PhD Opportunities in Political Science in Sweden

This PhD project is hosted by the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and is linked to the doctoral subject Landscape Architecture. The research focuses on governance and organizational adaptation in relation to the operation and maintenance of urban drainage infrastructure. The project addresses a major sustainability challenge: stormwater transports pollutants from urban areas into receiving waters, creating pre...

This PhD project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is hosted by the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management and sits within the third-cycle subject area of Landscape architecture . The doctoral research examines governance and organisational alignment for the operation and maintenance of urban drainage infrastructures, with a specific focus on how long-term maintenance schemes can be made more coherent, feasible, and environmentally responsible. The project...

Linköping University is recruiting a doctoral student in Technology and Social Change to study how socio-technical systems evolve as biogas becomes valued for multiple, potentially competing functions beyond its established role as an energy technology. The PhD project will focus on the Swedish biogas sector and examine how multifunctionality shapes socio-technical configurations, policy and institutional relations, and governance processes. The research will explore how interests and values are...

The Department of Social Work at the University of Gothenburg is offering a doctoral position in social work within one of the Nordic region’s largest and most established research and education environments in the field. The department is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences and brings together research and education at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. Its research focuses on understanding people in vulnerable social situations, social interventions, social policy measures, and b...

A PhD position in biology with specialisation in aquatic ecology is available at the Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The project addresses the management and conservation of critically endangered fishes, with a particular focus on Anguillid eels . The doctoral research is centred on Trap and Transport (T&T) , a method used in fragmented river systems to help fish continue migration and to reduce mortality associated with hydropower t...

This doctoral project sits within the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University and the NORCA – Nordic Central Asian Studies research environment. The position is part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on women’s legal agency across post-imperial Islamic societies , especially in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Uzbekistan. The successful candidate will study how women use Islamic and secular legal frameworks to claim rights, challenge discrimination, and widen access to justice. The project...

This PhD opening is part of the research group in Biochemical Process Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, within the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering. The group works in an international research environment and has around 30 staff members, with activities that continue to expand in industrial biotechnology and biomass-related research. The project focuses on new methods for valorising aquatic biomass to support ecosystem-friendly resource use. The ...

Linnaeus University is seeking a doctoral student in legal science for a project linked to civil preparedness and competition-related questions in the context of Sweden’s strengthened total defence. The project focuses on how society can secure the supply of goods, services and construction works during crises, heightened preparedness and war, while ensuring that cooperation between public and private actors remains compatible with procurement rules and EU state aid law. The doctoral student wil...

This PhD project at Lund University is situated in the Department of Sociology of Law and in the NORCA – Nordic Central Asian Studies research environment. It forms part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on the intersection of Islamic ethics , legal culture , and administrative reform in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . The doctoral candidate will study how religiously informed governance practices and legal strategies operate in contemporary Central Asia, including whether they contribute ...