1. 1-4 Funded PhD Vacancy in Educational Work and Subject-Matter Education with Specialisations

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Phenomenography, Variation Theory, and Learning Study explores questions about how to improve students’ opportunities to learn specific content, based on the assumption that there are certain necessary conditions for learning to take place. This research investigates these conditions and how they can be created in different educational contexts. 

Deadline to Apply: 2026-01-07

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Natural Sciences, specializing in Physical Geography

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This PhD project aims to determine the utility of newly available hyperspectral satellite data to better understand and quantify biochemical and biophysical properties of tundra vegetation negatively impacted by changing climatic conditions. The study areas will be located in the Swedish tundra area. Research questions to be addressed are, for example, can biochemical and biophysical properties of tundra vegetation associated with a drier and warmer climate be detected using hyperspectral satellite data?

Deadline to Apply: 2026-01-19

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Natural Science Specialising in Environmental Science

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Dr. Philipp Wanner’s research group at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join the project “Revolutionizing the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Source Identification in Drinking Water with a Novel Stable Isotope Method”, which is funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Deadline to Apply: 2026-01-11

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in Formal verification of spatial multi-agent systems

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This position is funded by a prestigious grant from the Swedish Research Council, on automatic synthesis of programs for spatial Multi-Agent Systems. Early results appeared in venues such as AAMAS, ACC, JAAMAS etc. Our research involves developing theories and techniques for formal verification of autonomous systems, e.g., controller synthesis, planning, model checking, etc. Moreover, we are open to techniques that leverage the use of formal verification in machine learning. 

Deadline to Apply: 2026-01-29

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Health Care Sciences – Hospital-at-Home: Experiences in Prosthetic Infection

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The doctoral project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a new care model in which patients with prosthetic joint infections can receive hospital-level care in their homes. The goal is to investigate patients’ experiences, compare clinical and health-economic outcomes between HaH and traditional in-hospital care, and identify strategies that support safe, secure, and person-centred hospital care at home. The project aims to contribute to the development of future sustainable models of care within orthopaedic infection management.

Deadline to Apply: 2025-12-18

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in Expressing time without verbs: non-verbal copula constructions in Southern Bantu and beyond

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The aim of this project is to describe and analyse the system of non-verbal copula constructions in Xhosa and Southern Bantu. It will explore what kind of inflection can be expressed on a noun or other part-of-speech, by means of a copula that is different per noun class and hence not a verb. The project will answer questions about the use of the noun as a predicate in interaction and its underlying motivations and mechanisms in relation to other languages of the world. In doing so, it will contribute to the overarching question of what is possible in human language.

Deadline to Apply: 2025-12-17

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Political Science 

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The aim of a doctoral studentship is to help the student acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research independently within political science and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the discipline by writing a dissertation. Another aim is for doctoral students to develop the ability to apply their knowledge and skills in post-doctoral research or in other professional roles. 

Deadline to Apply:  29 January 2026

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8. Funded PhD Vacancy in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior

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The successful applicant is expected to develop their own research project that fits within ECONENGAGE’s research aims and the broader theme of the political behavioral consequences of national economic improvement. However, the doctoral student will have considerable freedom to develop their own focus within this theme. ECONENGAGE welcomes applicants’ ideas related to the project’s research focus, and applicants may also become part of existing studies within the project.

Deadline to Apply: 29 January 2026

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9. Funded PhD Vacancy in Performance Practices

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Doctoral projects in the subject area of Performance Practices explore questions with relevance for the field of the performing arts, artistic research, and society. Critical reflection on one’s own practice is a vital tool for knowledge development and renewal in the field. The doctoral education is aimed at performers in a wide range of disciplines and genres (for example in theatre, music drama, choreography, dance or performance).

Deadline to Apply: 2026-02-01

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10. 06 Funded PhD Vacancy in Economics

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We are inviting applications for up to six fully funded PhD positions (“doktorandtjänster”) in Economics, starting on September 1, 2026. The PhD program offers five years of full-time study, leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics (doktorsexamen) by August 2031. During the first two years, students complete an extensive set of core and field courses, building a solid foundation in economic theory and empirical methods. The remaining years are primarily devoted to independent research, thesis writing, and departmental work such as teaching and seminar participation.

Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2026

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Animal Ecology

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The Research Council of Finland-funded project explores the movement ecology of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Using state-of-the-art biologging technology, the project investigates how young eagles develop their habitat preferences and how these early-life experiences shape large-scale movement patterns later in life.

Deadline to Apply: 31 December 2025

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in everyday Datafication

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The doctoral researcher will use design methods to research embodied and justice-oriented approaches to datafication literacy, to support human agency and mitigate algorithmic harms. The focus will be on empirical research that uses different design and game-making methods to study how human agency interacts with digital technologies and algorithms in both public and private spatio-legal settings.

