PhD opportunities in cognitive science in switzerland

University of Basel is advertising a PhD position in Developmental Psychology focused on the development of metacognitive skills during childhood and adolescence. The project examines how children and adolescents monitor uncertainty , evaluate what they know and do not know , and take effective control of their learning . A particular emphasis is placed on these processes in the context of contemporary learning environments . The opening is in the Department of Human Development at the Universit...

ETH Zürich’s KOF Swiss Economic Institute is offering a PhD Researcher position in Trustworthy and Human-Centred AI Development . The project sits at the intersection of applied economics, responsible AI, and human-computer interaction, with a particular focus on how AI systems behave in the world and how they affect the people and institutions that use them. The successful candidate will join an international research team working on methodological research and concrete implementation. The role...

The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel is advertising a PhD position in Developmental Psychology focused on the development of metacognitive skills across childhood and adolescence. The successful candidate will join the Human Development group and contribute to a research program examining how metacognitive monitoring and regulation develop over time, including children’s and adolescents’ ability to judge their own understanding, detect uncertainty and errors, and adapt learning s...

PhD opportunity in Educational Psychology at UniDistance Suisse The Educational Psychology Lab at UniDistance Suisse is recruiting a Research Assistant (PhD student) in Educational Psychology (80%–100%) based in Brig, Switzerland , starting September 1, 2026 with flexibility. The position is led by Prof. Dr. Tino Endres and focuses on how people learn, understand complex information, and regulate their learning. The doctoral project should fit within the lab’s research on learning and instructio...

EARLI SIG 7 shares two openings in the broad area of technology-enhanced learning and instruction : a PhD position at UniDistance Suisse in Brig, Switzerland, with Prof. Dr. Tino Endres , and a postdoc position at the University of Saarland in Germany with Jr Prof. Tomohiro Nagashima . The detailed vacancy text provided here is for the UniDistance Suisse role: Research Assistant (PhD student) in Educational Psychology (80%–100%) . The position is based in Brig and starts on September 1, 2026 wit...