Postdoc Opportunities in Public Policy in Austria

Stanford University’s VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab is recruiting a two-year Postdoctoral Research Scholar for its 2027–2029 program, beginning in September 2027. The Lab develops foundational research on women’s leadership by diagnosing barriers, designing and evaluating interventions, and translating research-based solutions for academic and non-academic audiences. The scholar will bring expertise in the intersection of gender and race in organizations , broadly defined from schools...

The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Oxford Climate Policy Hub at Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in Oxford. The role focuses on climate policy, regulation and governance across sectors and jurisdictions. The fellow will work collaboratively to develop innovative research on how climate policies and regulations are designed, interact and spread in different contexts. The project involves designing and adapting research m...

The Environmental Change division (tema Miljöförändring) at the Department of Thematic Studies at Linköping University is recruiting a two-year postdoctoral researcher to work on democratic innovations and climate transformation. The postdoc will join the Formas-funded project Democratic Innovations for Climate Transformation (2027–2029) , which brings together research on climate citizens’ assemblies and related deliberative processes. The project is designed as a systematic, interdisciplinary ...

The Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California is offering one or more postdoctoral fellowships for scholars interested in health policy and health economics. The fellowship is designed to strengthen analytical skills, support the development of an independent research agenda, and provide formal and informal training in a collaborative research environment. Postdoctoral scholars work closely with a primary mentor and join a center that br...

The Australian National University is offering a fixed-term postdoctoral fellowship within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, based in the Department of Political and Social Change and connected to the ANU Philippines Institute. The successful fellow will contribute to the ANU Philippines Project, an initiative designed to strengthen research partnerships between Australia and the Philippines and to improve access to high-quality policy research and analysis for policymakers in both countr...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Toulouse School of Economics, within the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and is led by Charlotte Cavaille , Professor of Political Science. The project sits at the intersection of the political economy of climate risk, insurance, and redistribution. The successful candidate will work on research questions about how climate change is reshaping insurance markets and the politics surrounding them, with particular attention to the distribution...

The University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science is seeking specially appointed research fellows for its Research Division for Public Policy in the Human Genome Analysis Center. The fixed-term postdoctoral-equivalent role contributes to public policy research focused on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of life sciences and medical sciences. The research portfolio includes emergency drug and vaccine development for infectious diseases, early prediction and prevention of dem...

The University of Helsinki is offering a fixed-term postdoctoral position in the Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. The researcher will join the Agricultural Economics research group at the Viikki campus and contribute to the project Intergenerational Transitions in the Nordics (NEXT) , a comparative study of how inheritance and gift taxation shape farm succession and the development of farm businesses in Sweden and Finland. The project uses the co...

The Climate Resilience Institute at the University of Miami, in partnership with the University of Miami Business School, is seeking a Post Doctoral Associate in Climate Resilience Finance . The position is embedded in an interdisciplinary research environment focused on developing methods to quantify, value, and mobilize investment in climate resilience. The successful candidate will contribute to collaborative research within the Climate Resilience Institute while also pursuing an independent ...