Deadline to Apply: 19 December 2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Number Theory

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The brand-new Number Theory Research Group at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki is seeking 1-2 doctoral researchers to join a research project on analytic number theory. The work is part of the research project “Higher rank symmetries in analytic number theory” funded by the Academy of Finland and the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, which is led by Assistant Professor Jori Merikoski. The position is for a fixed term of three years, with flexibility regarding the starting date.

Deadline to Apply: 14.01.2026

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2. 8-10 Funded PhD Vacancy in Philosophy / Philosophy of Religion

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We are recruiting 8-10 early-career researchers at different career stages (doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers for fixed-term employment) to the four UH-based research groups within the Centre of Excellence, Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering (MePhiS), funded by the Research Council of Finland. At a later stage, we will also recruit university researchers.

Deadline to Apply: 17.12.2025

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Philosophy of Religion

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As a research group within MePhiS, the group Suffering and the Problem of Life in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion deals with the issues of evil, suffering, and the meaning of life, which are fundamental to various worldviews. While the problem of evil has been extensively addressed in the philosophy of religion, the group is not primarily concerned with common forms of theistic theodicies and their critiques.

Deadline to Apply: 17.12.2025

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in History of Ethics / Legal History

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We are looking for a promising junior scholar with a master’s degree in a relevant field of history of ideas (e.g., history of ethics, moral theology/philosophy, legal history), to undertake a dissertation project within MePhiS. A key element of the proposed dissertation is a historical investigation of a specific topic within the theme of the research group, History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering. 

Deadline to Apply: 17.12.2025

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Study of Religion

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As a research team within MePhiS, the group Future, Futurelessness, and Vernacular Responses to Suffering seeks researchers in the field of the study of religion to investigate both empirically and theoretically the vernacular responses to suffering within the contexts of lived spirituality and lived non-religion today. 

Deadline to Apply: 17.12.2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in AI in scientific problem solving

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We invite applications for a doctoral researcher position for a fixed term 42-month employment contract starting in February 2026. We are looking for a promising employee with a background in the philosophy of science, cognitive science, or science studies, preferably with some knowledge of biomedical sciences or natural sciences, to undertake a PhD exploring the use of artificial intelligence in scientific problem solving.

Deadline to Apply: 15.12.2025

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in vision science

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We are looking for a doctoral candidate to work on the EU-funded project “Enhancing perceptual experience in XR environments”. The research will be conducted under the supervision of Dr. Maria Olkkonen in the Color and Material perception lab, which is part of the Perception, Action, and Cognition Group at the Department of Psychology of the University of Helsinki. The candidate will have ample opportunity to interact with the other members of the EU network, and the project contains a secondment at a related company. 

Deadline to Apply: 13.12.2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in AMO Physics – QuEST for APV

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This project aims to develop a new experimental apparatus that enables quantum enhanced sensing in trapped barium ions for tests of electroweak theory. At the basis of the project lies a unique high-precision radio frequency ion trap in which single Ba+ ions will be confined and cooled to their motional ground state. With optical standing waves the individually ions will be addressed to drive an extremely weak parity forbidden transition.

Deadline to Apply: 31-12-2025

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Connectomics analysis of human brain evolution

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In this project, you will investigate these questions by analyzing large-scale MRI from multiple species, making specific species-comparisons (for example chimpanzees vs humans) and applying and developing state-of-the-art methods in network analysis, connectomics, and computational neuroscience. 

Deadline to Apply: 21-12-2025

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Conservation genomics of Asian elephants

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The section Ecology & Evolution, part of the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for an exciting PhD position that will combine innovative bioinformatics and genomic tools to study genomic compatibility of endangered Asian elephant populations. Are you interested? Keep reading and apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam!

Deadline to Apply: 15-12-2025

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in Reconfigurable & Spatial Accelerators for heterogeneous ICT systems

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Our research team invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position at the intersection of reconfigurable computing, accelerators, and simulation tools. This position aims to investigate strategies for programming, modeling, and integrating reconfigurable/spatial architectures, such as FPGAs and ML accelerators, within heterogeneous ICT ecosystems.

Deadline to Apply: 12-12-2025

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Maximizing human muscle power output for sports and rehabilitation

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This project investigates how human muscles can generate maximal mechanical power output and how this knowledge can be applied to (re)design the drivetrain of bicycles and handcycles. While most innovations focus on materials —e.g. making equipment lighter or stiffer— it remains largely unknown how to design devices that fully exploit the potential of the human musculoskeletal system.

