1. Funded PhD Position in Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach

Summary of PhD Position:

The Essex Autonomy Project invites applications for a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Award to contribute to a research collaboration with the National Mental Capacity Forum. The successful applicant will conduct research culminating in a PhD dissertation addressing the following research question:

How should (i) lessons learned from new national programmes for supported decision-making in jurisdictions outside England and Wales, and (ii) research on extended-mind approaches to distributed cognition and distributed volition, relational autonomy, and/or the capabilities approach inform training for care-providers whose role obligations include delivery on the unfulfilled promise of sec. 1(3) of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) in England and Wales?

Application Deadline: 9 February 2026

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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 Position in Quantum Error Correction in a dual species Rydberg Array (QuERy)

Summary of PhD Position:

The project is focused on development of a dual-species platform for neutral atom quantum computing to address the major barriers to scaling existing platforms from 100s to thousands of qubits, namely extending atom array trapping lifetimes through integration in a cryogenic environment and enabling active error correction through the ability to perform cross-talk free, state-selective local measurements.

Application Deadline: 1 April 2026

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2. Funded PhD Position in Graph optimisation using a neutral atom quantum computer

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This project will utilise the advanced SQuAre neutral atom quantum computing platform developed at Strathclyde, offering programable control of up to 225 individual atomic qubits. The aim of this project is to explore and develop new quantum algorithms for solving graph optimisation problems relevant for material science, quantum chemistry and real-world industry problems relating to logistics, aerospace and fintech.

Application Deadline: 1 April 2026

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3. Funded PhD Position in Sculpting Light: Femtosecond Laser Inscription & Chemical Etching of Laser Gain Media

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This EngD offers the chance to explore how light itself can be used as a precision tool for materials engineering. You will investigate the combined use of femtosecond laser inscription and chemical etching to create three-dimensional structures from laser gain media; and demonstrate the construction of optical components and laser cavities that cannot be produced by conventional machining.

Application Deadline: 31 January 2026

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4. Funded PhD Position in Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) optical wireless communications

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Enabling communication beyond the line-of-sight (LoS) paradigm is crucial for enhancing the link availability and system flexibility of optical wireless communication (OWC). However, several challenges must be addressed to make non-LoS links practically viable. This project aims to develop a comprehensive channel model for deep ultraviolet (UV) non-LoS OWC and to design advanced communication and signal processing techniques to improve the performance of non-LoS OWC.

Application Deadline: 16 January 2026

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5. Funded PhD Position in Photo-chemical adaptive integrated circuits for next generation neuromorphic computing

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This PhD project will investigate new neuromorphic functionalities in photonic integrated circuits. The programme will hybridize state-of-the-art semiconductor integrated devices with photo-chemical switches, targeting tunability and all-optical information storage. Those devices will be used to build hardware-based photonic neural networks demonstrating synaptic plasticity and self-learning. This project is part of a funded, international collaboration with groups in Germany and Italy.

Application Deadline: 16 January 2026

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6. Funded PhD Position in Hybrid monolithic lasers for quantum-enabled position, navigation & timing

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This PhD project offers the chance to develop next-generation compact hybrid monolithic lasers for quantum systems used in position, navigation, and timing (PNT). You will work on creating ultra-stable lasers with sub-kHz linewidths and novel wavelengths through cavity design, noise modelling, and advanced stabilisation techniques, while applying these systems to cutting-edge cold atom experiments.

Application Deadline: 16 January 2026

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7. Funded PhD Position in Technologies for optogenetic neural interfacing

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In this PhD project we aim to develop next-generation neural interfaces that combine multi-wavelength control of neurons with electrophysiological recording. The student will join a well-resourced team of researchers, including physicists, engineers and neuroscientists with collaborations across the US and Europe.

Application Deadline: 16 January 2026

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8. Funded PhD Position in Optoelectronic neural probes for in vivo manipulation of neural circuits

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This PhD offers the opportunity to develop an advanced optoelectronic neural implant capable of interfacing with populations of neurons across brain regions. The device will guide two wavelengths of light into deep regions of the brain to allow optogenetic excitation and inhibition of neural activity to enhance our understanding of brain function. Candidates would be expected to have a background in Physics or Engineering, with an interest in neurotechnologies.

