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Doctoral researcher

PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology

University of CopenhagenProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

The University of Copenhagen is recruiting a PhD fellow in Grundtvig Studies for the Writing with the Dead project on N.F.S. Grundtvig’s use of historical sources.

Faculty of Theology, CopenhagenDepartment not statedOct 1, 2026
Salary starts at approximately DKK 31,600 per month plus 18.07% pension.
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Stipendiat i barnevern

Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

NTNU is recruiting a PhD candidate in child welfare to study life-course experiences of young people who have been in contact with child-welfare services.

NTNU, TrondheimDepartment not statedSep 15, 2026
Normally NOK 550,800 gross per year depending on qualifications and seniority.
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PhD Student in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science

ETH ZurichProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

ETH Zurich is recruiting a PhD student at KOF to work on applied macroeconomics, macroeconometric forecasting, nowcasting, machine learning and data science.

KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichDepartment not statedSep 15, 2026
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Postdoctoral Position in Generative AI and Simulation-supervised Machine Learning for Biology

University of CopenhagenProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

The University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in generative AI and simulation-supervised machine learning for biology within the IMAGE section.

Department of Computer Science, CopenhagenDepartment not statedSep 15, 2026
Salary starts at DKK 39,900 per month plus 17.1% employer pension.
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Postdoctoral Fellow — Advanced AI and Multimodal Systems

United Arab Emirates UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

United Arab Emirates University seeks a postdoctoral research fellow in the Computer and Network Engineering Department for an advanced AI project spanning deep learning, Vision-Language Models, Large Language Models, multimodal learning, computer vision, generative AI, reinforcement learning, optimization and explainable AI.

United Arab EmiratesComputer and Network Engineering Department, College of ITSep 30, 2026
AED 10,000–11,000 per month
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Postdoctoral Fellow — FinTech and Financial Innovation

United Arab Emirates UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

United Arab Emirates University has a full-time postdoctoral position in the Department of Economics and Finance for an externally funded research project on FinTech and financial innovation, including digital finance, financial inclusion, governance, sustainable finance and empirical financial-market research.

United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Economics and Finance, College of Business and EconomicsSep 30, 2026
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Doctoral researcher

2 PhD Positions - Government Responses to Internal Displacement ERC project

University of AmsterdamProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Two fully funded doctoral positions in the ERC GRID project Protect and Repress, led by Dr Abbey Steele. One position develops comparative cross-national evidence on government responses to internal displacement, while the second focuses on Burundi using mixed methods.

Amsterdam, NetherlandsPolitical Science / Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)Oct 1, 2026
€3,204 to €4,051 gross per month on a full-time basis.
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PhD-position Towards the next generation of tires: Development of micro-abrasive resistant tire treads

University of TwenteProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

NWO-OTP doctoral project developing micro-abrasion-resistant tire tread compounds and understanding wear mechanisms that generate tire and road-wear particles, in cooperation with industrial partners including Nokian Tyres, Synthos, Momentive and Solvay.

Enschede, NetherlandsElastomer Technology and Engineering / Engineering TechnologySep 15, 2026
€3,204 to €4,051 gross per month on a full-time basis.
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PhD student in Chemistry with specialization in Organic Chemistry

Uppsala UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Doctoral project in the Streuff group developing single-electron-transfer reactions using low-valent titanium catalysis, with possible work on bond cleavage, defunctionalisation, mechanisms and total synthesis.

Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Chemistry for Life SciencesSep 11, 2026
PhD candidate employmentTemporary positionFunded doctoral employment; salary amount not stated on the official vacancy page. (currency not stated)
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PhD student in core optimisation using machine learning

Uppsala UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Doctoral research extending machine-learning and optimisation methods for small modular reactor core and fuel design within the ANItA competence centre.

Uppsala, SwedenDivision of Applied Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics and AstronomySep 30, 2026
PhD candidate employmentTemporary positionFixed salary; amount not stated on the official vacancy page.
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Postdoctoral researcher

Postdoctoral position in digital media and communication at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

University of CopenhagenProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Three-year postdoctoral position in the ERC Advanced Grant GREENWATCH project studying ethical and political imaginaries of Internet-of-Things environmental monitoring across China, Europe and the United States.