Deadline to Apply: 10-12-2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in Laser cooling and trapping Helium molecules

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This project aims to create the first ultracold gas of a directly laser-cooled homonuclear molecule, the helium dimer He_2. Starting from a supersonic beam, novel laser slowing and cooling techniques will be employed to create a trapped dense gas of ultracold molecules. Choosing the He_2 molecule constitutes a paradigm change in the field of ultracold molecules, as it will constitute the lightest and simplest molecule ever laser-cooled.

Deadline to Apply: 28-02-2026

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Air Quality due to fires

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You will combine the Dutch air-quality model LOTOS-EUROS with satellite observations, in a process called data assimilation, to arrive at the best possible description of the evolution of smoke plumes. The data assimilation will, in particular, give us better estimates of the strength of the smoke plumes. This leads to a better understanding of the smoke contribution to local air quality. 

Deadline to Apply: 16-01-2026

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8. Funded PhD Vacancy in Collaborative Innovation and Implementation in the Energy Transition

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The KIN Center for Digital Innovation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for a fully funded, four-year PhD position on collaborative innovation and implementation in the energy transition. The energy transition increasingly depends on effective collaboration among diverse actors—citizens, municipalities, energy cooperatives, grid operators, start-ups, and digital-platform providers. While technological solutions are progressing rapidly, the social, organizational, and data-governance mechanisms that enable these solutions to take root in practice are less well understood. This PhD project will address that gap.

Deadline to Apply: 23-12-2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Formal Methods for Safe AI

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The PhD student will be embedded in the Theory cluster at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, supervised by Dr. Emily Yu and Prof. Marcello Bonsangue at the Veritas lab. The successful candidate will conduct original and novel research developing verification, synthesis, and machine learning methods that ensure that digital, physical, probabilistic systems interacting with deep learning and neural network are formally guaranteed to be safe, publish and present scientific articles in top formal methods, AI/ML venues, contribute to educational activities as a (head) teaching assistant and finally write a PhD thesis detailing the outcome of the research activities.

Deadline to Apply: 21 January 2026

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Statistics (survival analysis)

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The Mathematical Institute of Leiden University invites applications for a PhD position in Statistics (survival analysis). This 4-year position is part of a research project on the development of new statistical methods for the dynamic prediction of time-to-event (survival) outcomes in complex longitudinal studies, led by dr. Mirko Signorelli and funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Deadline to Apply: 20 March 2026

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Ion transport and synthesis of two-dimensional nanopores and nanoporous membranes

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Current separation technology is crucial for many aspects of human life and accounts for ~15% of the world’s energy consumption. Additionally, in the development of next-generation power solutions based on fuel cells and ion batteries, the membrane is an essential component that directly determines device efficiency. While the particle flow through separation columns is directional at the atomistic scale, undirected Brownian motion dominates in state-of-the-art membranes. 

Deadline to Apply: 5 January 2026

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in moduli of curves and abelian varieties

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Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD position at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Leiden, as part of the ERC project Enumerative and Arithmetic Geometry of Logarithmic Curves. Moduli spaces of curves and abelian varieties play a central role in algebraic and arithmetic geometry, and can be studied from a variety of perspectives (modular curves, Shimura varieties, moduli spaces of flat structures, …). This project brings together a number of these approaches with applications to problems in enumerative geometry (specifically log Gromov-Witten theory; counting curves with tangency conditions) and in arithmetic geometry (understanding rational points on abelian surfaces).

Deadline to Apply: 4 January 2026

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry

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The LangPro project examines the notion of the language sector in early modern North-West Europe: that part of early modern societies and economies which relied primarily on language skills. The early modern period saw a swift increase in occupational opportunities for men and women who possessed language skills such as reading, writing, and text editing in one or more languages. 

Deadline to Apply: 15 February 2026

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector

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The PhD candidate will conduct a collective analysis of a selection of early modern female language professionals from England, the Low Countries, France, and the German lands to explore to what extent women could benefit from employment in the language industry. Although women (with only a few exceptions) did not have access to academic education, language skills offered them a way to pursue intellectual professions, such as translator or language teacher. 

Deadline to Apply: 15 February 2026

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in New K-theoretic invariants in quantum theory

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The Mathematical Institute is looking for a PhD candidate to join the project, under the supervision of Francesca Arici, Bram Mesland and Irene Aguilera (UvA). Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD position at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Leiden, as part of the project New K-theoretic invariants in quantum theory within the national consortium.