Application Deadline: 16 January 2026

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9. Funded PhD Position in Integrating aerodynamics & manufacturing approaches for multi-rotor wind turbines

Summary of PhD Position:

This PhD aims to advance the understanding and development of multi-rotor wind systems through integrated research spanning aerodynamics, structural dynamics, manufacturing, and supply chain innovation working in collaboration with WindCatching Systems and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.

Application Deadline: 15 January 2026

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10. Funded PhD Position in Integrating housing & health data for early intervention

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This funded PhD studentship will explore how housing, health and environmental data can be securely linked to inform prevention-focused decision-making. The project will develop and test data integration and decision-support approaches that connect housing and healthcare systems, enabling earlier identification of indoor environmental risks such as pollutant exposure and poor ventilation.

Application Deadline: 5 January 2026

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11. Funded PhD Position in Advanced solutions for radar or radio frequency sensors in autonomous systems

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This PhD aims to develop novel processing/systems solutions for Radar/radio frequency sensors in autonomous systems such as Uncrewed Aerial or Maritime Vehicles. Solutions to be investigated will include agile waveform design/sensing and artificial intelligence/machine learning based solutions for actionable insight extraction.

Application Deadline: 31 December 2025

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12. Funded PhD Position in Investigation of the flow behaviour, anisotropy and forming limits of 6000 series aluminium extrusions with significant recycled material content

Summary of PhD Position:

This industry funded project seeks, for the first time, to develop a forming assessment strategy for extruded recycled 6000 series aluminium with a particular focus on roll bending. It will investigate the effect of extrusion process parameters such as alloy composition, homogenisation practice, extrusion speed and exit temperature on formability and ductility.

Application Deadline: 31 December 2025

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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 Position in Finance Under Water? Assessing Flood Risk in Banking and Insurance Systems

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This PhD offers the opportunity to close these critical gaps by integrating cutting-edge flood science with financial economics. You will work at the frontier of interdisciplinary research, using high-resolution flood models alongside property data to build a dynamic picture of where flood hazards are concentrated and how they evolve over time. You will then connect these insights to loan portfolios and insurance datasets, developing innovative tools that reveal how flood risk can limit insurers’ protection, affect banks’ credit and liquidity.

Application Deadline: 8 January 2026

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2. Funded PhD Position in Equitable Nature-based Solutions Deployment to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands

Summary of PhD Position:

Using UK-wide temperature and fine-scale socio-environmental data, you will develop an AI-driven optimisation framework to identify where such interventions can deliver the greatest combined benefits for people and the environment. The research combines urban-climate analytics, social vulnerability modelling, and participatory engagement with local authorities, including Loughborough (UK), to co-design targeted interventions and translate findings into open, interactive planning tools.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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3. Funded PhD Position in Environmental Change in High Arctic Lakes: from the Holocene to the Anthropocene

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This PhD will explore the sediment records of lakes in the ice-free margins of north-east Greenland (~80°N) using diatoms and other proxies to investigate environmental change over both shorter (Anthropocene) and longer (Holocene/Interglacial) timescales, from lakes that lie both above and below the local marine limit.

Application Deadline: 7th January 2026

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4. Funded PhD Position in Embedded AI-Powered Marine Biodiversity Monitoring

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This PhD project focuses on advancing computer vision and edge-AI technology for real-time marine monitoring. In collaboration with CEFAS (the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science), a global leader in marine science, the project will develop scalable, low-cost embedded vision systems to analyze marine biodiversity and detect anthropogenic debris. The core challenge is creating robust, low cost, and real-time edge-AI algorithms capable of accurately classifying diverse marine species and debris under complex and dynamic underwater conditions.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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5. Funded PhD Position in Eco-Mimetic IoT: Nature-Inspired Microclimate Monitoring in Forests

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This project focuses on developing nature-inspired hardware to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in forest ecosystems. Combining traditional forecasting with IoT offers a cost-effective, long-term solution for continuous environmental monitoring. Central to this approach is the use of self-powered sensing (SPS) nodes, which harvest ambient energy and transmit data wirelessly, minimising human intervention and enabling monitoring in remote terrains.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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6. Funded PhD Position in Developing reduced-order models for long-term wave loading to enable accurate fatigue estimation in offshore wind turbines

Summary of PhD Position:

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The scholarship is co-funded, and co-supervised by, HR Wallingford (subject to contract). HR Wallingford are a global expert in water-related challenges, providing research, consultancy, and physical and computational modelling that supports the offshore wind sector internationally.

