Stockholm University, Sweden invites online application for multiple fully funded PhD Programs in various research areas. Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. 02 PhD Programs in Social Anthropology with a focus on Asia
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University welcomes applications for two PhD positions focusing on Asia, meaning South, Southeast, and East Asia. We welcome applicants with a substantive interest in one or more countries in Asia. This may include projects located outside the region, for instance, focusing on issues such as Asian migration to the Middle East or Asian economic investment in Africa.
Incoming doctoral students will be part of a national research school in Asian studies, a collaboration between the Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University, the Center for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University, and the Center for Asian Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. Doctoral students will be able to take advantage of a large research network, cross-listed courses, workshops, and joint colloquia. The doctoral students will also be expected to participate in activities at the Stockholm Center for Global Asia.
Application Deadlines: 24 March 2023
2. PhD Programs in Public Health Sciences
Summary of PhD Positions:
The doctoral student’s thesis work will be conducted within the framework of the research program REGAPS (Responding to and Reducing Gambling Problems – Studies in Help-seeking, Measurement, Comorbidity and Policy Impacts). The purpose of REGAPS is to generate knowledge about, among other, the regulation of gambling markets and the design of policies to prevent the harmful effects of gambling, as well as about treatment of and other interventions aimed at people with gambling problems.
The thesis project can be freely designed within the framework of the fourth or fifth workpackage in the program which deals with policy and regulation of gambling markets – nationally or internationally – and its consequences for individuals and society. Research questions can for example deal with different types of governance, regulation and organization, including actors and conflicts of interest in the gambling area. Organization, management and financing of care and treatment as well as attitudes to gambling and gambling regulation may also be relevant. Comparisons between countries, over time or between policy areas may also be relevant.
Application Deadlines: 15 March 2023
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3. PhD Programs in Social Anthropology with a focus on biological diversity
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University is seeking candidates for one PhD position in the research project BIOrdinary: Biodiversity Dilemmas in Ordinary Places. The project investigates biodiversity dilemmas with emphasis on species mobility, imperial histories and place marked by human activity. Five case studies in different places of the world constitute the backbone. The PhD student is expected to formulate their own independent case study (preferably, but not necessarily, related to biodiversity dilemmas surrounding food production) within the BIOrdinary framework. The PhD student will be an active part of the BIOrdinary team, which currently consists of five researchers based at the department.
Application Deadlines: 24 March 2023
4. PhD Programs in Social Anthropology
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University is seeking candidates for a PhD position in the newly started research project The Environmental Afterlife of the Suez Canal: Marine Species Transformation and Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. The project focuses on changing social and ecological environments in the Mediterranean propelled by marine species migration through the Suez Canal. It explores this through the prism of imperial afterlives, more-than-human studies and marine anthropology.
The PhD student will be working with PI Karin Ahlberg, but is expected to formulate an independent case study within the framework of the project. The research project is linked to the program BIOrdinary and the PhD student will be part of BIOrdinary’s research team and activities.
Application Deadlines: 24 March 2023
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5. PhD Programs in Gravitational quantum physics
Summary of PhD Positions:
Recently appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellow Dr Magdalena Zych is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated PhD candidate with passion for research and desire to learn new skills to join her newly forming group at the University of Stockholm. The research of the group lies at the intersection of quantum theory and general relativity. In particular, the group seeks novel approaches to develop understanding of the regime where quantum theory and general relativity overlap.
The successful candidate, depending on their interests, will carry out research in theoretical physics that can involve: developing a mathematical framework describing composite quantum particles at the interface with general relativity, developing proposals for new laboratory test of fundamental physics at the quantum and gravity interplay, developing tools for describing the phenomenology of quantum spacetimes or causal structures involving composite quantum particles or the notion of quantum coordinates.
Application Deadlines: 3 March 2023
6. PhD Programs in Theoretical Chemical Physics
Summary of PhD Positions:
The photochemistry of energy-rich azides (R-N=N=N) shows a great diversity in organic synthesis and in the important field of click chemistry, which was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry 2022. The nature of the populated excited state opens pathways to different reaction intermediates and the rate of formation of photoproducts can be detected in time-resolved experiments. However, the precise determination of short-lived species and how they are formed often remains elusive and ambiguous.
A broad spectrum of advanced quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations in excited states and in solutions will be used to reach unprecedented mechanistic insight into non-adiabatic transitions between different reaction intermediates with varying spin states in solution. The aim is to facilitate rational design of selective photochemical synthesis, in industrial and pharmaceutical applications.
