🎉 Registration is open for 第二屆「早期中國發展及其長久影響」研討會 the Second “Early China Development and Its Long-Term Impact” Workshop!🎉 📅 May 29–30, 2026 📍 May Hall, HKU 🗣️ Language: Mandarin Join scholars to explore how early Chinese development shaped long-term social structures, institutions, and economic-geographic patterns—through archaeological evidence, network analysis, quantitative approaches, and digital humanities. ✅ Click to register / learn more: cqh.hku.hk/events/quantitati… #CentreForQuantitativeHistory #HKU #QuantitativeHistory #Archaeology #EarlyChina #ChinaHistory #DigitalHumanities #QuantitativeMethods #Workshop #AcademicEvents #ArchaeologicalResearch #ChineseHistory @HKUniversity @hkihss @HKUFBE @QuantHistoryHKU

🇸🇪 PhD Opportunity | Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden | 🔬 PhD Position: Human Geography — Regional Development & Green Industrial Investments Umeå University — home to Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR-Cas9 research — is seeking a doctoral candidate in Human Geography to study the regional impact of the green industrial transition in northern Sweden! 📌 What’s the Project About? Northern Sweden has become one of Europe’s most dynamic arenas for large-scale green industrial investments. This PhD project investigates how strategic planning can promote regional development during periods of rapid structural change, with a particular focus on Region Västernorrland. The doctoral thesis will address at least two of the following sub-studies: ✅ Tensions in multi-level governance & strategic spatial planning around major industrial investments ✅ The region’s position in global value chains & long-term competitiveness ✅ Firm dynamics, diversification & risk of development traps ✅ Social dimensions of labour market transitions — jobs, wages, migration & skills supply Research methods: primarily quantitative analyses & document analysis, potentially combined with interviews. The project is part of the interdisciplinary programme “A Promised Land?” at the Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) and includes a 3-month internship with Region Västernorrland. 👨‍🏫 Supervisors & Key Contacts ➡️ Prof. Richard Eriksson (Project Leader) — rikard.eriksson@umu.se | 46 90 786 74 16 ➡️ Assoc. Prof. Madeleine Eriksson (Director of Doctoral Studies) — madeleine.eriksson@umu.se | 46 90 786 71 57 🏢 Department Department of Geography, Umeå University Industrial Graduate School, Umeå University In collaboration with: Region Västernorrland 💰 Funding & Employment Terms ✔️ Fully funded — 4-year full-time doctoral position ✔️ Salary according to established Swedish doctoral salary scale ✔️ Teaching component up to max 20% (extends contract accordingly) ✔️ 3-month internship with Region Västernorrland (real-world policy exposure) ✔️ Tailor-made course package via the Industrial Graduate School ✔️ Funding for international academic engagement & conference participation 🎓 Who Should Apply? ➡️ Second-cycle degree with at least 90 ECTS in Human Geography, Economic History, Economics or Innovation Studies (or equivalent) ➡️ Good command of both Swedish 🇸🇪 and English (spoken & written) — Swedish is a strong merit for this project ➡️ Interest in green transition, business dynamics, labour markets or regional policy ➡️ Experience with quantitative research methods & datasets (meritorious) ➡️ Independent, analytical & structured working style 📄 What to Submit (via e-recruitment system only): → Research proposal (max 4 pages) — formulating research questions based on at least 2 sub-projects above → Personal letter (max 1 page) → CV → Degree certificates → Theses & other publications → Any additional relevant merits → Contact details for 2 referees ⚠️ Incomplete applications will not be considered! ⏱️ Key Dates 📅 Application Deadline: 8 May 2026 🗓️ Start Date: 1 September 2026 (or as agreed) 🔖 Reference Number: AN 2026/405 🔗 Apply & Learn More: phdscanner.com/opportunities… 🌱 Be at the heart of Europe’s green industrial revolution — where research meets real regional transformation in northern Sweden! #PhD #HumanGeography #EconomicGeography #GreenTransition #RegionalDevelopment #IndustrialPolicy #UmeaUniversity #Sweden #FullyFunded #PhDOpportunity #LabourMarkets #MultiLevelGovernance #NorthernSweden #GreenIndustry #CERUM #IndustrialGraduateSchool #SpatialPlanning #QuantitativeMethods

