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1. Fully Funded PhD Programs
Summary of PhD Project
The job profile includes independent research and further academic qualification in the history of the 19th and 20th centuries (dissertation or habilitation project). The research project should be one of the research focuses of the professorship in the field of Eastern European, East Central European, or Southeastern European history (preferably the Eastern Habsburg Monarchy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, or the Soviet Union) and be scientifically innovative.
Application Deadline: August 25, 2025
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2. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Sociology of Aging: Legal and Social Dimensions of Shifting Attitudes Toward Old Age
Summary of PhD Project
The RomAge project investigates aging as a multifaceted socio-cultural phenomenon in Late Antiquity, with particular focus on how the rise of Christianity transformed social norms and perceptions of old age. Inspired by contemporary social gerontology, the project explores aging as a complex construct encompassing gender, class, and geo-ethnic identity. RomAge examines how the Christian Church-through its legislation, ethical principles, and institutional influence-reshaped understandings of aging across various social groups and regions of the Roman Empire.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Programs in survey and analysis of China and/or Russia experts
Summary of PhD Project
The five year project “Through a Glass, Darkly: How to Study Authoritarian Regimes” is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and examines how foreign audiences learn about the inner workings of authoritarian regimes (specifically the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation), focusing on the role of country experts and their connections. Note that there is a 2nd position available in this project that focuses on using LLMs to extract political networks from unstructured text.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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4. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Software Engineering & Robotics
Summary of PhD Project
This interdisciplinary PhD opportunity sits at the nexus of software engineering, MLOps, robotics, and AI-enabled cyber-physical systems (AI-CPS). The research will focus on enhancing the adaptability and autonomy of UAVs operating in complex environments. Key themes include AI/ML integration into CPS, continuous deployment pipelines, and robust experimental design for MLOps frameworks.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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5. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Software Engineering & Robotics
Summary of PhD Project
This interdisciplinary PhD opportunity sits at the nexus of software engineering, MLOps, robotics, and AI-enabled cyber-physical systems (AI-CPS). The research will focus on enhancing the adaptability and autonomy of UAVs operating in complex environments. Key themes include AI/ML integration into CPS, continuous deployment pipelines, and robust experimental design for MLOps frameworks.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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6. Fully Funded PhD Programs in theology
Summary of PhD Project
The doctoral research is in systematic theology with focus on Old Catholic Theology. The successful candidate will contribute to the research of images of corporeality, organic and inorganic images in Church Fathers and their circulation in identity formation and legitimation strategies in Old Catholic ecclesiology from the 19th century until today. Research on ecumenical documents signed by Old Catholic theologians together with theologians of other denominations (Orthodox, Anglican, Roman Catholic etc.) can be considered.
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2025
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7. Fully Funded PhD Programs in History
Summary of PhD Project
The research project “Contested Prevention: Public Health in Switzerland, 1950-2020” expands perspectives on the contemporary history of prevention. It examines the prevention of noncommunicable diseases as a socially contested area, focusing not only on government institutions and health experts, but also on actors that have previously received little attention: economic interest groups, private health institutions, and civil society organizations.
Application Deadline: August 10, 2025
8. Fully Funded PhD Programs in transcription-replication conflicts and genomic instability
Summary of PhD Project
We are recruiting a PhD student to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which PARPs detect transcription-replication conflicts and act to prevent induction of DNA damage in normal and cancer cells. The successful candidate will be co-supervised by Dr. Michalis Petropoulos, a newly recruited Group Leader at the University of Bern, and Prof. Sven Rottenberg, Director of the Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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9. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Conservation Biology
Summary of PhD Project
Mountain ecosystems are among the regions most susceptible to temperature warming, and species adapted to alpine ecosystems are predicted to face local extinctions via physiological and/or behavioral intolerance to rapid increases in temperature. Persistence of alpine avifauna will depend on the ability of individuals to seek out microhabitats that provide cool refuge while engaging in behaviors that reduce energy expenditure.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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Summary of PhD Project
Cochlear implants are among the most successful neuroprostheses in modern medicine. They enable deaf people to regain their hearing and understand spoken language. While most patients achieve good to excellent results in speech understanding, the benefit falls short of expectations for around a quarter. Currently, there are no reliable biomarkers that can predict individual outcomes prior to surgery. However, there is increasing evidence that the brain’s central connectivity plays a crucial role.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Climate Epidemiology
Summary of PhD Project
The PhD student will conduct interdisciplinary and innovative research on the effects of droughts on human health, within the framework of the IGIA-SETH project (“unravelInG the ImpActs of droughtS on human hEalTH”), funded by the SNSF Ambizione program 2023. The aim of the PhD project is to advance knowledge of the role of droughts in the public health field and identify vulnerability patterns at global, regional and local scales, using new data sources and state-of-the-art methods in climate epidemiology.
Application Deadline: 22nd September 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Programs in History
Summary of PhD Project
The research project “Contested Prevention: Public Health in Switzerland, 1950-2020” expands perspectives on the contemporary history of prevention. It examines the prevention of noncommunicable diseases as a socially contested area, focusing not only on government institutions and health experts, but also on actors that have previously received little attention: economic interest groups, private health institutions, and civil society organizations.
Application Deadline: August 10, 2025
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13. Fully Funded PhD Programs in business administration (operations research)
Summary of PhD Project
The University of Bern is ranked among the top 150 universities worldwide. The Chair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration at the Department of Business Administration represents the areas of operations research, analytics, and operations management in research and teaching. We are seeking a PhD and assistant position starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement. The goal of the research is the development of operations research methods for application in project management.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Programs in Bioinformatics of the Brain Barriers
Summary of PhD Project
The PhD project is embedded in the ERC Advanced Grant project “CNS immune privilege” financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation with the overarching goal to achieve an integrated view on how the brain barriers orchestrate CNS immune privilege. The PhD student will be co-supervised by PD Dr. Rémy Bruggmann (Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit, University of Bern and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics) and will be pursued in collaboration with Profs. Michael Vanlandewijck and Christer Betsholtz (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm and University of Uppsala, Sweden).
Application Deadline: September 5th, 2025
