PhD Opportunities in Archaeology in Switzerland

The University of Zurich is offering a four-year, 80% PhD position in Large-Scale In-Situ Experiments on Glacier Ice Rheology and Thermodynamics within the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded LISERT project. The doctoral researcher will join the Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Group in the Department of Geography and investigate how temperate glacier ice deforms under active forcing at metre scales. The research combines large-scale in-situ glacier measurements, structural-geological analy...

The WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, part of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and the ETH Domain, is offering a PhD position in the Alpine Remote Sensing group at the CERC research centre in Davos, Switzerland, starting in January 2027. The doctoral researcher will develop, test, and implement new methods for investigating large deep-seated landslides in the Southern Swiss Alps. The project combines fieldwork, monitoring, remote sensing, a...

The Institute for Historical Theology at the University of Bern is recruiting for a four-year, 100% fixed-term doctorate and assistantship in Ancient and/or Modern History of Christianity . The position is based in Bern, Switzerland, and is scheduled to begin on September 1, 2027, or by arrangement. The successful doctoral researcher will develop a dissertation project in Historical Theology, focusing on the older and/or modern history of Christianity. The assistantship also includes supporting ...

Two PhD positions are open at the University of Zurich in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS), Chair of Modern Chinese Studies, for the SNSF-funded project “Governing the Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Holds Itself Together” . The project examines the Chinese Communist Party as an organisation, focusing on how it governs itself through institutions, routines, ideology, supervision, recruitment, training, evaluation, promotion, and organisational expansion. The team welcome...

ETH Zürich is advertising three fully funded PhD positions in History and Theory of Urban Design and Architecture within the ERC Advanced Grant project Co-opolis: Another Architectural History of the European City (1890–1990) . The project, based at the Chair of the History and Theory of Urban Design and the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), investigates how third-sector actors such as cooperatives, mutual aid societies, associations, and other collective institutions c...

Two Doctoral Positions in Tropical Forest Ecology, Animal-Plant Interactions and Forest Restoration at ETH Zürich in the Species Interactions and Ecosystem Health group . The project, AniCaRes – Animating Carbon Restoration , is an SNSF Starting Grant project examining how animals shape tropical forest regeneration and carbon recovery. The research combines tropical ecology , animal-plant interactions , forest restoration , seed dispersal , molecular ecology , DNA metabarcoding/eDNA , animal mon...

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...

Fully funded PhD position in Law / Criminology at the University of Lausanne , Switzerland, in the School of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration . The project topic is crime control in fragmented societies , making this a strong fit for applicants interested in criminology, legal studies, policy research, and the Swiss legal system. The post specifically highlights research experience in legal and policy analysis, plus language ability in French or German...