Deadline to Apply: 5 January 2026

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8. Funded PhD Vacancy in Efficient AI for traffic management and decision support systems

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The project aims to bridge the gap between recent advances in AI and machine learning, in particular, multimodal and instruction-tuned foundation models, and the complex operational challenges faced by traffic operators, municipalities, and mobility service providers. This includes the integration of symbolic reasoning, predictive analytics, and reinforcement learning within the context of intelligent traffic control systems.

Deadline to Apply: 18 December 2025

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9. Funded PhD Vacancy in Animate matter

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The aim of this project is to unravel the principles underlying the emergence of life by creating a new class of materials that we call animate materials – materials that possess life-like abilities such as motion, shape-morphing, and intelligent behaviour. This cutting-edge project will identify the general design principles to achieve these traits and develop and study experimental realization at the macroscopic and microscopic length scale. 

Deadline to Apply: 31 December 2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Algorithms and Extremal Combinatorics

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This project bridges two foundational fields in computer science and mathematics: Theory of Algorithms and Extremal Combinatorics. By integrating these areas, the project seeks to develop innovative computational techniques and theoretical insights that extend the frontiers of both fields. It focuses on leveraging recent breakthroughs that combine algorithmic approaches with classical results in extremal combinatorics. 

Deadline to Apply: 1st February 2026

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Cultural Studies

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The project will focus on how the modern divide between nature and culture is articulated in Norwegian museums, and builds on a framework combining perspectives on museums from Cultural Studies and Cultural History with insights from history and social anthropology. We are looking for a candidate who develops a project with a starting point in the museums of Vestland County that explores how naturecultural relations have been / are articulated in establishing new museums, in traditional crafts, in collecting and communication practices and in different ways of understanding history, cultural and natural heritage in the Anthropocene. 

Deadline to Apply: 26th January 2026

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in systematics and evolution of Malagasy heathers (Erica; Ericaceae)

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The candidate will use integrative morphological and molecular taxonomic methods to study aspects of the diversity of Malagasy Erica, with particular focus on the putatively critically endangered Erica goudotiana species complex. The work will involve a combination of herbarium study, fieldwork including collections and threat assessments, lab work including DNA processing for high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics including phylogenetic analysis and coalescent based species inference, and synthesis in the form of a formal revision.

Deadline to Apply: 4th January 2026

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in Mathematics

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Research at the Lie-Størmer Center (LSC) aims to explore uncharted territory at the interface of computational and pure mathematics, targeting foundational mathematical challenges relevant to the modern information society and geometric dynamical control in engineering. This project builds bridges between pure and computational mathematics, among mathematics departments in Tromsø, Bergen, and across Norway, and between high-level research and education within the ERCOM network of European mathematical research centers. 

Deadline to Apply: 22nd December 2025

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Law (AI LEARN)

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The PhD position is linked to Cluster 4 Governance, Ethics and Regulation, project “Regulatory Case Studies” led by professor Malgorzata Cyndecka. The theme of the PhD project is challenges and opportunities raised by the nature, use and regulation of synthetic data in light of, in particular, the GDPR and AI Act while taking into account the purposes of AI LEARN. 

Deadline to Apply: 17th December 2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy

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The candidate will have the opportunity to work with the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study, a unique study with detailed information on approximately one hundred thousand pregnancies (fhi.no/no/ch/studies/moba). The candidate will study symptoms during pregnancy using genetic epidemiology. The project will be carried out at the Center for Diabetes Research (uib.no/diabetes) located at the Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital in Bergen. The candidate will receive guidance and training, assistance with career development and the opportunity to conduct research stays abroad.

Deadline to Apply: December 7, 2025

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Hanseatic history from the Middle Ages to the early modern period

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The doctoral scholarship is linked to the research project “Women among the Hanseatic League in Bergen”, which aims to achieve a more holistic and nuanced understanding of women’s roles in relation to the Hanseatic community at Bryggen in Bergen. The project challenges the perception that this environment was a purely male society, and will examine how women played different roles in the life and trade of the Hanseatic merchants. The project is a collaboration between the University of Bergen and the Hanseatic Museum, and the fellow will have the opportunity to work in both places. 

Deadline to Apply: 5. December 2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Neuroscience

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Candidates are invited to apply for a funded Ph.D. position at the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF) at UNIL. The Ph.D. project aims to shed light on the link between sleep and neurodegeneration in the noradrenergic system of the brain. It is a multidisciplinary approach performed in the mouse.

Deadline to Apply: 15.12.2025

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2. 04 Funded PhD Vacancy in Quantitative Biology

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Modern biological and medical research is increasingly driven by quantitative approaches. As data generation technologies rapidly evolve—offering higher throughput, greater precision, and a broader range of measurable biological features—there is a growing need for advanced computational methods to transform this complexity into meaningful insights. Computational Biology has emerged as a central discipline in this transformation, enabling the life sciences to tackle fundamental and clinical questions with unprecedented depth and scale.

