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The University of Vienna is a cosmopolitan hub for  more than 10,000 employees, of whom around 7,500 work in research and teaching. They want to do research and teach at a place that suits their ideas and work together towards answering the big questions of the future. You also appreciate the exchange between disciplines, cultures and generations? We are looking for a

Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science 

49 Faculty of Social Sciences 

The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The institute offers time and space for supporting innovative academic research of top international quality. All MIASA fellowships are residential and mainly focus on onsite reflection, discussion and writing. In addition, MIASA facilitates networking and collaboration amongst leading researchers from Germany, Ghana, other parts of Africa and Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Postdoctoral Researcher – immigration, opinion publique and integration
Location: Université Concordia, Montréal, Canada
35 hours of work per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: two (2) years, subject to satisfactory performance
Salary: $70,000 per year, plus benefits (see below)
Application deadline: August 1st, 2025; the position will remain open until it is filled
Start date: September 2025 (negotiable)

The call is open especially to early-career scholars holding their PhD, from South-Eastern Europe, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and scholars of cognate disciplines. Fellows are expected to conduct research that resonates with the project’s intellectual profile, particularly developing comparative and trans-regional research perspectives.

The deadline for application is 30 September 2025.

For the NWO-funded Vici-project 'Care and Coercion. Patriarchy, (Forced) Labour and Caregiving in the Household in the Dutch Empire, c. 1750-Present', we are hiring three postdoctoral researchers. You will study the intricate relations between care and coercion in households in the Dutch Empire.

Applications Open - Apply Now! - Deadline: Aug. 25, 2025

At the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, there is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position within Intelligent Information Systems and/or Media Studies. The position is associated with artificial intelligence research in the department's research groups and is funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences. The position is for three years.

A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in woman- and gender research is available at the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKK), Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (HSL). 

The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) invites researchers based in an African country with a completed doctoral degree and a minimum of eight years of post-doctoral experience to apply for the FRIAS Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship Programme 2026/27. The fellowships are available to researchers from any nationality based in an African institution.