Postdoc Opportunities in Political Science in France

ENS-PSL / Université PSL in Paris is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Re-contract Research Program (Axis 1) , focused on trust, social contract renewal, and intergenerational social protection. The project examines how citizens view social protection politically and normatively: what should be protected, who should organize it (state, non-profit sector, or insurance sector), how resources should be pooled and redistributed, and how trust in institutions and shared political projects ...

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...

Postdoctoral Position in Social and Experimental Psychology at the University of Strasbourg , Faculty of Psychology, within the Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions (LPC-EA 4440) . This 12-month full-time postdoctoral appointment is part of the IdEx 2026 Research Support Fund . The project, “Ageism and Virtual Reality: Study of Intergenerational Dynamics,” explores ageism, intergroup relations, and spontaneous avoidance behavior in a controlled virtual environment. The research focuses on h...

Postdoctoral positions in gender and sexuality social sciences are open through the EUR GSST (Ecole Universitaire de Recherche Sciences sociales du genre et de la sexualité), with hosting options at EHESS and INED in France . The call recruits 4 postdoctoral researchers for 18-month contracts : 2 positions at EHESS partner research centers and 2 positions at INED research units. The research theme is centered on gender and/or sexuality , using qualitative and/or quantitative data . EHESS hosting...

Post-Doctoral Position ECOS at Université Savoie Mont Blanc , within the Institut de Recherche en Gestion et Économie (IREGE) in Chambéry, France. This postdoctoral position is embedded in the EIOSE project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), and connected to the Chair on Environmental Risks and Mental Health. The research environment at IREGE focuses on the broad theme of Environmental and Innovation Choices , with interdisciplinary work across environmental sustainability, in...

Postdoctoral Researcher in EU Health Innovation Law at Université Bourgogne Europe in Dijon, France, within CREDIMI UR 7235 and the BRIDGE consortium. This full-time, 24-month postdoctoral position is part of a Horizon Europe funded project under the Innovative Health Initiative . BRIDGE focuses on designing and operationalizing health regulatory sandboxes for breakthrough health innovation. The project addresses innovations that may not fit easily within existing EU regulatory pathways, includi...

A funded 12-month postdoctoral position is available at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris in cognitive computational neuroscience , under the supervision of Valentin Wyart . The project is supported by the ANR project MONODEC and starts at the earliest in January 2027 . The postdoctoral researcher will investigate how motivation influences cognitive noise and improves human decision-making under uncertainty. The work includes testing the impact of cognitive noise and incentives across ...

CY Cergy Paris University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a 12-month position in the AlFARo – Alignment Faking in AGI Robots project at the ETIS laboratory . The postdoc is based in Cergy-Pontoise, France, within an interdisciplinary environment spanning AI, robotics, cognitive science, human–AI interaction, and social robotics. The project addresses an emerging issue in modern AI: alignment-faking , where large language models may appear compliant in training or evaluation while beh...

Research opportunity in France for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Paradox, Global Leadership and Qualitative Methods as part of the GREENLEAP project: Leveraging Paradox: Co-inventing the Futures of Greenlandic Leadership . The position is hosted by EDHEC Business School in partnership with Ilisimatusarfik – University of Greenland , Aalborg University , and the Arctic Business Network . The research focus combines leadership , management , qualitative methods , and Greenlandic/Arctic leadership t...