Deadline to Apply: 03.12.2025

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Organization Theory

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The Department of Strategy, Globalization and Society (SGS) of the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating, interdisciplinary research environment. We value the diversity of the expertise of the members of the department as well as the diversity of the departments at the Faculty of Business and Economics. We have a collegial atmosphere that makes it easy for us to carry out our research. Members of the Department have published in leading international outlets such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management Studies, etc.

Deadline to Apply: December 16th, 2025

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in Editing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland (1900-2025)

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For the 80% of their term dedicated to the SNSF project “Publishing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland (1900-2025): Books, Journals, Performances,” the successful candidate will complete a doctoral thesis on the Vaud-based publisher Henry-Louis Mermod, drawing primarily on the archives of the Centre for Literature in French-speaking Switzerland (UNIL), under the joint supervision of Professors Daniel Maggetti and Dominique Kunz Westerhoff.

Deadline to Apply: December 5, 2025

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Innate immunity and autoimmunity

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A graduate assistant (PhD student) position is available in the laboratory of Prof. Manuele Rebsamen at the Department of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The Rebsamen lab investigates the signalling pathways and metabolic processes that allow immune cells to detect and respond to invading pathogens, as well as their roles in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. A particular focus of the lab is the characterization of the role of Solute Carriers (SLCs), a family of transporter proteins, in immune functions and immunometabolism.

Deadline to Apply: 20.12.2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in Neuroendocrinology and Gene Regulation

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The laboratory of Prof. Fanny Langlet at DBS is seeking applications from a highly motivated PhD candidate. Our research focuses on understanding how metabolic cues, such as nutrients and hormones, interact with the mediobasal hypothalamus to regulate energy balance and physiology. Specifically, our team aims to elucidate the anatomical, molecular, and functional interactions between glia and neurons in this brain region using an integrated approach that combines neuroanatomical, molecular, and physiological techniques.

Deadline to Apply: December 20, 2025

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making and Knowledge Creation

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The Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (AAIL) is opening two full-time SNSF PhD positions in information systems / computer science to conduct research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and management. Given the interdisciplinary nature of research, we draw on concepts, theories and methods from various disciplines, such as computer science, organization science, information systems and economics. The project should culminate in a thesis composed of at least three high-quality research papers targeted at the field’s leading outlets.

Deadline to Apply: Open until filled

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Sustainable Packaging Manufacturing Using Natural Fiber Networks

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The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (DTU Construct) of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has an open PhD position on the topic of “Sustainable Packaging Manufacturing Using Natural Fiber Networks”. The position is funded in the context of the project HiProBio co-funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark. You will be working in the framework of the ongoing collaboration between DTU Construct, DTU Chemical Engineering and Danish as well as international companies with the goal of implementing solutions for the development of compostable, recyclable and renewable natural fiber-based packaging. 

Deadline to Apply: 5 December 2025

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Sustainable Photochemical PFAS Destruction

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Your overall focus will be to advance the development of a sustainable photochemical reduction process for PFAS mineralization using a green reducing agent. You will work in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary research team in Water Technology and Processes section at DTU Sustain, combining environmental engineering, photochemistry, electrochemistry and process optimization to achieve safer and more efficient PFAS destruction.

Deadline to Apply: 30 December 2025

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Computing Parallelism Enabled by Photonic Integrated Circuits

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The exponential surge in artificial intelligence (AI), internet traffic, and online services demands a revolutionary leap in devices, computing architecture, and integration technologies. As digital computing struggles to keep up with the growing demand, in MINDnet will investigate neuromorphic computing as a promising solution to support such a demand by getting inspired by the brain’s powerful and energy-efficient processing capabilities. 

Deadline to Apply: 15 March 2026

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Photonic Reservoir Computing in Coupled Resonant Structures

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The Machine Learning in Photonic Systems group at DTU Electro at the Technical University of Denmark is seeking a candidate for a PhD position to research multiplexing in photonic integrated circuits for enhancing computing efficiency through parallelism. The PhD student will participate in an international team in an EU-funded Doctoral Network project called MINDnet. The project consists of 15 Ph.D. students at 7 universities, one research center and two companies. The project has partners from eight different EU countries. All 15 Ph.d. projects are within the overall theme of neuromorphic computing and analog signal processing, targeting applications in the fields of communication, sensing, geolocalization, space and biomedical. 