Application Deadlines: 3 March 2023
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7. PhD Programs in Neutrino Astroparticle Physics with the IceCube Observatory
Summary of PhD Positions:
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica, is the world’s largest neutrino telescope, operated by an international collaboration of about 350 scientists in 14 countries. IceCube pursues a broad array of science objectives from particle physics to astronomy. Chief among these is using the weakly-interacting neutrino particle to explore extreme astrophysical environments, complementing observations made with photons. With the discovery by IceCube of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, emerging evidence linking some neutrinos to supermassive black holes, together with the first detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo detectors, the era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy is underway.
Application Deadlines: 3 March 2023
8. PhD Programs in Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Physics
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Cosmology, Particle Astrophysics and Strings (CoPS) group is hiring a PhD student in astroparticle physics. Research in the group focuses on both theoretical and observational studies of cosmic-ray and gamma-ray physics, dark matter, dark energy, string theory, general relativity, and other topics at the interface between astronomy and particle physics. Astroparticle physics is an exciting and rapidly expanding field of research that includes both investigations into the universes’ most extreme events (e.g. supernovae, neutron star mergers, black hole formation) as well as fundamental studies of high-energy particle physics (including e.g., the nature of dark matter) and cosmology.
Application Deadlines: 3 March 2023
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9. PhD Programs in Marine Biology
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences invites applications for a four-year PhD position part of the project: “What are the environmental risks associated with seabed mining for rare earth elements in the Baltic Sea? Quantifying impacts on benthic biodiversity and ecosystem processes”. The transition to a low carbon economy is increasing global demand for rare Earth elements (REE), driven by the growth of infrastructure necessary for renewable energy and electrification of the transport sector.
How to sustainably meet this increased demand of REE is a vital challenge for societies around the world. Seabed mining (SBM), previously not economically viable, is now considered a feasible way to meet this demand of REE. There are now multiple initiatives exploring the potential of SBM, one of them in advanced stage in the Baltic Sea. It is thus urgent to understand the environmental risks associated with SBM before the projected expansion of this industry.
Application Deadlines: 20 March 2023
10. PhD Programs in Marine Biology
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences invites applications for a four-year PhD position part of the project ‘The use of OLCI/Sentinel-3 and MSI/Sentinel-2 data for assessing the effect of climate change in coastal and inland waters’. Ocean colour research allows for a synoptic analysis of marine and inland waters. Besides assessing the spatial distribution and phenology of phytoplankton blooms it also allows for a deeper understanding of the physiochemical drivers (such as wind speed and light attenuation) of phytoplankton growth and production.
By combining MERIS data from the ESA ENVISAT program (2002-2012) and OLCI data (since 2016) from the Copernicus program (Sentinel-3 satellite) we can now derive long term time series of essential climate change variables for climate change analyses, especially when combined with other ocean colour data and/or in situ data as well.
Application Deadlines: 15 March 2023
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11. PhD Programs in Bioinformatics
Summary of PhD Positions:
Your studies in Bioinformatics will be in the project: “Deciphering complex molecular landscapes in cells with machine learning”. Advanced light microscopy has provided insight into cells molecular architecture with unprecedented resolution. Single Molecule Localization Microscopy in particular, produces new kind of images, composed of spatial point patterns i.e., localizations rather than pixels. This opens new doors from a data analysis standpoint.
The selected PhD candidate will explore how cutting-edge data analysis tools, including machine learning (ML), can be applied and tailored to answer fundamental cellular biology questions relying on such super-resolved images. This project combines timely analytical challenges with deep-rooted applications in life science. We are looking for a PhD candidate with MS majors in either engineering/computer science/physics/mathematics. Experience with ML implementation, graphs and/or microscopy data is a plus.
Application Deadlines: 21 February 2023
12. 1-2 PhD Programs in Education
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Education is seeking applicants for a doctorate in Education within the area of teaching and learning in health and healthcare education, such as training of nurses, doctors, psychologists, social workers, public health scientists, biomedical scientists, physiotherapists, etc. The PhD positions are part of a national research school in Medical Education – a cooperation between Linköping University (host institution), Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm University.
