Postdoc Opportunities in Public Policy

The Systems Engineering Research Center/Acquisition Innovation Research Center (SERC/AIRC) at Stevens Institute of Technology is seeking an AIRC Research Fellow to help lead advanced technical and policy research on defense acquisition innovation. The fellowship sits within AIRC, a center established to connect government acquisition teams with faculty research teams and to develop, prototype, and test new ideas across technology, process, policy, contracting, law, and human capital. The role fo...

Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a full-time, two-year Postdoctoral Associate in Psychedelic Ethics and Policy with the Ethical Legal Implications of Psychedelics in Society (ELIPSIS) Program in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The onsite position is based in Houston, Texas, and is expected to begin in Summer 2027. Working with Dr. Amy McGuire and a multidisciplinary team, the postdoctoral researcher will study the ethical, legal, social, and policy implication...

Fondazione Machiavelli ETS is offering a Senior Research Fellow – Demography and Statistics position for a three-year research programme on immigration in Europe and its demographic, social, and economic effects. The role is based in Rome, Italy , and is part of a research team working on data collection, harmonisation, and analysis across several European countries. The successful candidate will work on official and administrative statistics, with a strong focus on dataset quality, documentatio...

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Center for Urban Policy Research and its built environment group. The role supports externally funded projects focused on building and grid decarbonization and the sustainable energy transition. Research may include advanced whole-building and community-scale energy modeling; analysis of energy efficiency, demand flexibility, electrification, high-performance buildings, and geothermal syst...

Georgia Institute of Technology is accepting applications for the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT): Inclusive Technology and Policy Design Research Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The fellowship supports postdoctoral researchers working on accessibility, usability, disability-related policy, rehabilitation research, assistive technology, inclusive technology, or regulatory issues. Fellows receive didactic training and mentorship, conduct independent and collaborative research, and ...

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen, Norway is inviting applications for a postdoctoral position in Behavioral and Experimental Economics at the Department of Economics. The appointment is part of the FAIR Markets research project funded by the European Research Council and linked to FAIR – Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality and The Choice Lab. The postdoc will join a strong research environment focused on the moral foundations of markets, fairness...

Aix-Marseille University’s Mesopolhis Lab is recruiting a postdoc for the project “Mediterranean Dreaming: Tourism Massification and Migration in Maritime Cities.” The project investigates how tourism massification and migration are reshaping Mediterranean cities, how municipalities regulate these dynamics through urban policies and planning, and how residents experience the social and economic consequences. It also examines the imaginaries of the Mediterranean city emerging from official polici...

The University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business is recruiting up to two one-year, full-time postdoctoral fellows in Real Estate , starting August 2027 . The positions are based in the Department of Finance and connected to the Real Estate Center and the newly launched Housing Innovation Lab . Selected fellows will collaborate with UC faculty and corporate partners on research applying state-of-the-art analytics methodologies to real estate problems. The role emphasizes indepen...

Stanford University’s Human Trafficking Data Lab is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine. The position supports a research portfolio focused on counter-trafficking research , development of a comprehensive framework for interagency trafficking survivor case management and monitoring, and digital tools to speed delivery of post-trafficking services for survivors of human trafficking in Brazil. The postdoc will work with Principal...