Deadline to Apply: 15 March 2026

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Stem Cell Technology and Eye Disease Modelling

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At DTU Health Tech, we offer a 3-year fully funded PhD position in the Applied Stem Cells group (ASTEM) within the Section for Cell and Drug Technologies. You will join a young and dynamic research environment where we combine stem cell engineering, disease modeling, molecular biology, and advanced microscopy to understand and treat retinal diseases. Through this PhD project, you will work at the interface between stem cell biology and translational medicine — establishing patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines carrying genetic mutations that cause blindness and using them to generate in-vitro models of retinal degeneration. Your work will contribute to developing new therapeutic and drug testing strategies for vision preservation.

Deadline to Apply: 15 December 2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Writing, Learning and Teaching with Generative AI in STEM

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On one hand, GenAI challenges traditional methods of learning and assessment, such as the take-home assignments or exams, which to a large extent can be delegated to GenAI technologies. On the other, GenAI tools such as chatbots and AI tutors are becoming embedded in everyday educational practices, altering how students read, write and learn, how educators teach, and how institutions assess and value student work. It is further an open question to what extent GenAI transforms STEM disciplines. 

Deadline to Apply: 1 March 2026

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Topology Optimization for Additively Manufactured Fuel Cells

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We are looking for an excellent PhD candidate with finite element, and possibly topology optimization expertise, for an exciting interdisciplinary project within design of additively manufactured ceramic fuel cells. The project shall develop design approaches that take manufacturing induced effects such as residual stresses, defects and edge roughness into account. The project is anchored at DTU Construct and funded by the Villum Investigator Project AMSTRAD granted by the Villum Foundation.

Deadline to Apply: 9 December 2026

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8. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Cutting-Edge Machine Learning Methods for Climate Modelling

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This PhD project will focus on reducing uncertainties in Arctic sea-ice predictions. There will be three subprojects: 1) develop a climate data retrieval system in close collaboration with researchers at DMI and RMI. The pipeline is based on CMIP6, CMIP7, and C3S data. 2) develop generative AI models that can create high-resolution climate data based on low-resolution input, 3) develop probabilistic AI models to generate ensembles of Arctic winter initial states, which will be used as input to physical climate simulations to explore predictive relationships across warming scenarios. 

Deadline to Apply: 8 December 2025

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9. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

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The objective of the PhD is to support collaborative research and contribute to the development and implementation of adolescent-inclusive urban mobility systems. This includes (a) designing and facilitating participatory planning processes, (b) engaging adolescents and stakeholders in co-creation activities, (c) contributing to the development and evaluation of digital tools, (d) analyzing mobility behaviors and accessibility gaps, and (e) supporting project management and communication across international partners. .In addition, The project will assess the impact of participatory methods and planning tools for inclusivity, accessibility, and sustainability in urban mobility.

Deadline to Apply: 5 December 2025

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10. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Latent Thermal Energy Storage for Safe and Flexible Cooling Systems

Position Description:

The research explores how phase change materials that can store “cold” energy when they change between solid and liquid states can help make cooling systems more flexible and reliable. A large-scale pilot installation at DTU Campus for server room cooling will serve as a pilot for testing, control, and optimization of such latent thermal energy storage. This installation will be taken into operation in March 2026. To optimize the controllability of cold storage using phase change materials, a novel charge determination method (measurement of energy stored) will be developed in the laboratory.

Deadline to Apply: 4 January 2026

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11. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Machine Learning Enabled Metasurfaces for Efficient Wave Interaction with Human Tissue

Position Description:

The project goal, and thus your focus, is to design and experimentally characterize antenna- and metasurface-based solutions for both uniform as well as focused field distributions throughout dedicated and realistic examples of lossy media such as human tissue and fluid-cell cultures. To overcome the present-day challenges of the underlying field interaction with the lossy fluids and cells, machine learning will be used to optimize the resulting electromagnetic solutions. Throughout the project, a close collaboration between DTU Space (electromagnetics), DTU Electro (machine learning) and HHC Medical (real-world applications) is envisioned. 

Deadline to Apply: 19 December 2025

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12. Funded PhD Vacancy in  inorganic contaminants in binder-based construction materials when using secondary raw materials

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We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our dynamic and interdisciplinary research team in the Section of Construction Materials and Durability at DTU Sustain. Through advanced experimental work and modelling, you will help uncover how inorganic contaminants from incineration ashes used as secondary raw materials will affect binder-based construction materials. The investigations will bridge different levels from leaching tests to the characterization of the materials to elucidate the fate of key elements in binder-based construction materials. 

Deadline to Apply: 14 December 2025

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13. Funded PhD Vacancy in Catalysis Informatics 

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This PhD project aims to build a next-generation catalyst informatics platform that integrates machine learning, text mining, image analysis, and data fusion to make sense of the enormous but scattered knowledge in research literature. By structuring and learning from heterogeneous data, you will create predictive models to guide the discovery of new catalysts. But more importantly, you will be part of a team pursuing a catalyst informatics platform that addresses key challenges in the field, such as poor selectivity and energy efficiency in power-2-x reactions. 

