PhD Opportunities in Media Studies in Spain

PhD position in History / Material Culture within the ERC project IslandLives at Universitat Pompeu Fabra . The project title suggests research focused on island societies, material culture, and historical investigation within a European Research Council-funded environment. This opportunity is aimed at doctoral-level research and is suitable for applicants with interests in history, material culture, and related interdisciplinary approaches such as archaeology and anthropology. The notice provid...

Call for applications for a fully funded PhD position on EU industrial policy and skills policy at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, within the GUIDE-SE project. The project asks how governance conditions affect whether EU funding leads to industrial upgrading. GUIDE-SE examines how governance arrangements shape the success of Recovery and Resilience Facility investments in Spain and Italy , with a focus on electric vehicles , semiconductors , and related skills reforms . The PhD topic shou...

One PhD researcher position is available in the STRATUM project at the Science and Technology Park Foundation (FCPCT) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain. The project is funded by the Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement 101137416 and runs within a consortium coordinated by ULPGC. STRATUM aims to develop a 3D Decision Support Tool for brain surgery guidance and diagnostics, using multimodal data processing, artificial intelligence algorithms, and energy-effic...

Fully funded PhD position at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain, within the DEMOSOC Research Group (RISK_HE Project), Department of Political and Social Sciences. The project focuses on educational inequalities , access to higher education , and migrant-origin inequalities . This is a strong fit for applicants with interests in sociology, political science, education, and social inequality research. Eligibility highlights: applicants should hold a master's degree in Sociology, Political Science, ...

PhD Student Member position at Ovidius University of Constanta in the Research and Innovation department, within the project Center of Digital Excellence for Cultural Heritage: Innovation in Digitization and Digital Exploitation through Cutting-Edge Technologies (CulTech) (project code PN-IV-P6-6.1-CoEx-2024-0206, contract 3CoEx/2026). The role is part-time (5 hours/week), temporary, and starts on 2026-11-09. The advertised position is a PhD-level opening and is especially relevant to candidates...

Brendan Costello is recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the Sign Language Research Group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain . The project is part of a new Spanish Research Agency-funded initiative that brings together sign language research , computer vision , artificial intelligence , pose estimation , and motion capture . The work aims to analyze sign language data and develop tools that improve understanding of how sign lang...

Exciting PhD opportunity in retinal disease research at the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF) in Valencia, Spain . The Group of Pathophysiology and Therapies for Vision Disorders is seeking an outstanding candidate to apply for a 2027 ACIF Predoctoral Fellowship . This opportunity is centered on biomedical research into vision disorders , with a strong translational focus on developing new therapeutic strategies for retinal diseases and vision loss . The research environment combine...

PhD opportunity for a motivated candidate to apply for the 2026 FPU predoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) and join the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid . The project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence , game theory , and mathematical optimization for the adaptive protection of critical infrastructures . The research is connected to ARSENAL , a European-oriented initiative focused on adaptive stress testin...

Antje Stoehr at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is recruiting a fully funded PhD student for the Speech & Bilingualism research group in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain . The doctoral project is part of a new AEI-funded study on how auditory processing precision contributes to individual differences in foreign language pronunciation . The research can be shaped toward acoustic-phonetic and behavioural methods, an EEG -focused neurocognitive direction, or a combination of ...