Application Deadline: 5 January 2026

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7. Funded PhD Position in Co-creating Flood-Resilient Green Spaces: Understanding Health, Access and Equity in Leicestershire Communities

Summary of PhD Position:

This interdisciplinary PhD project explores the critical but underexamined intersection of environmental geography, public health, and urban resilience. Focusing on structurally disadvantaged populations in the UK, it investigates how flooding disrupts access to green spaces, key determinants of health and wellbeing, and how these disruptions are unevenly experienced across communities.

Application Deadline: 8 January 2026

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8. Funded PhD Position in CARE: Climate Risk Evaluation Using Participatory Mapping for Flood-Prone and Data-Scarce Environments

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This PhD project offers an opportunity to rethink how we understand and map urban flood risk in ways that are fairer, more inclusive, and scientifically robust. You will work at the intersection of community knowledge-building, geospatial data science, and disaster risk reduction, developing methods that combine participatory mapping with advanced spatial modelling.

Application Deadline: 8 January 2026

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9. Funded PhD Position in Carbon Accounting and Optimisation Strategies for the Pipe Industries: A Life Cycle Approach

Summary of PhD Position:

The pipe industry, comprising PVC, HDPE, steel, ductile iron, and concrete pipes, significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions due to energy-intensive production, material sourcing, and transportation. Despite global efforts toward decarbonisation, the pipe industry lacks standardised, industry-specific carbon accounting frameworks and optimisation strategies to reduce its carbon footprint across the life cycle of its products.

Application Deadline: 1 January 2026

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10. Funded PhD Position in AI-Driven Trait Analysis of Fruit Evolution and Climate Vulnerability

Summary of PhD Position:

Fleshy-fruited Myrtaceae, comprising nearly half of the ~6,000 species, represent a key evolutionary innovation linked to diversification and dispersal. This project investigates the ecological and evolutionary roles of fleshy fruits in two hyperdiverse tribes, Myrteae and Syzygieae, examining how fruit and seed traits influence niche dynamics, dispersal, and climate vulnerability.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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11. Funded PhD Position in AI-Driven Computer Vision for Automated Monitoring of Marine Biodiversity and Climate Impacts

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The rocky intertidal zone provides a natural laboratory for examining how abiotic stressors and species interactions shape ecological patterns. Species in this habitat are easily accessible and act as early indicators of anthropogenic and climate-driven change. However, limited understanding of the processes shaping species’ biogeographic distributions constrains our ability to predict ecological consequences and manage coastal systems effectively.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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12. Funded PhD Position in AI and Deep Learning for Tree and Plant Health Monitoring: Advancing Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Summary of PhD Position:

The project harnesses computer vision, deep learning, and large language model (LLM) technologies to create advanced, multimodal predictive tools for plant health monitoring. Using imagery from RGB cameras, drones, satellites, and multispectral and hyperspectral sensors, the system will analyse data across multiple scales—from broad landscape views to microscopic symptom detection.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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13. Funded PhD Position in Advanced sensing and AI-driven diagnostics for earthwork condition assessment and deterioration detection

Summary of PhD Position:

This project is part of the prestigious Loughborough University Vice Chancellor’s PhD Cluster – RAINDROP (Resilient eArthwork INfrastructure: Diagnosis, RehabilitatiOn & Prognosis). The Doctoral Researcher (DR) will join a cohort of DRs who will be working on a series of interlinked, interdisciplinary projects for sustainable, intelligent, and climate change-resilient infrastructure slopes. 

Application Deadline: 4 January 2026

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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 Position in Clean water from low grade heat-powered process: advanced models

Summary of PhD Position:

In this project, you will research and develop advanced dynamic mathematical models of an innovative technology that uses low temperature heat for the production of water with different quality (from drinkable to industry and agriculture). The technology will be powered by ultralow energy and exploit the temperature differences available in nature: air, soil and natural water (e.g. lakes, seas, rivers).