Deadline to Apply: 10 December 2025

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in High performance membranes Inspired by the cell membrane: theoretical modelling

Position Description:

Because of their central role in many technological sectors and industrial applications, membranes are the focus of a large worldwide research effort and are the heart of a multi-billion dollar business. Biological self-assembled phospholipid membranes have often been regarded as a source of inspiration for the realization of membranes with improved performance because they evolved to regulate the exchange of matter between the cells and their surroundings with unparalleled selectivity and efficiency. 

Deadline to Apply: 30/11/2025

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2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Wireless communications enhanced by distributed movable antennas

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Over the last decades, communication networks have grown exponentially, now offering high-speed mobile internet based on 5G and soon 6G networks. This has mostly come from two ingredients: more bandwidth, especially at higher frequencies, and the use of multiple antennas (MIMO) technologies to transmit multiple data streams in the same frequency band.

Deadline to Apply: 11/12/2025

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in  AI-enhanced over-the-air fuzzing of cellular networks

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Communication networks are evolving at a breathtaking pace. The standards that will define tomorrow’s networks are already being designed today. Among the most widely used technologies for connecting devices to the Internet are cellular networks — not just for smartphones and personal devices, but increasingly for security-critical systems. Ensuring their resilience is therefore a top priority. The foundations of security for cellular networks lie in both the security standards defined by 3GPP and their real-world implementations in broadband modem ICs.

Deadline to Apply: 05/01/2026

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Mechanobiology of Early Human Development

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The Nanobiophysics team is part of the Soft Matter and Biophysics Research Unit of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. We develop dynamic biomaterials combining biological signals with tunable physical properties to directly influence cell behavior. Essentially, we create materials that instruct cell behavior. These active systems are used as artificial extracellular matrices (ECMs) for important applications like tissue engineering, organ-on-a-chip platforms, and advanced implantable biosensors.

Deadline to Apply: 12/12/2025

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Transceiver architectures for cellular communications in the FR3 band

Position Description:

In the cellular world, frequency ranges (FRx) have been defined, corresponding to different carrier frequencies. First applications used FR1 (up to 6 GHz), then FR2 was defined in the mm-wave frequencies (24 – 53 GHz). While mm-wave frequencies offer more bandwidth, some concerns on technology readiness and long-range path loss or indoor propagation are slowing down its adoption. Hence, the industry is now looking at intermediate frequencies in the so-called FR3 band (7 – 24 GHz) where new spectrum is made available.

Deadline to Apply: 11/12/2025

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Machine Learning and Process Optimization for Sustainable Water

Position Description:

At KU Leuven, our team, lead by Prof. Enis Leblebici focuses on the development of advanced modelling, simulation, and optimization techniques for chemical and environmental processes. We specialize in hybrid modelling, machine learning, and optimization, with applications ranging from complex process optimization to process intensification. Our team is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and committed to solving real-world challenges through cutting-edge research.

Deadline to Apply: 15/01/2026

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Deep learning for human movement and behaviour analysis

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The PhD researcher will be part of the eMedia research lab under the supervision of Prof. Bart Vanrumste. The research group is embedded in the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of KU Leuven. Prof. Vanrumste’s research focuses on multimodal sensor integration and machine learning for monitoring of older persons and patients with chronic diseases.

Deadline to Apply: 30/01/2026

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1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Development of New Methods for Solar Cell Recycling

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The aim of the project is the integration and selective detachment of ultra-thin layers in solar cells for better recycling, as well as the development of controllable processes for the detachment of layers and layer stacks at interfaces (photo-switching). The work is carried out in close cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films (IZNF).

Deadline to Apply: Open until filled

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2. 04 Funded PhD Vacancy in Simulation and Data Lab Digital Bioeconomy

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You will work as a doctoral researcher within one of four interdisciplinary PhD projects in the Simulation and Data Lab Digital Bioeconomy. Each project combines natural sciences with computational and data-driven approaches, focusing on topics such as plant carbon transport, microbial systems, or circular bioprocesses. You will contribute to developing and applying novel modeling strategies, AI-enhanced simulations, and computational workflows to explore biological complexity and design solutions for a sustainable bioeconomy.

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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in Quantum photonics in curved spacetime

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The Mathematical Methods group at PGI-12 develops analytical tools and methods to study a wide variety of topics in modern theoretical physics. We are looking for a PhD candidate to perform research in a project at the overlap of general relativity, quantum field theory and quantum information in the context of quantum technologies in space. We aim at understanding how photons, one of the most ubiquitous particles of Nature, are affected as quantum systems when propagating in curved space-times. 

