PhD Opportunities in Media Studies in Norway

The University of Stavanger is offering a three-year full-time PhD Fellow position in Documentary Production and Ethics within Artistic Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Media and Social Sciences. The position is based in Stavanger, Norway, and is scheduled to start on 1 January 2027. This is an educational PhD position designed for promising documentary practitioners who work in film or audio and want to develop their artistic practice through doctoral-level research. Th...

Volda University College is advertising a fully funded three-year PhD position in mathematics education , artificial intelligence (AI) , and competence development . The position is linked to TRUST – The Norwegian Center for Trustworthy AI , giving the doctoral candidate access to a broad national and international research network across academia, industry, government, and civil society. The project sits within the Department of Science and Mathematics at Volda University College and is connect...

NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) is advertising a PhD Candidate position in Biological-inspired AI approaches for mitigating the spread of misinformation . The project is based at the Department of Computer Science / Department of Information Technology and Computer Science in Trondheim, Norway , and is linked to the research group IS-CHI (Information Systems and Computer Human Interaction) . The research focus combines bio-inspired AI , machine learning , deep learning , su...

OsloMet – the metropolitan university is advertising a PhD position in reliable generative AI with knowledge verification at the Department of Information Technology , Faculty of Technology, Art and Design. The project focuses on neuro-symbolic AI , formal logic , reasoning algorithms , knowledge representation , and knowledge graphs to reduce hallucinations in generative AI and make systems more testable, verifiable, and socially responsible. The main application area is an AI-enhanced online p...

NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) is advertising up to two PhD positions in Systems Engineering / New Product Development at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in Trondheim, Norway. The positions are part of the SFI-CELECT centre (Research Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems), a large research-based innovation initiative funded by the Research Council of Norway and industrial partners. The research environment connects NTNU wi...

The University of Stavanger is offering a PhD Fellowship in Multilingualism and Cross-linguistic Influence at the Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Culture and Language. The position is based in the research group FLUENT (Multilingual Development and Change in Contemporary Society), an interdisciplinary environment focused on multilingualism from perspectives including language acquisition, formal linguistics, and educational sciences. This is an open call for doctoral projects on cro...

PhD Research Fellowship in Circular Battery Strategies at the University of Inland Norway (INN), within the Center for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability (CREDS) and the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences. This three-year PhD position sits at the intersection of innovation studies , sustainability transitions , circular economy , business model change , and value chains for electric vehicle (EV) batteries . The project explores circular resource flows, reuse and repair stra...

University of Stavanger is advertising a PhD Fellowship in Energy Systems and Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering. The project sits at the intersection of energy systems , artificial intelligence , machine learning , forecasting , optimization and control , and digital twins , with shallow geothermal energy as a central research area. The successful candidate will work in an applied research environment using the univer...

PhD opportunity at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Cybersecurity Challenges in Maritime AI . This project sits at the intersection of cybersecurity , artificial intelligence , information security , maritime operations , and data engineering . The research will examine security risks in maritime AI systems, including threats to training data and AI models, data poisoning and manipulation, privacy and confidentiality, secure data sharing, and methods for assessing the...