PhD Opportunities in Economics in Switzerland

The University of Bern is offering a PhD position in the multicenter project PRECISE-MDD , investigating precision treatment selection in major depressive disorder. The study is a triple-blind randomized controlled trial examining whether EEG- and ECG-based biomarkers can predict the therapeutic effects of antidepressants, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, ketamine and electroconvulsive therapy in patients with unipolar depression. At the Bern study center, the doctoral researcher wi...

The Chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES) at EPFL’s College of Management of Technology is recruiting a full-time PhD student to join its doctoral research environment within the EPFL doctoral school program in Management of Technology (EDMT). The position is centered on research at the intersection of operations, economics, and strategy, with a focus on organizations and their interactions. The successful candidate will work on the design, analysis, and implementation of innovative ...

ETH Zurich invites applications for a PhD project on robotic spraying and additive manufacturing for biocementation within the SNSF-funded DFabuLis: Digital Fabrication Using Living Systems project. The research explores how microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) can function as a controllable fabrication parameter. The doctoral researcher will develop a robotic fabrication process that deposits bacterial and cementation solutions, adapting existing deposition hardware and cr...

The University of Zurich’s Implementation Science in Health Care Research Group, based at the Medical Faculty, is offering a PhD position in the UMZH-funded Learn4Sepsis project. The group is led by Prof. Lauren Clack and focuses on optimizing the integration of evidence-based practices and research findings into routine health-care delivery. The doctoral researcher will contribute to the LEARN AND IMPLEMENT work package, which combines implementation science, human-centered design, and organiza...

PhD Position in Applied Marketing Research at the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) , hosted by the Institut für Marketing und Customer Insight and supervised individually by Prof. Dr. Reto Hofstetter . This is a full-time research associate position (100%) leading to a doctorate in applied marketing research. The role combines academic research with practical collaboration on current topics in AI-driven marketing , consumer behavior , and social media , while working in an interdisciplinary...

The University of Bern is advertising a PhD student and assistant position in Business Administration at the Chair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration, with a specialization in Operations Research . The research topic focuses on developing Operations Research methods for resource planning in project management . This is a 100% temporary position based in Bern, Switzerland . The role combines doctoral research with teaching and academic service: the successful candidate will conduc...

PhD opportunity in Experimental Low Energy Particle Physics at the University of Bern , working with the Fundamental Neutron and Precision Physics Group at the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) and the Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) . The project is part of the n2EDM experiment , which searches for the neutron electric dipole moment and probes physics beyond the Standard Model and new sources of CP violation. The position includes regular experimental work at the Pa...

Doctoral Student in Machine Learning and Medical Data Science at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Medical Data Science Group, led by Prof. Julia Vogt , is recruiting a highly motivated PhD student to work at the intersection of machine learning , AI , and medical data science . Research directions include representation learning, pre- and post-training of foundation models, generative AI, explainability and interpretability, probabilistic modeling, time-series analysis, and multimodal lear...

A PhD opening is available in Urban Provisioning Systems, Sufficiency Behaviour, and Well-Being at EPFL , in collaboration with the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . The project examines how urban planning interventions and changes in provisioning systems influence citizens’ perceptions, behavioral choices, and subjective well-being, and how these changes affect resource demand and urban socio-metabolic profiles. The research is interdisciplinary and combines spatial/quantitative analysis wit...