🔬 PhD Position: Political Science — Sustainable Natural Resource Governance & Brine Mining Acceptance | 🇸🇪 PhD Opportunity | Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Luleå, Sweden Luleå University of Technology is seeking a doctoral candidate in Political Science to join MiningBrines — a pioneering European research programme tackling critical raw materials, geothermal energy, and the green transition! 📌 What’s the Project About? As Europe races to secure sustainable access to critical raw materials and energy gases, public acceptance is one of the biggest challenges facing brine mining projects. This PhD project analyses the epistemic, economic, legal, political and social dimensions of community acceptance of multi-resource extraction projects. Three core research tasks: ✅ Identifying key socio-economic & environmental factors in ongoing brine mining activities ✅ Building a model integrating socio-demographic, technological & resource-related factors influencing acceptance ✅ Using the model to assess acceptance effects for brine mining projects You will have freedom to develop your own research questions, select theoretical frameworks, and design methodological approaches — within a well-defined project structure. MiningBrines involves 19 doctoral candidates across Political Science, Geosciences, Biogeochemistry, AI & Economics — offering rich interdisciplinary collaboration across Europe. 👨‍🏫 Supervisors & Key Contacts ➡️ Gregory Poelzer (Associate Senior Lecturer) — gregory.poelzer@ltu.se | 46 920 492918 ➡️ Prof. Simon Matti (Professor & Subject Representative) — simon.matti@ltu.se | 46 920 492331 ➡️ Felicia Robertson (Postdoc) — felicia.robertson@ltu.se ➡️ Division Head Jerry Blomberg — jerry.blomberg@ltu.se | 46 920 492335 💰 Funding & Employment Terms ✔️ Fully funded doctoral position — 4 years (full-time) ✔️ Competitive Swedish university salary ✔️ Teaching component up to max 20% (extends contract accordingly) ✔️ Funding for conference travel, study visits & research stays — nationally & internationally ✔️ Stimulating, supportive interdisciplinary research environment 🎓 Who Should Apply? ➡️ Master’s in Political Science or related field ➡️ Excellent command of spoken & written English ➡️ Knowledge of natural resource governance, legitimacy, justice & acceptance (a merit) ➡️ Ability to work with quantitative & qualitative methods ➡️ Interest in developing advanced quantitative skills (R or Python) ➡️ Strong collaborative & interdisciplinary mindset 📄 What to Submit: → Cover letter → CV/résumé → Copies of verified diplomas (Applications in Swedish or English accepted) ⏱️ Key Dates 📅 Application Deadline: 26 April 2026 🗓️ Start Date: September 2026 🔖 Reference Number: 2541-2026 🔗 Apply & Learn More: phdscanner.com/opportunities… 🌎 A rare opportunity to shape EU policy on critical raw materials & the green transition — through the lens of political science and community acceptance research! #PhD #PoliticalScience #NaturalResourceGovernance #BrineMining #CriticalMaterials #GreenTransition #MiningBrines #LuleaUniversity #Sweden #FullyFunded #PhDOpportunity #EuropeanResearch #Sustainability #PublicAcceptance #EnergyPolicy #QuantitativeMethods #Interdisciplinary #EUGreenDeal

Scholarship applications for the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program close TODAY! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply NOW! For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies #DataScienceEducation

Scholarship applications for the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program are now open! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply by March 1. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies #DataScienceEducation

