PhD Opportunities in History in Norway

NTNU is offering a PhD project in machine learning for the conservation of historic buildings. The position is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action CHARM Doctoral Network, which develops resilient, sustainable and climate-adapted methods for conserving architectural heritage. The project, titled “Understanding conservation condition and rehabilitation needs at district scale in time of energy saving and climate change via machine learning driven method,” focuses on using artificial intellig...

The Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim is recruiting a doctoral researcher for a four-year PhD project in sociology. The project, “Power, governance, and the political economy of fighting antimicrobial resistance,” examines how antimicrobial resistance is addressed through systems of governance, political decision-making and economic relations. The research sits at the intersection of sociology, governance, anti...

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences invites applications for a three-year PhD Research Fellowship in Early Childhood Education and Care, based at Campus Bergen and affiliated with the KINDknow – Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures. The doctoral project will investigate children, childhood and early childhood education from the perspective of sustainable futures. It will connect research on water and waterscapes with ecological or wat...

This PhD Research Fellow position is based in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The project sits at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), infrastructure studies, security, and resilience, and is part of NTNU’s broader More Resilient Society initiative. The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary STRIDE project, which develops a dynamic, multi-risk modeling framework fo...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is recruiting a paid PhD Research Fellow in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture in Trondheim, Norway. The PhD is part of STRIDE—Synergizing Transport Resilience, Infrastructure, and Defense in Extremes—within NTNU's strategic More Resilient Society initiative. The project examines how Norway's transport infrastructure can remain functional during converging climate-driven hazards,...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a four-year, full-time PhD research fellowship in Sociology in Trondheim, Norway. The project examines power, governance, and the political economy of fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with particular attention to pharmaceutical innovation, markets, regulation, procurement, antibiotic sovereignty, and security of supply. The doctoral researcher will join the interdisciplinary project “Preparedness and Respo...

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is advertising four PhD positions within the interdisciplinary project Preparedness and Response to AMR, the Silent Pandemic , based in Trondheim, Norway. The initiative addresses antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the most pressing global health challenges. The four coordinated doctoral projects combine molecular and medical sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, and social and political sciences to strengthen preparedness for rising AMR....

The University of Oslo invites applications for a three-year, full-time PhD Research Fellow in Political Science at the ARENA Centre for European Studies in Oslo, Norway. The successful candidate will develop an independent doctoral project on Norway’s relationship with the European Union , examining European integration and its consequences for countries inside and outside the EU. Projects may address Norway’s association model, the EEA Agreement, Norwegian political institutions and public adm...

Nord University in Bodø, Norway, invites applications for 1–2 temporary, full-time PhD Research Fellow positions in Social Science specializing in Arctic Security and Preparedness. The PhD project explores how experiences of war and emerging technologies have shaped ideas about security, preparedness, and threat in the North. It welcomes historically and politically grounded research on Arctic geopolitics, great-power rivalry, external actors, governance, securitisation, democratic resilience, h...