PhD opportunities in media studies in Germany

PhD opportunity at the University of Lorraine, France This doctoral project examines sciences et recherches participatives (SRP) , with a particular focus on how rural and peri-urban publics in Lorraine engage in hybrid research collectives. The thesis is hosted by the Centre de recherche sur les médiations (CREM) at the University of Lorraine and is embedded in the interdisciplinary CELEST programme on transitions. The work is closely linked to the development of a Boutique des Sciences in Lorr...

KU Leuven is offering a doctoral fellowship in modern Dutch literature within the Research Group Dutch Literature. The project, titled Sense/ory Negotiations. Special Poetry Editions in Flemish literary culture (1900–2020) , is funded by FWO Flanders and supervised by Prof. Linde De Potter . The doctoral project explores the role of special poetry editions in Flemish literary culture from 1900 to 2020. It focuses on how the materiality of poetry books shapes reading practices and literary experi...

KU Leuven is offering a full-time PhD position at the Department of Work and Organisation Studies (WOS), linked to the Leuven and Antwerp campuses. WOS is an interdisciplinary research group of around 50 researchers studying the world of work from multiple scientific perspectives, including organizations in society, careers and sustainable employability, well-being and quality of work, HRM, leadership, and organizational behavior. The project, How Algorithms Shape Our Ideas of Healthy and Produc...

This PhD position at KU Leuven is based in the EAVISE research group, a multidisciplinary team working on advanced computer vision, audio, artificial intelligence, and efficient implementations on embedded systems. The project is centered on photorealistic digital humans and explores 3D Gaussian Splatting as an alternative to mesh-based pipelines for rendering lifelike avatars. The research aim is to develop a novel representation for photorealistic digital humans using 3D Gaussian Splatting, an...

Multiple MSc and PhD positions are available in the User Experience and Interaction Design (UXID) Lab in the Department of Computer Science at Ontario Tech University . The lab is led by Ali Neshati , an Assistant Professor working in Human-Computer Interaction and related areas. The lab describes itself as an active and collaborative research environment with more than 8 graduate students working on innovative projects. Research areas include interaction with mobile and wearable devices, data v...

Funded PhD opportunity in Film & TV Production , Media Studies , and the wider creative industries focused on the Tees Valley Production Hub project: Growing and sustaining performing arts producing at ARC Stockton . The post is shared by Ian Fenton , a Senior Lecturer in Film & TV Production at Teesside University and Professor of Practice in the School of Modern Languages and Culture at Durham University . The opportunity appears to be a research degree opening rather than a scholarship progra...

This fully funded PhD scholarship at Monash University offers an exciting opportunity to investigate the emergence and influence of misogyny within online manosphere communities. The project will explore how digital subcultures shape attitudes, identities, and behaviours, focusing on the construction, sharing, and legitimisation of misogynistic narratives in online spaces. It will also examine the intersection of these communities with broader men’s rights movements and the political economy und...

Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, is recruiting one postdoctoral researcher and three PhD fellows for the interdisciplinary project How Generative AI is shaping human language: insights from post-AI language use, learning and critical literacy . The openings cover a range of research themes: Natural Language Processing / LLMs (SP1), Generative AI and Academic Editing (SP2), Second Language Acquisition and Conversational AI (SP3), and Critical Media and AI L...