Postdoc Opportunities in Italy

Bocconi University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a project that uses artificial intelligence to turn narratives into testable causal models. Funded by the Tech Europe Foundation and conducted in collaboration with the AI in Social Sciences (AISS) lab, the project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, causal inference, natural language processing, and computational social science . The research will develop an applied-AI system that reads narratives about cause and ef...

The Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome is recruiting for a research contract within the self-financed project “The Predictive Brain in Action – PredBrain” . The work is centered on the study of embodied decision-making and foraging in human participants, combining experimental design, online data collection, and computational analysis. The successful candidate will contribute to the full research pipeline: designing and running beh...

Politecnico di Milano is offering one postdoctoral contract in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Milano campus. The project sits in the scientific area of hydraulics and hydrology and is centered on flood risk modelling . The researcher will work on the modelling of flood hazard and risk for risk management purposes in both ordinary and emergency conditions. The activity includes developing hydraulic models and methods for estimating flood damage to exposed elements ac...

This research contract is hosted by the Institute of Biophysics (IBF), National Research Council of Italy , at its Palermo secondary site. The selected researcher will join a project on the realistic modelling of physiological and pathological brain conditions, working within a multidisciplinary environment that connects biological, physical, and chemical sciences. The position focuses on multiscale, biophysically detailed, data-driven modelling of single neurons and neuronal networks , with par...

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biofisica (sede secondaria di Palermo) is offering two research contracts within the self-funded project “Modellazione realistica delle condizioni fisiologiche e patologiche del cervello” . The work is based in Palermo and is part of a broader neuroscience research effort supported by the Italian Neuroscience Research Infrastructure. The selected researcher will work on real-scale models of the human and mouse hippocampus , focusing on their constr...

Mobility Scholarships under the Afya Moja project support postgraduate researchers from Benin to spend 3 to 6 months at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy for research work and further training. The opportunity is embedded in a health and technology collaboration linking Italian universities with partner universities in Benin. Successful applicants will carry out their stay at one of the host faculties in Naples and take part in the university’s research and training environment durin...

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....

The University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, is offering a two-year postdoctoral opportunity within the newly funded SPICE-CC project. The position is designed for a motivated postdoctoral researcher with an interest in spatial biology and cancer research . The successful researcher will contribute to a biomedical research project focused on investigating cancer through spatially resolved biological approaches. The opportunity is promoted by a biomedical research group leader and is situate...

The Di Malta laboratory at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) in Pozzuoli, Italy, is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher. The project investigates the molecular mechanisms regulating lysosomal dynamics and signaling , with a focus on how these processes contribute to health and disease. The postdoctoral researcher will join a laboratory working at the intersection of molecular biology, lysosome biology, and cell biology to study the regulation and functional consequences of...