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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: August 3, 2026

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.

The Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) of The Chinse University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for the Visiting Fellowship Programme. This Programme aims to support scholars in Chinese Studies to visit and conduct research at CUHK for a period of 3 to 4 months during the academic year either from January to April, or September to December. While in residence, the visiting fellow is expected to interact with colleagues at CUHK, conduct and present his/her research, and work on a publication project. For details, please refer to the poster below.