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4. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Quantifying Sperm Dynamics

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This work will be performed as part of an agile team unified by a common goal: An Industry partner from semen production provides fresh sperm cells and pre-analysis. A second industry partner from data sciences provides data management and AI based Image analysis, an internal simulations group working on quantitative models to reproduce and predict experimental data, and an internal experiments group (You+Supervisor+support by lab). These collaborations enable practically relevant and breakthrough results.

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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Quantitative modelling of Sperm Dynamics

Position Description:

This work will be performed as part of an agile team unified by a common goal: An Industry partner from semen production provides fresh sperm cells and pre-analysis. A second industry partner from data sciences provides data management and AI based Image analysis, an internal experimental group, and an internal simulation-sciences group (You+Supervisor+support by lab). These collaborations enable practically relevant and breakthrough results.

Deadline to Apply: Open until filled

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6. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Degradation of electrodes in water electrolysis

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You will be part of the Electrochemical Energy Conversion group of the Electrocatalysis research unit of the HI ERN. In fundamental and applied research, we focus on understanding the complex interplays between materials` properties and the electrochemical environment and their influences on materials` electrochemical performance. By developing and implementing new experimental tools in electrocatalysis research, we aim to significantly contribute to the development of electrochemical energy conversion as a future key player for electromobility and the energy policy in general.

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7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Filming nanocatalysts for renewable energies

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At the Electrocatalysis department of Prof. Karl Mayrhofer, we offer a PhD position within the team Nanoanalysis of Electrochemical Processes. Lead by Dr. Andreas Hutzler, the team is investigating degradation mechanisms within the framework of green energy conversion and climate change. The open position aims to understand catalyst stability at the nanoscale during electrochemical processes via operando liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LP-TEM). 

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8. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Interstellar Objects

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This project uses numerical simulations to determine the relative importance of the presence of interstellar objects (ISOs) in the interstellar medium. Specifically, the various formation process, the role of ISOs passing through molecular clouds, taking part in molecular cloud collapse and disc formation. 

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9. Funded PhD Vacancy in Automated Formulation and Characterization of Catalyst Inks for Energy Applications 

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You will be part of a research team that applies high-throughput experimentation to accelerate research in the emerging field of electrocatalysis. Production of catalyst inks is one of the first steps along the development chain to new energy devices like fuel cells and electrolyzers. You will integrate and operate automated laboratory equipment to ensure reproducible and data-rich experiments. Close collaboration with chemists, engineers, and data scientists will enable the creation of a robust, high-throughput framework for future catalyst and layer development and efficient optimisation.

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10. Funded PhD Vacancy in Analysis of Transformation Pathways for European Gas and Hydrogen Grids in Integrated Energy Systems

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The transition to renewable energy is reshaping Europe’s energy infrastructure. The growing share of fluctuating renewables, coupled with electrification of transport, heating, and industry, is driving stronger sector coupling. At the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1), we develop advanced models and algorithms to simulate and optimize integrated multi-energy systems, capturing complex interdependencies between electricity, gas, and heat networks. The gas sector, including hydrogen technologies, can provide both flexibility and decarbonization potential.

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11. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Ensuring Power System Security under Extreme Conditions using Exascale Computing

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At the IInstitute of Climate and Energy Systems – Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1), we’re pioneering the next generation of models and algorithms to simulate and optimize integrated multi-energy systems. Our work lies at the intersection of energy, computing, and sustainability— tackling the complex challenges of a renewable-driven future. As renewable energy grows and electrification accelerates, power grids face unprecedented stress. Recent large-scale outages, such as those in Spain, have shown just how vital resilient energy systems are—especially under extreme conditions. T

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12. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Stability of Inverter-Based Power Systems

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In this PhD project, you will explore the stability and dynamic behaviour of inverter-based power systems, using state-of-the-art supercomputing infrastructure. You’ll work at the cutting edge of energy systems and computational engineering, developing scalable methods to simulate and secure IBR-dominated grids.

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13. Funded PhD Vacancy in  Design and Operation of Local Energy Communities

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The concept of Local Energy Communities (LECs) — where people, businesses, and local infrastructure share and manage energy collectively — is reshaping how energy is produced and consumed. Recognized by the EU as a cornerstone of the Clean Energy Transition, LECs empower local actors to participate actively in energy markets, support renewables, and enhance system flexibility. In this PhD project, you will help design, simulate, and optimize these next-generation communities — making clean, local, and intelligent energy systems a practical reality.

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