Application Deadline: 31/05/2026

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2. Funded PhD Position in Clean water from low grade heat-powered process: a proof-of-concept

Summary of PhD Position:

Climate change is already exacerbating water scarcity bringing uncertainty in the future of the water availability vs. abstraction (water stress), especially in delicate eco-systems. At the same time, industry highly relies on water. In most of the water-demanding industrial sectors high water demand is co-located with high energy demand (water-energy nexus), similarly to countries that benefit from high solar thermal energy (high energy availability) and at the same need water. The co-location of energy in form of heat and water is an opportunity. 

Application Deadline: 31/05/2026

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3. Funded PhD Position in Bottom-up assembly of multi-compartment synthetic cells

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Do you want to design and construct synthetic life-like cells? A major goal of synthetic biology is to create life-like artificial cells from non-living components, i.e. the bottom-up approach. This exciting project will focus on designing, constructing, and testing synthetic cells with multiple sub-compartments. Just like their living counterparts (i.e. eukaryotic cells), synthetic cells with different inner compartments allow multiple and advanced functionalities.

Application Deadline: 31/12/2025

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4. Funded PhD Position in Biomimetic membranes for applications in electrosynbionics and biosensing

Summary of PhD Position:

The project will begin with a literature review. This will be coupled to a technoeconomic analysis of biomimetic membranes, the aim of which will be to assess suitability of different materials for applications involving mass production. For training purposes, the student will reproduce selected literature results before moving on to systems of their own design. They will design, build and characterise complex membrane structures, demonstrating the ability to engineer the membrane shape. They will test the effect of using their structures in selected devices.

Application Deadline: 16/01/2026

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5. Funded PhD Position in Biomass conversion to fine chemicals via photocatalysis processes

Summary of PhD Position:

The conversion of biomass into value-added platform chemicals can greatly alleviate the reliance on fossil feedstock. Biomass alcohol such as benzyl alcohol is one of the important biomass-derived platform compounds and a significant feedstock, which are used to produce a series of value-added derivatives, such as benzaldehyde, hydrobenzoin, benzoin, and deoxybenzoin. 

Application Deadline: 28/02/2026

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6. Funded PhD Position in Biodegradable gas sensors

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This project will develop a compact, low-power sensor node that integrates printed organic photovoltaics (OPV) with a multi-modal array of disposable chemiresistive and electrochemical sensing elements to detect trace vapours from nitroaromatics, explosive taggants, and key environmental gases including NOx, ammonia, carbon monoxide and common VOCs. 

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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7. Funded PhD Position in Bayesian transfer learning for underwater signals

Summary of PhD Position:

Modern machine learning methods require large amounts of training data for reliable predictions, and can degrade significantly in performance when the test data differs from the training data distribution. In transfer learning, one has access to a source data set (e.g. vessel sounds in UK coastal waters) as well as a small amount of data from a target data set for which data collection is costly or difficult (e.g. acoustic signature of unknown foreign vessels in remote waters).

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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8. Funded PhD Position in Bayesian Machine Learning on Strategically Manipulated Data

Summary of PhD Position:

Conventional machine learning methods are not designed to deal with the fog of war. Concerns from security and defence researchers have therefore lead to the development of adversarial machine learning methods. However, most prior work in this area focuses on very naïve threat models and make the assumption that the model trainer has perfect knowledge of the adversary’s capabilities. 

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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9. Funded PhD Position in Adaptive structures for operational variability and damage management

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This project aims to investigate the capabilities of adaptive structures that change their geometry and mechanical properties to accommodate operational loading and damage management. The core objective of this project is to engineer an adaptive structure that adjusts to the prescribed loading conditions. This adaptation is achieved by integrating local structures that accommodate stiffness variations along the global structure. 

Application Deadline: 30/10/2026

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10. Funded PhD Position in Adaptive Multiagent Decision Making in Multi-Sensor Platforms (Thales)

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This thesis research project seeks to develop an AI framework that will enable reliable and efficient decision making by humans operating complex, multi-sensor (land and naval) platforms. This framework will support hierarchical multiagent reasoning and reinforcement learning at different levels of abstraction and over long time horizons, under open-world uncertainty and resource limitations. 