University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of CommunicationSep 11, 2026
Postdoctoral researcherFixed-termSalary starts at DKK 39,700 per month plus 18.07% employer pension contribution; supplements may be negotiated
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Doctoral researcher

Doctoral student in Biology with a specialisation in Microbial Ecology

Lund UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Four-year employed PhD investigating how soil microbial communities adapt traits during and after drought through laboratory, greenhouse and field experiments, isotope tracing, large biological datasets and ecosystem modelling.

Lund, Skåne län, SwedenDepartment of Biology / Microbial Biogeochemistry in LundSep 18, 2026
Doctoral researcherFixed-termMonthly salary; exact amount is not stated on the vacancy page.
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PhD Position in Formal Methods for Concurrent Cryptographic Protocols

Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Four-year doctoral research position developing formal reasoning principles for concurrent cryptographic protocols, with dissemination through conferences and research visits and limited teaching support.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsDepartment of Computer ScienceOct 30, 2026
Doctoral researcherFixed-term€3,059 gross per month in year 1, increasing to €3,881 gross per month in year 4.
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Three fully funded PhD positions in Competition Law and AI

Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Three four-year doctoral positions in the ERC-funded ATLANTIS project. Two legal-track researchers study data access, AI fairness and procedural safeguards in competition enforcement, while one computational-track researcher provides empirical and AI-methods support across the project.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsTransnational Legal Studies / Amsterdam Law & Technology InstituteSep 15, 2026
Doctoral researcherFixed-term€3,059 to €3,881 gross per month for a full-time appointment.
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Doctoral student in Computer Science with focus on Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization

Lund UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Four-year employed PhD researching computational models of human behaviour in human-AI interaction, using multimodal behavioural data, controlled user experiments, reinforcement learning, foundation models and visualization systems.

Lund, Skåne län, SwedenDepartment of Computer ScienceSep 30, 2026
Doctoral researcherFixed-termMonthly salary; exact amount is not stated on the vacancy page.
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PhD position specialized in statistical modeling of long-term survival and cure.

Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

NWO-funded four-year PhD in statistics developing extreme-value and statistical-learning methods for long-term survival and cure models, with applications in oncology and credit scoring.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsEconometrics and Data Science / Department of Spatial EconomicsOct 15, 2026
Doctoral researcherFixed-term€3,059 to €3,881 gross per month on a full-time basis.
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Postdoctoral researcher

Postdoctoral Position in Statistics Education

University of CopenhagenProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Three-year postdoc at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for University Science Education to design and experimentally study authentic statistics and data-science learning activities for university science students.

Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Science Education, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for University Science Education (NNF-USE)Sep 13, 2026
Starting monthly salary DKK 39,993, approximately EUR 5,350 at August 2026 level, with negotiable supplement
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Doctoral researcher

PhD Position at the Centre for Language Studies

Radboud UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

An open-topic salaried doctoral position embedded in the Centre for Language Studies, combining dissertation research, graduate training, academic service and teaching.

Nijmegen, NetherlandsFaculty of Arts, Centre for Language StudiesSep 15, 2026
€3,059 gross per month initially, rising to €3,881 gross per month from the fourth year, based on a 38-hour work week.
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PhD Position at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History

Radboud UniversityProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

An open-topic salaried doctoral position embedded in the Radboud Institute for Culture and History, combining dissertation research, graduate training, academic service and teaching.

Nijmegen, NetherlandsFaculty of Arts, Radboud Institute for Culture and HistorySep 15, 2026
€3,059 gross per month initially, rising to €3,881 gross per month from the fourth year, based on a 38-hour work week.
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Postdoctoral researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuromodulation of Feeding — KU Leuven Ref. BAP-2026-311 Position

Leuven Stem Cell InstituteProvider identity confirmed in the institution registry

Independent wet-lab and/or computational research on neuromodulation of feeding and neuropeptide signalling in Drosophila and other arthropods.

LeuvenNeuroscience; Neuropeptide signalling; Drosophila; Bioinformatics; Molecular geneticsDec 31, 2026
Competitive KU Leuven postdoctoral salary with benefits (currency not stated)