PhD Opportunities in Media Studies in France

Applications are open for the 2026 John G. Bene Fellowship from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) . This student award supports master’s and doctoral students conducting field research in the Global South for their thesis work. It is designed for students whose academic background combines an interest in forests with social sciences , and whose research examines the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in...

PhD position in automatic control at Université de Lorraine in Nancy, France, within the Control Identification Diagnosis (CID) Department, CRAN . The project focuses on heterogeneity in federated learning using an open multi-agent systems approach, bringing together ideas from control theory, machine learning, optimization, and applied mathematics. Eligibility: applicants should hold a Master's or engineering degree in automatic control, machine learning, optimization, or applied mathematics, a...

Fully funded PhD position in Computer Science at Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis in France , within the MM Team at LTCI and the ARMEDIA Team at SAMOVAR . The project is part of the PARIS-funded SIGMA initiative and focuses on graph signal processing and graph machine learning . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in computational methods, data-driven modeling, and mathematically grounded machine learning. Eligibility: MSc/M2 or equivalent in computer science, data science, engineer...

Fully funded research visits are available in AI for applied economics at École normale supérieure de Lyon in France , through CERGIC, Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality, and Conflict . This opportunity is aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in economics , with a strong interest in using artificial intelligence , text analysis , or machine learning in research projects. The post describes the visits as fully funded . No tuition or fee waiver is mentioned, and n...

PhD opportunity in Hybrid Modeling & Digital Twins within the Engineering Digital Twins (EDT) research program. The project, titled Compositional Hybrid Digital Twins Models , focuses on combining mechanistic models and machine learning to build flexible and reusable digital twin architectures. The case study is microbial fermentation ecosystems , with an emphasis on understanding, simulating, and predicting the dynamics of complex biological systems. Research themes include hybrid modeling , mo...

PhD opening in Computational Systems Biology / Bioinformatics at the CBI - Centre for Integrative Biology of Toulouse in France, within the MSCA PANDORA doctoral network . The project is titled “Development of a multi-scale predictive digital twin of the retina affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD)” . The doctoral researcher will work on systems-level modeling of retinal mechanisms linked to AMD and the complement system, building large-scale molecular interaction maps, converting t...

PhD opportunity in Frugal Innovation, Climate Resilience, and Hydroclimatic Monitoring in Africa This post announces a fully funded PhD position within the BEST – Between Earth and Sky doctoral programme , co-supervised by Zenlin Kwee (TU Delft) and Marielle Gosset (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement). The project is titled “Microwaves of Resilience: Frugal Innovation for Hydroclimatic Monitoring in Africa” and sits at the intersection of economics ,...

PhD opening at the University of Lille with Giuseppe Lipari for a project on real-time systems , computer architectures , and predictable cache memories for real-time embedded multicore systems . This opportunity is aimed at candidates interested in the intersection of embedded systems , architecture , and real-time computing . The post highlights a research topic focused on making cache memories predictable for multicore real-time platforms, which is relevant for dependable and timing-sensitive...

PhD opportunity in micro-drones, assistive technologies, and AI for blind and low vision people at IRIT, CNRS / Université de Toulouse, in collaboration with the Augmented Human Lab at the National University of Singapore. This fully funded PhD is part of the BEST Doctoral Programme and focuses on designing AI-powered micro-drones as personal assistants for blind and low vision users. The project combines computer science , robotics , cognitive science , and human-computer interaction to build p...