PhD Opportunities
✦ University of Bristol – GTA PhD Project (Mental Health & Social Inequality)
Type: PhD Opportunities | Deadline: 31st January 2026
This PhD project focuses on young people’s mental health and social inequality, combined with a paid Graduate Teaching Assistant role and structured teaching training.
RA Opportunities
✦ Stanford University – Quantitative Research Associate (GSE)
Type: Fixed-term Research Position (1 year) | Deadline: Rolling review from 5 January 2026
This 1-year Quantitative Research Associate position at Stanford Graduate School of Education (John W. Gardner Center) focuses on applied, partner-driven quantitative research to support evidence-informed decision-making for improving outcomes for youth, families, and communities, with options for hybrid work.
✦ University of Edinburgh – Postdoctoral Research Associate (Weaponised Pasts)
Type: PDRA (2-year, Full-time) | Deadline: 28 January 2026
This postdoctoral position focuses on experimental research on the cultural evolution of archaeological information, using transmission chain experiments and natural language processing, based in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh and funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
✦ University of Birmingham – Research Assistant (Gender Pension Gaps)
Type: Research Assistant (Casual, Part-time) | Duration: ~200 hours (Feb–May 2026) | Deadline: 14 January 2026
This part-time Research Assistant role supports a Nuffield Foundation–funded project examining gender pension gaps in the UK, involving literature review, stakeholder analysis, impact planning, and project coordination, based in the School of Social Policy and Society with hybrid working.
✦ Vienna University of Economics and Business
Type: Teaching & Research Associate (part-time) | Deadline: 28 January 2026
The university is looking for a colleague interested in how language, culture, and communication shape interaction in multilingual and organizational contexts. The position combines PhD research, teaching, and involvement in ongoing projects on intercultural communication, migration, and multimodal interaction.
Conferences & Calls for Papers
✦ Special Issue: Student Knowledge Exchange (Theory and Practice)
Type: Call for Papers | Deadline: Abstract & proposal due 1 April 2026
This Special Issue invites theoretical and empirical papers on Student Knowledge Exchange (SKE) in higher education, examining its conceptual foundations, pedagogical practices, inclusion, and impact across international contexts. Guest editors are based at institutions including Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London, UAL, Cornell University, and the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Type: Conference | Deadline: Abstract submission by 31 January 2026
The BERA Annual Conference 2026 will take place at the University of Manchester from 8–10 September 2026, bringing together researchers, educators, and practitioners to share and discuss the latest developments in educational research.
✦ Critical Studies in Education
Type:Journal Paper | Deadline: 31 January 2026
The journal invites extended abstracts of between 500-750 words, outlining the proposed argument, theoretical methodological approach taken, knowledge contribution, and relevance to the special issue theme.
Career Growth
✦ LaLa Lab, Saarland Informatics Campus (Germany)
Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Humboldt, 2-year) | Deadline: Rolling (from 14 January 2026)
LaLa Lab is recruiting a 2-year postdoc in HCI/CS/Learning Sciences/Psychology as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, offering substantial research funding and mentoring toward future PI roles.
✦ Singapore Management University – Tenure-Track Faculty (Southeast Asia)
Type: Faculty Position (Assistant/Associate Professor) | Start: July 2026 | Deadline: 5 January 2026
The School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University is recruiting up to two tenure-track faculty in the politics and/or society of Southeast Asia, with strong interdisciplinary research and teaching expectations, and the possibility of an Ian Taylor SMU–Oxford Fellowship with additional benefits.
✦ King’s College London – Personal Tutoring Senior Officer
Type: Professional Services Role | Deadline: 4 January 2026
This role within Student Transition & Outcomes supports the delivery of a consistent and inclusive personal tutoring experience across King’s College London, focusing on guidance development, training coordination, communications, and service improvement through digital systems, with hybrid working based at the Waterloo Campus.
✦ UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships – University of Manchester (EOI)
Type: Research Fellowship (Early Career) | Deadline: EOI by 26 January 2026
The University of Manchester is inviting Expressions of Interest for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships, supporting early career researchers to develop research leadership and transition to research independence, with an internal selection process ahead of the UKRI call opening in February 2026.
✦ McGill University – Tenure-Track Faculty (Teacher Education)
Type: Faculty Position (Assistant/Associate Professor & Director) | Deadline: 2 February 2026
The Faculty of Education at McGill University is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor to serve as Director of Teacher Education, providing academic leadership in teacher education programmes with a strong understanding of the Québec education context.
✦ Women@Dior & UNESCO Mentorship Programme (2026–2027)
Type: International Mentorship & Leadership Programme | Deadline: 31 December 2025
Women@Dior & UNESCO is a global mentorship and educational programme for young women from diverse academic backgrounds, offering leadership development, mentoring by Dior professionals, and a collaborative “Dream for Change” social impact project alongside participants’ ongoing studies.
