Postdoc Opportunities in Urban Planning

The University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the newly funded SPICE-CC project , focused on spatial biology and cancer research . The position offers an opportunity to contribute to a funded research project within a bioscience environment addressing cancer-related questions through spatial biology approaches. The postdoctoral appointment is advertised for two years at the University of Milano-Bicocca....

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for an interdisciplinary project on omics and soil microbiome research . The two-year project focuses on metaproteomic analysis of soil microbial communities and aims to identify genes and enzymes that can mitigate salinity stress, improve soil health, and support crop productivity. The research contributes to the development of biofertilizers and sustainable agricultural strategies addressing soil degradation and salinization. ...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher within the African Research Center on Air Quality and Climate (ARC_AIR) in Benguerir, Morocco. The interdisciplinary research program examines the links between climate change, urbanization, resource systems, and territorial performance, with emphasis on Morocco, Africa, and semi-arid to arid regions. The work sits at the intersection of Earth Observation, geospatial analytics, artificial intelligence, c...

The National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, operating within Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is recruiting a fixed-term Research Officer for research and studies connected with national land, infrastructure, transport and tourism policy. The successful researcher will plan, draft, coordinate and implement research conducted by the institute, with particular relevance to urban planning, housing, land, roads and rivers . The work sits at the inte...

The International Water Research Institute (IWRI) at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on membrane-based pretreatment for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination in Benguerir, Morocco. The project focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling advanced pretreatment solutions for seawater desalination. The fellow will monitor and characterize raw seawater through periodic sampling campaigns, assess physicochemical and biological water quality, and an...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for COLCOM, a research project focused on multimodal crop analysis and fertilizer optimization. Based at UM6P in Benguerir, Morocco, the work is situated within the university’s research-and-innovation environment and its College of Computing, which advances computer science research and collaborates with industry and local stakeholders. The project aims to develop farmer-centric systems that combine multimodal remote...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for a 12-month research project, renewable for a further 12 months, conducted through a collaboration between the Geology and Sustainable Mining Institute at UM6P in Benguerir, Morocco, and Mineral-X at Stanford University in the United States. The project focuses on improving phosphate recovery from flotation tailings through the integration of process mineralogy , mineral processing , and artificial intelligence . The research...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University invites applications for a postdoctoral research position at the African Research Center on Air Quality and Climate (ARC_AIR) in Benguerir, Morocco. The project focuses on monitoring agricultural emissions across Africa, with particular attention to cropland emissions of ammonia (NH3), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4). The researcher will combine satellite remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry models, and physics-informed deep learni...

ICM Research Institute is inviting postdoctoral researchers to participate in a three-month remote Guest Researcher programme designed to support stronger MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027 applications. The next programme theme is “Advanced Materials, Technologies and Societal Impact for Energy and Environment.” The programme centres on data-driven value creation in the participant’s own research topic. Researchers will explore how shared data, artificial intelligence and digitalisation can crea...