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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11. Funded PhD Position in Adaptive Low-Dimensional Monte Carlo Methods for High-Dimensional Multi-Target Tracking

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High-dimensional multi-target tracking poses severe computational challenges for sequential inference. Although particle filters provide a principled Monte Carlo framework, their efficiency collapses with dimension. This project aims to identify and exploit hidden low-dimensional structures within multi-target systems, enabling adaptive filtering methods that retain Monte Carlo flexibility while mitigating the curse of dimensionality. 

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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12. Funded PhD Position in Adaptable AI in the Wild for Defence and Security

Summary of PhD Position:

We will develop a low-cost alternative to AI post-training that relies on exploiting a local bank of neural modules, implemented with parameter-efficient adapters (e.g., LoRA) and related lightweight components, for deployment on defence and security platforms.

Application Deadline: 31/01/2026

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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 Position in Peatlands on the edge: integrating modern and long-term ecology to inform UK peatland fire management in a changing climate

Summary of PhD Position:

Climate change is increasing wildfire risk globally. In the UK, peatland wildfires have been frequent and severe in recent years(1). Peatlands are important carbon-rich biodiverse ecosystems. Wildfire can severely damage peatlands with significant environmental impacts(3). Fire has played an important role in shaping landscapes historically(2), but uncontrolled fires lead to loss of ecosystem function and reduced peatland carbon storage capacity(3). 

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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2. Funded PhD Position in Dynamics of land-to-lake transfers in the Lake Victoria basin

Summary of PhD Position:

The Winam Gulf catchment of Lake Victoria has historically been affected by poor land management practices leading to soil erosion, loss of agricultural productivity, flooding and downstream impact on lake ecology and associated fisheries. A gap in local knowledge/data and technical capacity to coordinate and deliver usable data tools was identified. This gap inhibits the dynamic understanding of the impact of soil degradation on soil-to-crop dynamics and subsequent impact on lake ecosystem/human health via the food chain.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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3. Funded PhD Position in From Oceans to Clouds: Is the Antarctic ocean microlayer a source of cloud forming particles?

Summary of PhD Position:

Clouds can have a warming or cooling effect on the Planet depending on their phase. Cloud water droplets and ice crystals form on a subset of aerosol which can act either as a cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) or as an ice nucleating particle (INP). Ice clouds tend to have shorter lifetimes and a lower albedo (reflecting less solar energy back into space) than clouds which contain large numbers of water droplets. It is therefore critically important to understand the sources of CCN and INP, and how these sources might change, to make future climate predictions.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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4. Funded PhD Position in Microbial drivers of Temperate Rainforest expansion and functional resilience

Summary of PhD Position:

The British and Irish Isles have very low levels of current tree cover and what remains is frequently of poor condition [1]. The UK government has therefore proposed increasing tree cover through tree planting and natural regeneration via seed dispersal. Tree planting is expensive but necessary for woodland expansion in areas lacking trees [2], yet the relative capacity of planted woodland and natural regeneration to support healthy and resilient native woodland is still unclear [3].

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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5. Funded PhD Position in Hot rocks and hidden metals: The porosity puzzle of the Cornubian batholith

Summary of PhD Position:

The Cornubian batholith of SW England represents a crucial resource for the UK’s Energy Transition, providing a source of critical metals (Li, Sn, W) and heat for geothermal projects. Deep crustal fluid flow and the resulting fluid-rock reactions that mobilise heat and metals into the fluids are key to its potential as an economic resource. However, the nature of the porosity and permeability which controls fluid flow within these rocks is poorly understood, limiting our ability to capitalise on their resource potential.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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6. Funded PhD Position in Tools for assessing microbial risks of groundwater heating

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We invite applications for an exciting project that will explore how microbes interact with aquifer energy systems, a crucial technology in the decarbonisation of our built environment. The project will involve field and laboratory investigations to understand how temperature changes associated with ground source heating and cooling will affect the microbiology in groundwater. 

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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7. Funded PhD Position in Nanoplastic-phytoplankton interactions under ocean warming and their multi-stressor effects

Summary of PhD Position:

Our seas have absorbed ~90% of the heat accumulated on Earth in the past 50 years. Consequently, sea surface temperatures and the frequency of marine heatwaves are increasing rapidly. Meanwhile, millions of tons of plastics enter the marine environment every year. Continual fragmentation has led to the occurrence of nano-scale plastic particles (nanoplastics; 1-1000 nm) which represent the majority of plastic in the ocean. 