✦ University of Toronto (OISE) – Associate Professor (Adult Education)
Type: Faculty Position (Associate Professor) | Deadline: 15 January 2026
The Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at OISE, University of Toronto, is recruiting an Associate Professor specialising in critical adult education and community engagement, contributing to research, teaching, and programme development in a world-class academic environment.
✦ University of Manchester – Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
Type: Faculty Position (Permanent, Full-time) | Deadline: 5 January 2026
The Department of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester is recruiting a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on agentic AI, large language models, or foundational models at the intersection of AI and the social sciences.
✦ University of Oxford – the Programme Fellowship
Type: Fellowship | Deadline: 10 January 2026
University of Oxford has opened applications for the Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the Institute for Ethics in AI — a global opportunity for professionals and academics working at the intersection of AI, ethics, and society.
✦ Birmingham City University – Library and Learning Resources
Type: Academic Skills Tutors | Deadline: 4 January 2026
The new academic skills team in BCU is looking for 3x Academic Skills tutors (1 in Maths) and a Learner Developer.
✦ Seton Hall University – Higher education
Type: Faculty Position (Assistant Professor)
The Department of Education Leadership, Management and Policy, within the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media at Seton Hall University, invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Higher Education (tenure-track), beginning August 2026.
Type: Programme Officer | Deadline: 4 January 2026
UNESCO is hiring a Programme Officer, with a focus on Social and Human Sciences, including ethical issues related to scientific, technological and social development, strategic research on social and ethical issues, human rights, the fight against racism and discrimination and, youth leadership.
✦ The University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Education
Type: Post Doctoral Fellow | Deadline: 31 December 2025
The Faculty of Education is now recruiting a Full-time Post-doctoral Fellow. The appointee will work on the UGC-funded research project with the Principal Investigator, Professor Kevin W. H. Tai, and Co-Investigators, Ms. Nicole Taveres and Dr. Synthia Fung: “AI-Mediated Translanguaging Space in English-Medium Instruction University Classrooms: Enhancing Students’ Motivational Development in Content Subject Learning and English Language Learning”.
Type: Faculty Position (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor | Deadline: 6 January 2026
The University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Educational Psychology, Learning Sciences Program Area, seeks an outstanding candidate for an open rank tenure-track faculty position (Assistant [advanced], Associate or Full Professor).
Funding & Scholarships
✦ SRHE Award for Newer Researchers (2026)
Type: Research Funding (£3,000) | Deadline: 31 March 2026
The Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) offers up to three awards of £3,000 to support early-career researchers in higher education to undertake a one-year, small-scale independent research project, with mentoring, publication opportunities, and one year of free SRHE membership.
✦ University of Toronto – Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Type: Postdoctoral Fellowships (100 positions) | Deadline: See divisional websites
The University of Toronto is offering 100 new postdoctoral fellowships under its Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program, providing $80,000 per year for up to two years plus $10,000 annual independent research funding, open to both domestic and international scholars across disciplines.
✦ AERA Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund (2026)
Type: Conference Travel Funding (Graduate Students) | Deadline: 7 January 2026
AERA is offering up to 100 awards of up to $500 to support graduate student members with demonstrated financial need to attend the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles (8–12 April 2026), helping to offset registration and travel costs.
✦ University of Notre Dame & University of Michigan – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship | Deadline: 12 January 2026
This postdoctoral fellowship focuses on global quantitative analyses of biodiversity, climate, and social outcomes of community-based conservation, involving geospatial analysis and large socio-ecological datasets, with collaboration across leading international partners.
Type: Fully Funded PhD Scholarships | Deadline: 12 January 2026
The University of Sussex invites applications for PhD studentships based within Sussex AI, an interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence based at the University of Sussex.
✦ University of Southampton – The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme
Type:Fully Funded PhD Studentships | Deadline: 31 January 2026
The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme for Interdisciplinary Resilience Studies (PIRS) is now open for applications. There are two application routes: supervisor-led and student-led projects.
Opportunities for international partnerships
· HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 MSCA Horizontal call – AI in science Doctoral Networks [ec.europa.eu]. Pre-announcement. 24/11/2026.
· HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01/02 Horizontal call – AI in science [ec.europa.eu]. RIA. Pre-announcement. 02/02/2027.
Visiting opportunities
Type: Visiting Fellowships | Deadline: 16 February 2026
The Legacies of Enslavement initiative, in partnership with the university’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is launching new Visiting Fellowships, under the theme of “Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives.”
Opportunities for Training
✦ Methods Training for Political Scientists | Quatitative Methods
Deadline: Rolling
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