Go international

The TRiSS Visiting Scholar programme allows leading international researchers to spend periods of time at TRiSS ranging from one week to one year. This programme expands the research capability of TRiSS and encourages the development of collaborative projects between local and external researchers.

For a general understanding of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies mission, funding goals, and categories of funding, please review the overview of Mershon funding on our website. 

The Law School within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medicine without Doctors.

RESTATE investigates how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors.

The Land Systems for Sustainability Lab from Earth and Life Institute at UCLouvain in Belgium seeks highly qualified & motivated candidates for Two Postdoctoral positions, on “Land use, Sustainability, and Democratic Backsliding”

Researchers will contribute to the ERC Advanced Grant project LUDEMO on “Land use, Sustainability, and Democratic Backsliding” led by Prof. Patrick Meyfroidt.

We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI).  The post is funded by the OMI and is fixed-term for up to 3 years.

The Department of History of the University of Basel offers a 60% postdoctoral position "History of Africa before 1800" to be filled as of February 1st, 2026.

• Duration: one stay at ZiF of 1 to 3 months
• Funding Amount: up to EUR 50,000 to cover the costs for travel and accommodation as well as workshops and conferences; personnel expenses (buy-outs) cannot be covered.

Visiting Groups can, for example, explore new research topics and partnerships, finalise interdisciplinary publications or conduct small research projects during a joint stay at ZiF.

Would you like to stay at ZiF longer? Do you need a higher funding amount? Look at our Resident and Long-Term Groups!

Job position requirements

• PhD in History or East Asian Studies, with a focus on Japan. Candidates holding PhDs awarded by Japanese institutions preferred.
• 0-4 years of postdoctoral experience upon starting the position.
• Ability to conduct archival research using premodern Japanese sources.
• Develop a line of research in accordance with one of the project’s three core themes (Authority, Management, Exchange)
• Produce at least two peer-reviewed articles (or their equivalent) from this research.