PhD Opportunities in Anthropology in Switzerland

The Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a four-year PhD position in psychiatric neuroscience, focused on functional brain organization in autism. Led by Dr. Dorothea Floris, the project investigates individual differences in brain network organization in autism using precision functional mapping, computational approaches, and large-scale longitudinal resting-state fMRI datasets. The doctoral researcher will examine how functional brain organization varie...

The University of Zurich is advertising more than 25 fully funded PhD positions across a broad range of research areas. The opportunities are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and are offered as paid positions rather than as a single scholarship programme. Fields represented in the listings include life sciences, medicine, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, and the social sciences and humanities. The breadth of the call may suit applicants seeking doctoral research in biomedical an...

PhD position in Sociology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, starting in February 2027. The project investigates how digital and physical social spaces shape youth socialization and social inequalities. The doctoral researcher will study these processes using a combination of longitudinal, diary, geospatial, and experimental data. This interdisciplinary empirical design offers an opportunity to examine how young people’s social environments influence development, interaction, and unequa...

Two PhD positions are available with Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt at the University of Zurich for a new project titled “Governing the Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Holds Itself Together” . The positions are based in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS) and are part of an SNSF-funded research project. The project focuses on Chinese politics , party governance , and the internal organization of the Chinese Communist Party , making it especially relevant for applicants inter...

PhD position in Multisensory Development at the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research , University of Bern, within the Multimodal and Multisensory Development Lab . This doctoral project is part of the SNSF Starting Grant project PREDICT (“Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Cognitive Development Across Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence: From Sleep to Multisensory Integration”). The successful candidate will develop and implement a multisensory experiment for a cross-sectional stud...

Two PhD openings are available in health disparities among migration-related populations in Switzerland , jointly linked to the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zürich and the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM), University of Neuchâtel . The positions are supervised by Prof. Oliver Hämmig (Zürich) and Prof. Didier Ruedin (Neuchâtel). The research themes are: Position 1 in Neuchâtel, focusing on access barriers, language hurdles, and d...

Two PhD positions are available for a project on health disparities among migration-related populations in Switzerland . The project is based at the University of Neuchâtel and the University of Zürich , and is funded by the SNSF . The positions are 80% appointments for 4 years, with a start date in February 2027 or by agreement. One doctoral researcher will be mainly based in Neuchâtel and supervised by Didier Ruedin , focusing on access barriers and discrimination . The other will be based in ...

Two PhD positions are open in an interdisciplinary project on health disparities among migration-related populations in Switzerland . The project combines migration studies and public health to examine mental and physical health outcomes, access barriers, discrimination, social determinants of health, and policy contexts. The positions are hosted by the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute at the University of Zurich , in collaboration with the University of Neuchâtel and the UZH...

PhD opening at ETH Zürich in the area of perceptions of population decline , with a focus on how people perceive the potential opportunities and risks of demographic decline. The project is hosted by the consumer behavior research group at ETH Zürich in Switzerland . The doctoral research will examine public perceptions of population decline, including how these perceptions are shaped and what factors influence them. The topic connects sociology , economics , environmental science , and psycholo...