PhD Opportunities in Public Policy in Ireland

The USC Price School is accepting applications for fully funded PhD study beginning in Fall 2027 in two doctoral pathways: Urban Planning and Development and Public Policy and Management . Students can shape an individualized academic trajectory after enrollment, with flexibility to select faculty for dissertation committees and research assistantships. The program provides opportunities to collaborate with faculty on research and publish scholarly work, including with Geoff Boeing, Associate Pr...

The University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs is accepting applications for its interdisciplinary PhD in Sustainable Development program. The program prepares researchers and practitioners to investigate complex global challenges through research on global development, public policy, governance, economic growth, poverty reduction, and social transformation. Its scope is international and welcomes applicants connected to the United States, Latin America, and Africa, with the oppo...

This PhD project at Delft University of Technology focuses on participatory data governance for a just energy transition , within the FEDERATE NWO project. The research asks how energy data sharing can support city-level policy making with digital twins while also addressing questions of justice, trust, power, and shared stewardship. The doctoral candidate will work on Work Package 2 of FEDERATE and collaborate with residents, local organisations, municipalities, grid operators, and technology p...

The University of Eastern Finland is advertising six Doctoral Researcher positions within the doctoral programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The posts are based at the faculty in Kuopio or Joensuu and are linked to the university’s multidisciplinary research environment, where social sciences and business studies are described as theoretically and methodologically diverse and closely connected to the university strategy. One position will be filled in each of the facu...

DAAD EPOS 2027/28 offers fully funded postgraduate study opportunities in Germany through the German Academic Exchange Service. The programme supports eligible Development-Related Postgraduate Courses at participating German institutions. The scholarship is designed for experienced professionals from developing nations in the Global South. Successful Master's and PhD scholars join postgraduate programmes connected to international development and related academic fields, with the precise researc...

This PhD project sits within the ARC Research Hub for Value-Added Processing of Underutilised Carbon Waste (VAPUCW), an interdisciplinary and industry-connected research environment focused on turning underutilised carbon resources into valuable products and supporting the transition to a circular economy. The project examines the public policy and governance dimensions of Australia’s move toward circularity, with specific attention to carbon upcycling and emerging chemical recycling technologie...

This PhD project is based in the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is embedded in the research group Geographies of Just and Sustainable Transitions . The successful candidate will work within NTNU’s strategic energy area, Beyond the Fossil Fuel Era , in a multidisciplinary and international research environment. The project examines how democratic states in petroleum-producing nations negotiate the uncertainties of m...

Leiden University is recruiting 2 PhD candidates for the project Cocreating Research to Improve Science for Policy (CRISP) , a funded research collaboration under the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). The positions are based at the Institute of Public Administration , Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, in The Hague. CRISP investigates how research evidence can better support policymaking by strengthening collaboration between researchers and policy actors. The project is embedded in a larger c...

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) is advertising a PhD position in long-term climate governance. This opportunity is aimed at a doctoral researcher interested in the governance, policy, and institutional dimensions of climate action over extended time horizons. The position sits within an academic environment focused on public-sector challenges, sustainability, and applied social research. A project on long-term climate governance is well suited to candidates with interests in climate polic...