PhD Opportunities in International Relations in Norway

The Department of Economics at the University of Oslo invites applications for three to five PhD Research Fellow positions within its doctoral programme in economics. Fellows are automatically admitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences’ PhD programme and receive organized research training while developing their own research from the outset. The programme prepares economists for academic careers and research positions in policy institutions, central banks and research organizations, while also s...

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 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...

This PhD research fellow position at the University of South-Eastern Norway is part of SFI CELECT – the Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems – and the Industrial Research School in Complex Systems (INRESCOS) . The project is based at campus Kongsberg and is embedded in a large collaborative environment linking USN, NTNU and the University of Agder with leading industrial partners in Norway. The doctoral project focuses on developing and validating a competency framewo...

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...

This PhD position is based at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The project sits at the intersection of sociology, ethnography, Science and Technology Studies, and digital infrastructure research, and it focuses on how digital identity technologies are reshaping security culture, trust, power, and everyday social life. The successful candidate will work as part of the interdisciplinary project Cryptology a...

This PhD research fellow position is based at the Department of Science and Industry Systems , University of South-Eastern Norway , campus Kongsberg. The project sits within SFI CELECT – the Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems – and links the candidate to a wider doctoral and research network across USN, NTNU, and the University of Agder. The fellow will also be part of the Industrial Research School in Complex Systems (INRESCOS) and the Norwegian Industrial Systems ...

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,...