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PhD Opportunities 

Psychology

✦ 2 x funded PhD positions in Cognitive Psychology (University College Cork) | 17 Ap

  • Summary: The Everyday Cognition Lab at the University College Cork is recruiting two PhD students to join the ERC-funded FRAME project, which explores the potentially adaptive consequences of autobiographical false memories.
  • Deadline: 17 April 2026
    Start date: October 2026 (flexible)
  • Queries: Happy to discuss! [gillian.murphy@ucc.ie]

Business & Management & AI

✦ 2 x Pre-Doctoral Research Assistants (Data Scraping, Database Organization and Data Analysis)  – Copenhagen Business School | 9 Apr

  • Summary:  Copenhagen Business School (CBS) invites applications for two Research Assistant positions at the Department of Strategy and Innovation. One of the positions will have a focus on with a focus on data scraping, the other on data analysis. The positions are full-time appointments for a duration of 10 months, with an expected start date of September 2026.
  • Deadline: 9 April 2026
  • Start date: September 2026 (expected)

✦ 1 x Fully Funded PhD in AI for Business Management – University of Birmingham × University of Oxford | 24 Apr

  • Summary: A fully funded PhD jointly supervised by Prof. Yufeng Zhang from the University of Birmingham and Prof. Kejia Hu from the University of Oxford, starting September 2026. The project explores how AI can be developed and deployed to improve decision-making and business performance, with opportunities to collaborate with Fortune 500 industry partners. 
  • Deadline: 24 April 2026
  • Start date: September 2026

✦ 1 x PhD Opportunity – multimodal spatial modelling and vision-based robot learning – University of Cambridge

Summary: Elliott Wu is seeking a PhD student with UK home fee status to join his lab at the University of Cambridge starting October 2026.  If you’re interested and have research experience in multimodal spatial modeling or vision-based robot learning, and are eligible for UK home fee status, send me an email with your CV. Funding deadline is approaching, so will need to make a decision very soon.
More information: https://elliottwu.com/

Interdisciplinary & Social Science

✦ 1 x Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Glasgow| 22 Mar

  • Summary: The School of Education at the University of Glasgow invites applications for a full-time Research Associate to work on the project Towards the University of the Future. The project explores how universities can evolve their institutional architectures, research cultures, and collaborative infrastructures to better enable, scale, and sustain interdisciplinary and futures-facing research. Specifically, the job requires expert knowledge in interdisciplinary studies, research cultures, higher education futures, organisational change and/or creative and participatory research methods.
  • Deadline: 22 March 2026
  • Contract: Full-time, fixed term until 31 July 2028
  • Queries: lisa.bradley@glasgow.ac.uk

Conferences & Calls for Papers

✦ Registration Open – STORIEs Conference 2026 ( Department of Education, University of Oxford)

Summary: The STORIEs Conference (Students’ Ongoing Research in Education Studies) is an annual, student-led event hosted by the Department of Education, dedicated to showcasing innovative postgraduate research in education. In 2026, postgraduate students from around the world will present their research on this year’s theme: “Power, Equity and Hope: Education Amid Shifting Inequalities.”

📅 Date: Friday, 10 April 2026 | 9:30 – 18:30
💻 Format: Online
🌍 Open to participants worldwide

🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/ec-yiJRX

✦PhD Summer School on Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) – University of Liverpool (8–12 June 2026)

Summary: A five-day PhD Summer School featuring leading international scholars, mentoring sessions, and an Early Career Researcher Conference, offering PhD students opportunities for research training, networking, and potential ECTS credit transfer.

Deadline: 29 March 2026🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/H6yBgxvcHnAdsiKw7 [forms.gle] (a Google account is required for application submission)

Calls & Opportunities

✦ Research Recruitment – First-generation Chinese PhDs in the UK (Humanities & Social Sciences)

Summary: A doctoral researcher from the University of Cambridge is conducting a study on the career and life trajectories of first-generation Chinese PhD graduates in the humanities and social sciences who studied in the UK. The project aims to document the experiences, challenges, and reflections of this group as they navigate career paths and life choices after studying abroad.

Participants may be eligible if they:

  • Are first-generation university students (parents did not complete full-time higher education)
  • Completed or are completing a PhD in the humanities or social sciences in the UK
  • Are in the final stage of the PhD or graduated within the past five years
  • Have explored career paths outside mainland China (e.g., UK, Europe, North America, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia)

🕒 Interview length: 60–90 minutes (online)
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evezhang1999/
📧 Contact: evezhang1999@163.com

✦ 2026 China Summer Trip – 2 weeks 4 universities 6 companies

Summary: The London School of Economics and Political Science Confucius Institute for Business London, in partnership with Tsinghua University, is organising a two-week China Summer Trip designed for international students and professionals interested in gaining deeper insights into modern China, language, culture, and business.

The programme includes visits to four universities and six companies, offering participants opportunities to engage with academic institutions and industry partners in China.📅 Duration: Two weeks (Summer 2026)
👥 Participants: Limited to 30 places
💰 40% super early-bird discount currently available

Career Growth

✦  Open-rank Teaching Professor – Education Policy, Organization & Leadership – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30 March

  • Summary: The Department of Education Policy, Organisation & Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track Teaching Professor (open rank). The role focuses on teaching research methodologies and supporting doctoral students in Ed.D. programmes, alongside program coordination and limited research activity.
  • Deadline: 30 March 2026
  • Start date: 16 August 2026 (or soon thereafter)

✦ Assistant Professor – China & Global Development – University of Cambridge | 7 Apr

  • Summary: The Centre of Development Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge invite applications for an Assistant Professor (University Lectureship) in China and Global Development. Applicants should demonstrate a strong research profile on China and global development and expertise in areas such as Comparative Politics, Political Economy, International Relations, or Political Thought.
  • Deadline:  7 April 2026
  • Start date: 1 September 2026

✦ Postdoctoral / Assistant Professor Positions – University of Copenhagen | 20 Apr

  • Summary: The ERC-funded project “TECHORDER: Geopolitical Struggles of the Emerging Global Tech Order”, led by Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen, invites applications for postdoctoral or assistant professor positions at the Department of Political Science. The project investigates how governments and major technology companies shape the emerging global governance of technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The research employs multi-method approaches including ethnography, interviews, surveys, discourse analysis, participatory mapping, and network analysis to examine geopolitical dynamics among actors such as the US, China, EU, and global institutions. Applicants should hold (or be close to completing) a PhD in political science, international relations, or related fields.
  • Deadline: 20 April 2026

✦ Researcher & Programme Officer Positions – Beijing Zhen’ai Public Welfare Foundation (北京臻爱公益基金会) | Rolling

  • Summary: The Beijing Zhen’ai Public Welfare Foundation, a AAAA-rated non-profit organisation founded in 2020 by actors Xu Zheng and Tao Hong, is recruiting for Drama Education Researcher (1 position) and Programme Officer / Programme Manager (1 position). The foundation focuses on the integration of arts education and sports to promote educational equity and youth development through drama-based learning initiatives.
  • Deadline: Rolling applications

✦Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Harvard University (CEPR) | 3 Apr

  • Summary: A postdoctoral position focused on policy-relevant quantitative research in education (e.g., literacy, curriculum, ed tech), involving large-scale data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and opportunities to pursue independent research.
  • Deadline: 3 April 2026 (Priority deadline)

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.

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