PhD Opportunities in Media Studies in Sweden

Doctoral student in Web and Emerging Applications Security at Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden. This PhD opening is in the Chalmers Security and Privacy Lab and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, with supervision by Prof. Andrei Sabelfeld . The project focuses on cybersecurity , web security , software security , privacy , and emerging AI security topics. Research tracks include web application crawling and security scanning, browser extension security and ...

PhD student in sustainability transformations and international business development at Linköping University , Sweden, within the Biogas Solutions Research Center (BSRC) and the Division of Environmental Technology and Management. The project examines why some biogas projects become viable businesses and help spread biogas systems, while others stall or fail. The research connects sustainability transitions with international business development , focusing on business models, partnerships, loca...

Uppsala University’s Department of Psychology is advertising a fully funded PhD position in Developmental Psychology within the Development and Neurodiversity Lab (DiVE) in Uppsala, Sweden . The project is a longitudinal twin study involving more than 1,000 children (500 twin pairs) and focuses on temperament development , emotion regulation , prosocial behaviour , and genetic and environmental influences on brain development and behaviour . The role is a full-time PhD student position (100%) wi...

Doctoral student position in Industrial Design with a focus on Strategic Design at Lund University , Sweden, within the Division of Industrial Design at the Department of Design Sciences (LTH). The project explores how design can function as a strategic capability in organizations and society, with possible directions including design capabilities in organizations, design-enabled organizational change, systemic design, user and citizen engagement, and futures-oriented approaches to complex techn...

Stockholm University’s Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is advertising a PhD student position in Sustainability Science within the interdisciplinary Mistra Finance to Revive Biodiversity (FinBio) programme. The project examines the relationships between biodiversity, nature, resilience, finance, economics, real estate, and agrifood systems . It focuses on how nature-related risks and resilience can be integrated into financial decision-making, with particular attention to how ecological change ...

PhD opportunity in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden , within the research project “A Divisive Spiral? Elite Communication, Voter Engagement, and Algorithmic Amplification of Affective Polarization.” The project examines how political communication , social-media engagement , algorithmic amplification , and affective polarization interact. It uses a mix of innovative methods, including automated text analysis , audio analysis , experiments , large-scale social-science data , and AI/LL...

PhD student in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. This opening is part of the research project “A Divisive Spiral? Elite Communication, Voter Engagement, and Algorithmic Amplification of Affective Polarization” , led by Professor Hanna Bäck at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. The project examines affective polarization , elite communication, voter engagement, and how algorithms and social media shape political attitudes. It uses large language models to analyze po...

Örebro University is advertising a PhD position in Computer Science focused on secure coordination and interaction in distributed AI . The doctoral project sits at the intersection of computer science , artificial intelligence , distributed computing , and cyber security , with an emphasis on developing interaction protocols and execution safeguards for distributed or agentic AI systems. The position is based at Örebro University , Department of Natural Sciences and Engineering, in Örebro, Swede...

Potential PhD position in algorithms , with a focus on algorithm engineering , experimental algorithms , and randomized algorithms , is being discussed by Matti Karppa (Senior lecturer) at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden . The post is aimed at finding a brilliant master’s student who could move into doctoral studies. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in mathematics , good programming skills , and basic knowledge of computer science ....