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The Senior Visiting Scholars Program is intended for top scholars who are leaders in their respective fields. The program is targeted at full professors or senior group leaders who are internationally recognized experts and established researchers, and who may be leading research teams or supervising students. It is open to scientists from all research disciplines represented at the WZB who wish to contribute their perspectives and engage substantively and methodologically with the WZB’s research areas.

Application deadline : 06.03.2026

The following position is available at the Department of Linguistics of the Faculty of Humanities beginning May 1st 2026 or shortly after.

The position will be filled for a fixed term of three years. Payment is at 100% of pay scale E13.

In view of the success of its short programmes, the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS), in collaboration with the Centre d'études Picasso at the Musée national Picasso Paris, is launching a new call for applications for ‘PicALsso’ and offering a three-month scientific residency.

A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) is available at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), University of Oslo.

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania announces a Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2026–27 academic year. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars from any discipline with a research and teaching focus on Korea.

• Ref Number: B03-02926
• Professional Expertise: Research and Research Support
• Department: UCL SLASH (B03)
• Location: London
• Working Pattern: Full time
• Salary: See advert text
• Contract Type: Fixed-term
• Working Type: Hybrid
• Available for Secondment: No
• Closing Date: 04-Mar-2026

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A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Social Anthropology is available at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. 

The position will be part of the convergence environment Cargo Crime: (Il)Licit Seaborne Transport and the Energy Transition, led by Associate Professor Hege Høyer Leivestad, and funded by UiO: Energy and Environment (2025-2030).

The Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) in Bochum, Germany, is offering a position for one Postdoctoral Scholar (m/f/d) for 2 years, with employment contract: TVöD-Bund (pay scale E14) to begin in June 2026 or later.

The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery (LCNR) at the University of Oxford is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to help shape the future of environmental policy at a moment of profound ecological and political change.

The TOP200 NAWA programme is a new initiative aimed at supporting transnational science cooperation and fostering excellent research in Poland.