Postdoc Opportunities in Geography in Switzerland

ETH Zurich is inviting applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher in Science, Technology and Society (STS) within the Ethics, Technology and Society research group in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. The successful candidate will develop qualitative, empirical research on how youth, parents, and guardians understand and respond to the impacts of digital technologies on children and young adults in Switzerland and Europe. The project, States of Anxiety: Exper...

Empa is recruiting a PostDoc/Scientist to work on blue-green pavement systems within its Concrete & Asphalt Laboratory in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The research focuses on sustainable asphalt pavements and multifunctional infrastructure for cities. The project will address permeable and water-filtering pavement structures, urban heat island mitigation, semi-bound pavement materials, carbon-sink applications, and the interaction of mechanical, hydraulic, and thermal performance. Duties include deve...

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Verticality and Geospatial Digital Observatory within the CEAT research unit. This position is part of Vertical Africa (VERTICAF) , an interdisciplinary project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) . The postdoctoral researcher will work on urban verticality , Earth Observation , environmental modelling , geospatial data science , and remote sensing , with a strong focus on measurin...

EPFL PV-Lab in Neuchâtel is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in photovoltaic recycling and circularity . The position sits at the interface of research, technology development, project management, and industrial collaboration, with a strong focus on sustainable photovoltaic technologies. The successful candidate will develop and optimize recycling approaches for silicon-based and other PV modules, including mechanical, thermo-mechanical, delamination, and advanced separation processes. Resea...

ETH Zurich is advertising three postdoctoral positions in Circular Engineering for Architecture at the Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA), led by Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf in the Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management (IBI), Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG). The research theme is digitalization towards a circular built environment , combining circular economy principles with digital innovation in construction. The three pos...

The University of Basel (Department of Environmental Sciences, research group Ecology) is recruiting a fully funded postdoc in ecological modelling focused on global change , mountain plant ecology , and species range shifts . The project will model the relaxation times of accrued lags of plant species across Europe’s mountain ranges using a spatially explicit dataset on species-specific shifts and lags over recent decades. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with team members and ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Tabular Foundation Models for Building and District Energy Systems This postdoctoral opportunity is a collaboration between the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory at EMPA and the Intelligent Maintenance and Operations Systems (IMOS) Laboratory at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) . The project sits at the intersection of computer science , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , and statistics , with a strong focus on machine learning for...

Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics and Plant Paleogenomics at the University of Bern , Switzerland. This two-year, fixed-term postdoctoral opening is hosted at the Institute of Plant Sciences and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research within the SNSF Consolidator grant project ARIaDNA . The project focuses on bioinformatics , plant paleogenomics , ancient DNA , paleoecology , population genetics , and vegetation modelling . ARIaDNA aims to reconstruct how key European tree species ...

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a postdoctoral position in 3D Computer Vision and remote sensing within the Laboratory of Visual Intelligence for Transportation (VITA) . The lab’s research sits at the intersection of Computer Vision , Machine Learning / Deep Learning , and Human-Robot Interaction , with the successful candidate expected to develop new methods for remote sensing and work with aerial imagery and large datasets. Eligibility highlights: applicants shou...