Jobs

On this site, you will see job announcements and miscellaneaous at irregular intervals as they were published before in the latest ECSR Newsletter. Generally, the ECSR Newsletter is scheduled to be published around the 10th of a month.

Jobs and Positions Announcements

– 2 vacancies for PhD students on social inequalities at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne

We invite applications for two positions as PhD students at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES at the University of Lausanne. The PhD students will contribute to the project “The Social Stratification of Time: Investigating Inequalities in Time Use through a Swiss Diary Study”, which will collect time use data in Switzerland. The first position focuses on the social stratification of time use. The second position focuses on social class differences in the amount, type, and timing of resources invested into children. Both positions start on September 1.

Application deadline: 18 March 2026

– Hiring 14 PhD students in ageing and digitalizing societies

The project “Future Leaders in Ageing and Digitalizing Societies (Digi4Age)” is now hiring 14 PhD students for universities across Europe. Population ageing and rapid digitalization are reshaping society, yet they are often treated as separate challenges. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the Digi4Age project sees them as interconnected. By training doctoral researchers, Digi4Age is building a new generation of leaders equipped to design inclusive, tech-driven solutions for ageing societies. Its programme explores how digital tools can support health, preserve identity, adapt to lifelong habits, and promote social inclusion. Drawing on expertise from top universities and civil society actors across nine countries, Digi4Age addresses key UN goals (health, equality, and decent work), while aligning with Europe’s Digital and Healthy Ageing Decades.

Application deadline: 30 March 2026  
Have a look at the project homepage to learn more about the vacancies and on how to apply. 

– 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher – ERC Project FIRMS: How Firms Shape Career Inequality Through (Mental) Health, University of Amsterdam

The Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the ERC-funded project FIRMS – Firms and Careers: How the Workplace Structures Career Inequality, led by Thijs Bol (PI). The postdoc will study how organizational contexts shape workers’ mental health, and how these effects translate into long-term career inequality. Empirically, the project draws on rich longitudinal linked employer–employee data combined with population-wide health registers from the Netherlands and Norway.

The position is a 3-year postdoc starting 1 September 2026. We are looking for candidates with a PhD on a relevant topic (stratification, labor, health) in sociology, economics, or a related field, and extensive experience in quantitative analysis of longitudinal or administrative data.

Application deadline: 30 March 2026
For more information and to apply, see here.
Questions about the position can be directed to Thijs Bol (t.bol@uva.nl).

– Four fully funded PhD positions at NIDI (The Hague)

We invite applications for four fully funded, 4-year PhD positions at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) in The Hague. Two positions are embedded in the SOCION consortium on social cohesion, one in the ERC QPATHS project on family formation of sexual minorities, and one in an NWO-funded project on cultural participation:

The positions offer excellent conditions for quantitative, empirical PhD projects in an international research environment at the intersection of demography and sociology.

– PhD and Postdoc position at the Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris

The Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris, is seeking to appoint a doctoral researcher/PhD candidate and postdoctoral researcher to join the research team led by Prof. Bastian Betthaeuser working on the ERC-funded project “Understanding the Consequences of Major Health Crises for Education: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic (LEARN). For further information, please see the job advertisements for the PhD position and the Postdoc position.

Application deadline: 12 April 2026

– Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Swedish Institute for Social Research

The postdoctoral position is attached to the Swedish Institute for Social Research’s Social Policy unit. Members of the unit study the causes and consequences of social policies at both individual and societal levels. Research is conducted using macro- as well as micro-level approaches, primarily with quantitative data. Macro analyses examine social policy development within and across countries, while micro analyses focus on the impact of social policies on individuals’ living conditions and life courses. The institute hosts the leading source of comparative longitudinal social policy data: the Social Policy Indicators Database (SPIN). In addition, the unit’s researchers use a wide range of data such as administrative registers and international surveys.

The postdoctor is expected to work individually as well as together with others in projects linked to the topical foci at the unit. An initial outline of research questions is to be included in the application in the form of a research plan. The plan will be important for assessing the extent to which the proposed research will strengthen, complement and/or argument the ongoing research performed in the unit.

Application deadline: 13 April 2026
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