Postdoc Opportunities in Anthropology

The University of Birmingham is seeking a Research Fellow (Quantitative Researcher) to join the Women, Crime and Justice Research Group in the School of Social Policy and Society. Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the role contributes to research designed to improve outcomes for women involved in the criminal justice system and strengthen the evidence base on effective interventions and services. The Research Fellow will work on the Effective Women’s Centre Phase III project, supported by the JABB...

Northeastern University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to investigate the social determinants of health, with a particular focus on cognitive decline and dementia. The work will examine how gender, racial and ethnic identity, and socioeconomic conditions shape health outcomes and disparities. The researcher will apply epidemiologic, econometric, and related methods to strengthen causal inference. The project involves multilevel and longitudinal datasets, quasi-experimental approach...

The Gender Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship in Gender Studies, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The fellow will be based in Notre Dame’s College of Arts & Letters and is expected to be in residence beginning August 2027. The postdoctoral scholar will develop an independent research program while contributing to the intellectual and scholarly life of the Gender Studies faculty. The appointment al...

Northeastern University is seeking interdisciplinary postdoctoral researchers to join the SoundMind Collaboratory and the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being , working with Susanne Jaeggi and Aaron Seitz. The research program takes a lifespan perspective on cognitive diversity and cognitive and brain health, serving populations ranging from individuals with cognitive deficits related to disease, injury or development to neurotypical children, young adults and older adults, as wel...

Northeastern University’s Communication for Health Equity Lab, led by Professor Diane Francis, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a two-year research appointment in Boston, United States. The lab conducts transdisciplinary research on effective communication practices for health behavior change and health equity. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to projects that develop and evaluate culturally responsive communication interventions designed to improve health and well-bei...

Birkbeck, University of London is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ESRC-supported project “Spontaneous movement to music in toddlers.” The project investigates why and how toddlers dance to music, focusing on the early development of movement–sound alignment and its relationship to social cognition, conversational turn-taking and musical performance. The research will address the emergence, form and function of spontaneous dancing in toddlers, a behaviour reported by parents in very ...

Two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions are available in the research project The Epistemic Significance of Concepts at Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki. The project is led by Academy Professor Maria Lasonen and is funded by the Research Council of Finland. It runs alongside a complementary ERC-funded project on concepts, creating a broader research environment focused on the nature and epistemic role of concepts. The project takes a philosophically grounded but empiricall...

Eindhoven University of Technology is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the UI-PRIG project, Understanding & Improving Product Risk Information in Gambling . The two-year interdisciplinary project is conducted by TU/e in collaboration with the Trimbos Institute and is based in the Human-Technology Interaction group within the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. The research addresses how online gambling platforms communicate risks, winning probabilities, and bonus con...

This postdoctoral project is part of the ANR De-Chalco programme, which investigates chalconatronite, a corrosion product associated with small-scale Egyptian statuary conserved in museums in France, with the aim of proposing a treatment. The researcher will work on the preparation of model samples for laboratory experiments, using information on alloy compositions and manufacturing techniques to select natural ores and produce bronze specimens that are representative of ancient material-making ...