulu and will pursue doctoral studies within the SafeEarth research programme, funded by the Research Council of Finland. The research focuses on space weather, auroral phenomena, the upper atmosphere, geomagnetic disturbances, and their effects on critical technological infrastructure and society. ...