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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.

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) is offering a full-time postdoctoral position based on-site at BC3 to provide cross-cutting research and coordination support across several climate action initiatives led by Dr. Estibaliz Sanz. The selected candidate will contribute to JUST4CARE (HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01) – A Horizon Europe project that will be coordinated by BC3, which seeks to transform climate adaptation by embedding principles of justice, equity, and resilience into urban and regional planning.

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will participate in the newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).  The applicant will work closely with the ERA Chair holder, Prof Mariana Llanos, and the research group leader.

At the Centre for Climate Resilience at the University of Augsburg, a position is available in” the research group “Climate Resilience of Human-Made Ecosystems” (Prof. Dr. Katharina Waha) from November, 01st  2025 for a Research Scientist (Foresighting resilient adaptation and land use change) in an initially fixed-term employment for a period of two years with regular working hours.

The job holder will participate in an international research project entitled "Improved urban mobility toward climate neutrality under new working habits and transport modes." The consortium includes institutions from Europe and China. The leader on the European side is Professor Klaus Hubacek of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, the leader on the Chinese side is Professor Yue Bao 鲍月 of Beijing Jiaotong University. The consortium also includes Tsinghua University, Beijing Transport Institute and Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU).