PhD Opportunities in Political Science in Norway

PhD Candidate in Psychology of Artificial Intelligence at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. The project is part of the Norwegian Centre on AI for Decisions (aiD), an interdisciplinary collaboration focused on making AI-supported and autonomous decision-making effective, safe, and trustworthy. Based in the Department of Psychology's Citizens, Environment and Safety research group, the PhD project will investigate the mechanisms that drive trust or distr...

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...

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 position at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) focuses on how mobile networks can cooperate to keep critical services running when failures, congestion, or recovery events disrupt normal operation. The project sits in NTNU’s Beyond 5G lab and is centered on resilient service continuity across multi-operator mobile network systems. The work looks at how independently operated networks can coordi...

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...

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,...

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is advertising four PhD Candidate positions within the multidisciplinary project Managing Drone Threats to Critical Infrastructure , based in Trondheim, Norway. The project forms part of NTNU’s strategic initiative A More Resilient Society . It aims to develop knowledge and practical solutions for understanding, managing, and responding to drone threats and attacks against Norwegian critical infrastructure. The research addresses technologica...

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...