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The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an internationally respected research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with currently two research departments, several research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around 150 scholars from all over the world investigate the sciences past and present, working together on a collective, collaborative, and transdisciplinary basis. The MPIWG is renowned worldwide as a hub for reflection on the role of the sciences in politics and society.

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SKO 1352) in sociology at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo. The position is for a period of three years 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 quality education for students. The department is renowned both for the breadth of topics and methodologies employed and for its highly qualified researchers.

At the Department of Comparative Politics there is a vacancy for a temporary position as a researcher. The position is for a period of 1.5 years. The position is affiliated to the externally financed project “Contested Frontiers: Understanding the constitutional politics of settler-state peripheries” (ConFront).

The Social Science Research Council invites proposals from researchers working at the intersection of technology and society for the Just Tech Fellowship.

The Just Tech Fellowship supports rigorous, original, and community-grounded work that addresses pressing questions about how technology shapes society and public life. The program is designed for researchers, artists, and practitioners whose work advances thoughtful, practical, and imaginative approaches to how technology is designed, governed, and experienced in public life.

The Department of Psychology invites applications for a position in Applied Cognitive Psychology, to begin on October 1, 2026: Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d, salary grade A13)

The position is initially offered for three years, with the possibility of a three-year extension.

The post-holder will be part of an exciting new research project funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) entitled “Fashion’s PLACE – Private (International) Law and Circular Economy”. The project explores the private law and private international law components of legal design for a just circular economy transition in global value chains (GVC). It takes the fashion industry as a case study, examining the journey of textiles from the places of production, via the marketplaces of consumption, to the places of disposal.

To honour the life and work of William St Clair, the St Clair family has established an Early Career funded fellowship to help support the research and professional development of early career researchers in languages, literatures and cultures. Fellows are expected to pursue their own research during the five months of the Fellowship and to contribute to the work of the Institutes of Classical Studies, English Studies, and Languages, Cultures and Societies, as appropriate.

A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) is available at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. The appointment is a fulltime position and is for a period of three years.

The position is part of the project MORE: Museum Objects and Reconciliation Ethics, funded by the Research Council of Norway, and we are looking for a research talent with the motivation to contribute to further developing the museum's focus on the field of repatriation, dialogical work with collections and reconciliation.