Jobs

– Postdoc in Social Stratification, Education, and Genetics

The Department of Social Sciences at Roskilde University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher as part of the Independent Research Fond Denmark Inge Lehmann project Social Mechanisms of Genetic Effects on Education led by Associate Professor Asta Breinholt. The position is for 2 years, starting from May 1st, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The most important requirements are strong quantitative skills and an interest in the topic. We welcome candidates with a background in sociology, economics, statistics, social policy, psychology, genetics, and other related fields.

Application deadline: 12 December 2025
Please find the job announcement here: Postdoc in Social Stratification, Education, and Genetics.
Questions can be directed at Asta Breinholt, astab@ruc.dk

– Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Swedish Institute for Social Research

The Postdoctoral position is part of the research programme “Sustainable synergies”. The aim of the programme is to study how social policy and the welfare state can be developed to support a sustainable working life for everyone. In focus are the working-life transitions that individuals make during their lifecourse, and the programme examines how the interplay between different social policies can support successful transitions for different groups in the labour market. The programme builds upon quantitative data, and programme members make use of for instance comparative country-level data, comparative individual-level surveys, as well as individual-level register data from the Nordic countries.

Research within the programme is organized around five crucial life-course transitions: between school and work, work and family formation, work and ill health, work and retraining, and work and retirement. The postdoctoral research will be part of one or more of the work packages around these transitions, depending on research interests. The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to develop and pursue independent research corresponding to that of the research program. However, collaboration with senior colleagues is encouraged should opportunities arise.

Application deadline: 19 December 2025
For more information, please see here.

– Postdoctoral Researcher Position, AxPo, Sciences Po (Paris)

Position Definition: Post-doctoral researcher
Location: The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris, France
Contract duration: 24 months 
Expected hiring date: 1 September 2026
Required degree level: PhD in Sociology, Political Science, Economics, or related fields

Applications are invited for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Position at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization. The recruitment of this position will focus on socio-economic polarization and fragmentation, including inequality, segregation and discrimination, and their interrelations. 

The online application form is available here.

Application deadline: 5 January 2026.
For more information, see here.

Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Turku (Finland)

Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) invites applications for up to 10 TIES2 Fellowship positions for a three-year period from 1 September 2026 – 31 August 2029. Applicants must be within 8 years of having passed their PhD at the call deadline.

TIES2 – Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme 2 is co-funded by EU MSCA COFUND and applicants must meet the MSCA mobility rule that they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Finland for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline. A particular aspect of the TIES2 programme is that all its Fellows must spend between three and twelve months working on secondment within an organisation external to the higher education sector on a project which is a key part of their TIAS project.

Application deadline: 9 January 2026 at 16:00 Finnish time.

Postdoc position in Quantitative Sociology of Education and/or Work at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia)

The ERA Chair project ‘ProSkills2Work: Progressing Promising Skills to Work in Bulgaria’ at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has a vacancy for a Research Fellow (Postdoc) to be filled for up to 3,5 years (100%)

Application deadline: 11 January 2026
More information on EURAXESS: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383364

Senior Researcher in Sociology of Education and Work at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia)

The ERA Chair project ‘ProSkills2Work: Progressing Promising Skills to Work in Bulgaria’ at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has a vacancy for a Senior Researcher to be filled for up to 3,5 years. 

Application deadline: 11 January 2026
More information on EURAXESS: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383354

– Postdoctoral Researcher at The Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (Barcelona)

The Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher with Survey Methodology experience to join the ERC-funded project, ‘SINGLE – Understanding the Demography and Stratification of Singlehood in Europe’ (PI: Dr. Ariane Ophir). This is a full-time position for three years, based in Barcelona. Area of research is open. 
Application deadline: 12 January 2026
For more information, see here.

– Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Sociology at CREST in Paris

ENSAE Paris and CREST are currently inviting applications for a position of Assistant or Associate Professor. The position is open to computational sociologists regardless of their research area. At the Assistant Professor level this is a tenure-track position; early tenure is possible conditional on qualifications. The teaching load for Assistant and Associate Professors is 70 hours per year. Teaching consists of courses at the undergraduate and Master levels. The successful candidate is expected to teach classes in general sociology, quantitative methods, and computational social science.

Application deadline: 31 January 2026.
For more information see here
Enquiries can be directed to the head of the Search Committee, Étienne Ollion (etienne.ollion@ensae.fr).