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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8. Funded PhD Position in The role of climate and tectonics on correlated and path dependent landsliding

Summary of PhD Position:

This project will investigate how landscape characteristics, climate and extreme triggering events influence whether new landslides preferentially rework previously disturbed terrain, initiate in undisturbed areas, or expand from landslipped zones into adjacent stable regions. These insights will provide vital information to improve hazard modelling and mitigation strategies in vulnerable regions worldwide.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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9. Funded PhD Position in Next-Generation Sensors for Tracking Calcium and Magnesium in Marine Ecosystems

Summary of PhD Position:

Calcium (Ca²⁺) and magnesium (Mg²⁺) concentrations in seawater fundamentally impact marine ecosystems, as organisms have evolved physiologies and carbonate secretion mechanisms specifically adapted to these chemical conditions [1, 2]. Understanding the environmental variability of these ions will help to better predict the impact of ocean warming [1] and acidification on marine calcifying organisms.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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10. Funded PhD Position in Impacts of UK heatwaves on coastal biodiversity: from genes to ecosystems

Summary of PhD Position:

Climate change is driving more frequent and intense heatwaves, with major consequences for biodiversity, ecological functioning, and ecosystem services provided to society. In coastal habitats, most research has focused on impacts of marine heatwaves in subtidal environments and tropical or sub-tropical regions, while the temperate intertidal zone remains relatively underexplored, despite being one of the most thermally extreme habitats on Earth.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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11. Funded PhD Position in Ecology of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: connecting functional diversity and resilience

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Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs), such as deep-sea coral gardens and sponge fields, are biodiversity hotspots that deliver critical ecosystem services through their complex structures. However, they face increasing threats from fishing, resource extraction, and climate change. Functional diversity -the range of ecological roles species fulfil within a community – is central to ecosystem resilience, but remains poorly understood in VMEs. Quantifying VME functional diversity can help assess vulnerability and guide conservation of VMEs.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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12. Funded PhD Position in Sitting ducks, what’s the flux? The impact of seabird nest abundance and spatial distribution on ecosystem processes

Summary of PhD Position:

Breeding birds act as ecosystem engineers, concentrating activity and nutrient deposition around nests in ways that alter microclimate and plant communities. Processes such as ‘landscapes of fear’ affect where birds nest. This could introduce predictable spatial structuring in bird impacts that scale up to shape ecosystem function. However, multiple climate factors are changing seabird distributions, and humans can further modify where and how densely birds nest through habitat and population management (e.g., wild release, predator control, disturbance), potentially affecting these bird-ecosystem relationships.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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13. Funded PhD Position in Anthropogenic impacts on growth and protein metabolism in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax

Summary of PhD Position:

Pollution of coastal waters by sewage is of major concern, but little is known about the biological impact on animals, or interactions with other stressors such as ocean warming. Growth is essential in all animals, allowing individuals to reach a threshold size for reproduction and occupy adult ecological niches. Soft-tissue growth is essentially achieved by the synthesis and retention of proteins, an energetically expensive process, typically accounting for 25-40% of the energy required by an animal. 

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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14. Funded PhD Position in The biology and ecology of disease in seagrass: Understanding the pseudo-fungus Phytophthora gemini and its impact on common eelgrass (Zostera marina) development

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The PhD researcher will investigate the infection biology of Phytophthora gemini and its interaction with Zostera marina through a combination of laboratory assays, microscopy, and molecular techniques (e.g. qPCR, metabarcoding) to characterise pathogen life cycles, host responses and environmental tolerances. Fieldwork will be conducted at selected coastal sites to assess natural infection dynamics and collect samples for analysis.

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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15. Funded PhD Position in Swamped: Is Crassula helmsii a significant threat to wetland biodiversity?

Summary of PhD Position:

Biological invasions represent one of the most significant threats to biodiversity. Freshwaters are disproportionately affected by such invasions, and home to a disproportionately large proportion of biodiversity, especially invertebrates. They also provide crucial ecosystem services. Crassula helmsii, a native Australasian plant, has been aggressively invading European freshwaters for over 30 years, with drastic consequences for their floristic diversity. Understanding of Crassula’s impacts on invertebrates, which make up the bulk of freshwater diversity, are more limited. 

Application Deadline: 7 January 2026

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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

Position Description:

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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