Application Deadlines: 1 March 2023
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13. 1-2 PhD Programs in Education
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of Education announces 1-2 vacancies within the PhD programme in Education. The Department of Education is one of the largest departments at Stockholm University within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Education is an academic discipline in which formal and non-formal education, development, and learning are studied in relation to cultural and societal contexts. The Department conducts research in different areas, which are presented on the Research Groups at the Department of Education page.
Application Deadlines: 1 March 2023
14. PhD Programs in Sociology
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of sociology, founded 1954, offers a lively and collaborative research environment with a strong international research profile. The department is especially competitive in the areas of demography, ethnic relations and migration, gender, family sociology, political sociology, social policy regimes, social networks and social stratification. Masters and doctoral programs offered at the department are taught in English and attract applicants from all over Europe. At present members of the department include doctoral students, post-docs and faculty from at least 15 different countries.
Application Deadlines: 1 March 2023
15. PhD Programs in Sociological Demography
Summary of PhD Positions:
The Department of sociology offers a lively and collaborative research environment with a strong international research profile. The department is especially competitive in the areas of demography, ethnic relations and migration, gender, family sociology, social policy regimes, political sociology, social networks and social stratification. Masters and doctoral programs offered at the department are taught in English and attract applicants from all over Europe. At present members of the department include doctoral students, post-docs and faculty from at least 15 different countries.
Application Deadlines: 1 March 2023
16. PhD Programs in Physical Geography
Summary of PhD Positions:
Agricultural expansion, forestry, hydropower and road infrastructure have heavily altered the hydrological regimes of Swedish wetlands. As a result, there is a growing interest in their hydrological restoration. Yet, hydrological restoration should also target climate change mitigation by controlling resulting greenhouse gas emissions. Knowledge of hydrological regimes is compulsory to guide optimal wetland restoration, but a lack of hydrological monitoring limits this understanding.
This project combines hydrological modelling, artificial intelligence, earth observations, and state-of-the-art techniques tracking water levels from space to define the hydrological regimes in 53 wetlands of international importance. The main objective of the applicant will be to quantify comprehensive water surface extent and changes, the spatial and temporal variability of water levels, and define guidelines to prioritise wetland restoration, maximising ecosystem health and climate change mitigation.
Application Deadlines: 28 February 2023
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17. PhD Programs in Physical Geography
Summary of PhD Positions:
Paleoclimate proxy records indicate the existence of multi-centennial climate variability in Earth’s climate system but the cause and mechanism of this variability remain unknown. This project aims to use an Earth System Model to perform several simulations under different climate states such as past warm and cold periods, as well as present-day climate and future scenarios.
We are looking for a PhD student who will work on this project that aims to investigate the multi-centennial climate variability from the past to the future. The successful candidate will perform long climate model simulations using an Earth System Model EC-Earth for different climate scenarios. The candidate will analyse the model output to investigate the cause of the multi-centennial variability and estimate how the different external forcing would impact such low-frequency variabilities. The PhD student will work in a team at Stockholm University that is strongly engaged in both national and international collaborations.
Application Deadlines: 28 February 2023
18. 03 PhD Programs in Law
Summary of PhD Positions:
In order to meet the general entry requirements to doctoral studies, the applicant must have completed a second-cycle degree, completed courses equivalent to at least 240 higher education credits, of which 60 credits must be in the second cycle, or have otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge in Sweden or elsewhere.
In order to meet the specific entry requirements, the general syllabus for doctoral studies in the field of Law stipulates that applicants must have completed an LL.M, a Swedish Law Degree or equivalent. Eligibility can also be granted to applicants who, through professional experience or other training, are deemed to have acquired competence equal to that which is necessary to conduct studies at post- graduate level, both in terms of scientific skills and legal literacy relevant to the research area.
Application Deadlines: March 1st, 2023
19. PhD Programs in Physical Geography
Summary of PhD Positions:
In Sweden, there are many thousands of contaminated areas with very high levels of heavy metals and other toxic products from industrial activities. Mining sites and especially warp piles in Sweden often contain high levels of heavy metals and other toxic compounds. The pollutants leak out from the warp piles with rainwater and spread to surface and groundwater affecting large areas with serious consequences for the environment.
Trees standing on warp piles absorb pollutants in the annual growth and can be used as indicators for polluted soil and groundwater and enable a pollution history during the life of the tree. This project focused how trees can be used as forensic methods and which sample strategies will be used when investigate a pollutant site and how is toxic substances are spread. How will contaminants spread in changing climate?
