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Senior Research Fellow (Oberassistenz) in Cultural Studies and European Ethnology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. This is a postdoctoral opening (60%) starting in the spring semester of 2027, with the appointment beginning on 1.2.2027. The post is designed for researchers aiming to complete a habilitation while contributing to a dynamic department working across culture, everyday life, politics, globalization, migration, mobility, anthropology of knowledge, science and technology studie...

Nottingham Trent University is recruiting two fixed-term researchers for the Eco-SEv project in ecosystem acoustics , a government-funded initiative focused on next-generation biodiversity monitoring technologies. The roles are based in the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences at Nottingham Trent University and involve work on acoustic monitoring, biodiversity assessment, and ecosystem health across agricultural, forestry, conservation, and natural environments. The project uses au...

The University of Connecticut is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at UConn Storrs in the Physiological Acoustics Lab . The project sits at the intersection of systems neuroscience , computational neuroscience , Biomedical Engineering , Electrical Engineering , and Psychology , with a strong focus on misophonia —a disorder involving adverse emotional reactions to specific sounds or auditory triggers. The successful candidate will lead research aimed at developing computation...

The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences is offering a full-time postdoctoral position in the ERC-funded project FOUNT, “The Narrative Foundations of Tibetan Buddhist Culture” . The project is based in Vienna, Austria, and the successful applicant is expected to take up residence in or near the city. The postdoc will contribute to research on the development of the Tibetan Buddhist cult of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara during the...

Postdoctoral position at the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IE CAS), Prague/Brno, Czechia. This is a full-time postdoctoral researcher opening in one of five research departments: Critical Heritage Studies, Ecological Anthropology, Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology, Memory Studies, or Mobility and Migration . The successful candidate will develop an independent research agenda aligned with the department’s broader aims. Research areas / keywords: ethnology, anthropolo...

The Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences is offering a two-year, full-time postdoctoral position within the ERC StG 2025 project QPROJECT – Quantitative projection problems in geometric measure theory , led by Dr. Damian Dąbrowski. The research project focuses on the properties of orthogonal and radial projections from the perspective of geometric measure theory. The advertised postdoctoral role is intended for a researcher with a strong mathematical background and interest...

Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (2027–29) in the collaborative research project Connected Teams: Practicing Transcultural Art Histories under the Conditions of Ecological Crises and Digital Transformations: India, Latin America, and Europe . The fellowships are hosted through the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut in collaboration with 4A_Lab, Berlin , Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) , and Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá . The project focuses o...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger , Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Cultural Studies and Languages, Norway. This full-time postdoctoral position is offered for 36 months starting from 1 January 2027 . The appointment includes 30 months of project work and 6 months of administrative duties and/or teaching in the department and at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities . The project focuses on developing and leading the Gr...

Ritsumeikan University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher / specialist researcher for the Center for Play Creation Research in Kyoto, Japan. The position is part of the Game Creation and Inheritance Project (GCCP) , an industry-government-academia collaborative initiative supported by the Japan Creator Support Fund and the Agency for Cultural Affairs through the Japan Arts Council. The role is centered on game informatics , entertainment , and practical arts , with responsibilities that inc...