Social Sciences Jobs

**One Collaborative Doctoral Award funded by the AHRC Landscape Hub at the University of Westminster, consisting of a fee waiver and stipend. **

The University of Westminster is delighted to invite applications for a Collaborative Doctoral Award as part of the University’s AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award.

The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and huma...

Join the prestigious University of Oslo as a research fellow in Sociology!

About the positions

There are 1-2 vacant positions at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography for research fellows (SKO 1017) in sociology. The positions are for a period of three years without compulsory work or four years with 25% compulsory work (primarily teaching).

The department is ranked as the premier academic research institute in sociology in Norway, conducting top international research while offering high...

Dr Tristan Sjoeberg Postgraduate Scholarship

Primary Supervisor - Professor Dorothee Bakker

**Scientific background **

The Southern Ocean takes up about 10% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity, thus slowing down climate change. Investigation of the unique year-round Rothera CO2 timeseries (2010-2020) has highlighted how wintertime sea ice cover controls CO2 uptake by Antarctic coastal waters [1]. Rapid sea ice decline, strong glacial melt and warming raise concerns on how these cl...

Award Summary

Tuition fees paid at the home rate and an annual stipend (living expenses) of currently £21,805.

Overview

The studentship is available to Home and International students commencing or continuing a PhD in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in the 2026/27 academic year. The topic of research must relate to themes on European culture, political thought, language, and literature.

Number Of Awards

One

Start Date

1 October 2026

Award Duration

36 months full-time or 72 months part-ti...

The Countryside and Community Research Institute CCRI is one of the largest specialist rural research centres in the UK, working at the interface of agriculture, society and the environment on issues relevant to both rural and urban development. This PhD offers the opportunity to contribute to CCRI’s expanding portfolio of research focused on supporting the growth, protection and long term resilience of the UK’s Treescapes. The supervisory team includes Dr Alice Goodenough and Dr Julie Urquhart ...

We are seeking a brilliant post-doctoral researcher to lead on a range of innovative epi-/genetics and neuroimaging projects related to an ERC/UKRI-funded 5-year project on BrainHealth.

The post is available as either a Grade 7 Research Associate or Grade 8 Research Fellow post, dependent on skills and experience.

About the role

The project, led by Dr Esther Walton, aims to map how our epigenome and brain ages; and how this links to lifelong mental health.

Whereas most studies to date have focused o...

The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy invites applications for postdoctoral fellowship positions in applied microeconomics and industrial organization for the academic calendar year 2026-28. These positions will begin in the Summer/Fall 2026 and continue for up to two years, subject to budget approval. Of particular interest are scholars who examine competition, regulation or innovation and those whose research focuses on the economics of, and economic policies directed toward, ne...