Postdoc Positions in Political Science in Denmark

Copenhagen Business School is recruiting a postdoc in work-life balance policy: citizens, policies and firms at the Department of International Economics, Government & Business . The post is embedded in a multidisciplinary environment that brings together research on international business and political science, with a strong orientation toward societal challenges and the relationship between business, government, and broader public policy. The postdoc will join the AGILE work-life balance proje...

The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) at the University of Southern Denmark invites applications for one or more full-time postdoctoral positions within the Hybrid War and Democracy initiative in Odense. The initiative examines how international conflicts are increasingly waged through domestic and foreign influence campaigns supported by digital technologies and artificial intelligence. The research addresses the consequences of these developments for democracies, threat perceptions, i...

The University of Copenhagen is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher for SAMSKABT – Strengthening the well-being of refugees through accessible and coherent care , a research and practice development project funded by the VELUX HUMpraxis program. Based in the Department of Public Health, the project focuses on improving mental health and psychosocial support for refugees living with trauma and stress after migration. SAMSKABT investigates refugees’ experiences of mental distress, maps ...

Aarhus University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a three-year project on how automation is transforming labor markets in the global economy. Supported by the Carlsberg Foundation, the project examines how technologies including industrial robots and generative AI affect workers and skill development. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the project’s empirical and quantitative research, engaging with questions at the intersection of labor economics, international trade, an...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, and is tied to the research project “Stories from my new life: Mobile transitions and social becomings among resettled refugees in Denmark” (TRANSIT) . The project focuses on the lives of resettled refugees, with particular attention to the legal, social, and existential transitions that accompany resettlement. TRANSIT is built around the resettlement of appro...

This postdoctoral position at Aarhus University is based in the Department of Environmental Science and linked to the Environmental Social Science and Geography research unit at Risø Campus in Roskilde. The project is part of the Horizon Europe initiative BALANCE and sits at the intersection of environmental science, economics, and policy-oriented research. The postdoctoral fellow will work on an interdisciplinary, EU-wide study of how nature restoration and nature-positive farming systems can s...

Roskilde University is recruiting one or two postdoctoral researchers for a 24-month project on digital media and the conditions for democratic debate . The positions are based in the Department of Communication and Arts, with affiliation to the Centre for Digital Citizenship and the Digital Media Lab. The project investigates how digital news media, search engines, social media and AI chatbots represent pressing issues in Danish public debate. It asks whether digital platforms broaden or narrow...

The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) and the Digital Democracy Centre at the University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet) are advertising new postdoctoral vacancies and assistant professorship opportunities. The positions address how domestic and foreign influence campaigns are strengthened by digital technologies and artificial intelligence, and how these developments create challenges for democracies, threat perceptions, information integrity, and citizens’ information agenc...

Postdoc in Computational Controversy Mapping and STS at DTU Management , Technical University of Denmark, in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark . This 21-month postdoctoral position sits at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies (STS) , computational controversy mapping , public debate analysis, and digital methods. The project supports DTU’s 2026–2031 strategy by helping establish an Observatory for Technological Questions in Society . The selected researcher will work with the Science and Techno...