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦📊 PhD Position: Social Inequalities in Parental Time Investment! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦📊 🇨🇭 University of Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭 Investigate how social class shapes parenting time through cutting-edge diary studies! ⏰✨ Join the STRATUS project funded by Swiss National Science Foundation! 🌟 🎯 The Project: "The Social Stratification of Time: Investigating Inequalities in Time Use through a Swiss Diary Study" - analyze social class differences in parental time investments! 💡 🔬 What you'll research: ▸ Social inequalities in parental time investments ▸ Social class differences in amount, type & timing of resources for children ▸ Time-related inequalities in Switzerland ▸ Complex survey data analysis ▸ Time use patterns & parenting behaviors ▸ Write PhD thesis on time invested in parenting 🌟 STRATUS Collaborative Research: ▸ Large-scale Swiss research project ▸ Coordinated by LIVES (Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research) ▸ Focus on time-related inequalities ▸ Interdisciplinary approach 👥 Supervision: Prof. Michael Grätz michael.gratz@unil.ch 💰 Excellent Swiss Salary: ✅ 4-year full-time position (100%, renewable yearly) ✅ CHF 58,898 - 61,016 annual salary (increases over years!) - Year 1: CHF 58,898 - Year 2: CHF 59,457 - Year 3-4: CHF 61,016 ✅ Swiss quality of life! 🏔️ ✅ Work-life balance support ✅ Family-friendly policies ✅ Lausanne - stunning lakeside city! 🌊 🏛️ Your Environment: ▸ Faculty of Social and Political Sciences ▸ LIVES Interdisciplinary Centre for Life Course Research ▸ Institute of Social Sciences ▸ Collaboration with FORS (Swiss Centre of Expertise in Social Sciences) ▸ Dynamic, diverse, multicultural & multidisciplinary 🎓 What's Offered: ▸ Exciting intellectual environment ▸ Ongoing supervision & thesis support ▸ Specialized training opportunities ▸ Funding for international conferences ▸ Time use research & social inequalities conferences ▸ Workshops & seminars participation ▸ Integration in leading research center 🎓 Requirements: ▸ Master's in Sociology, Demography, Economics, Social Policy, or related (with substantial quantitative methods training) ▸ Excellent skills with statistical methods for (complex) survey data ▸ Familiarity with R or Stata ▸ Strong interest in social inequalities research ▸ Fluent English (working language) ▸ Collaborative attitude & team player ✨ UNIL Values: ▸ Equality, diversity & inclusion ▸ Open & respectful environment ▸ Personal development support ▸ Work-life balance ▸ Support for early career researchers ▸ Equal Opportunities Employer ▸ Women & candidates with migration history encouraged! 📅 Deadline: March 18, 2026 ⏰ 🎯 Start: September 1, 2026 📍 Interviews: March or April 2026 📝 Application (ONE PDF in English via website only): Motivation letter, CV, certificates/transcripts (MSc & BSc), academic writing sample (thesis/paper/article), 2 academic referees 🔗 More info: phdscanner.com/opportunities… 👉 Ready to investigate time-related inequalities? Apply via UNIL website! Location: Géopolis, Lausanne Languages: English (mainly) & French #PhD #PhDPosition #SocialInequalities #Sociology #TimeUse #Parenting #Lausanne #Switzerland 🇨🇭 #UNIL #LIVES #QuantitativeMethods #SocialScience #Demography #Economics #SNSF #ResearchJobs #LifeCourseResearch #STRATUS

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#DataScienceEducation #ResearchTraining Scholarship applications the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program are now open! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply by March 1. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #Scholarships #GraduateStudies

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¿Te interesa transformar la toma de decisiones públicas con evidencia sólida? En el curso #QuantitativeMethods for Public Policy Analysis de la Escuela de Verano IPSA-FLACSO México, aprenderás a aplicar los métodos cuantitativos clave para evaluar políticas públicas de forma rigurosa y comparada, junto a Bruno Cautrès (@Bcautres), profesor del Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po. 🖥️ Modalidad: #EnLínea 💬 Idioma: Inglés 🗓️ Fecha: 25 de agosto al 5 de septiembre, 2025 📝 Sesiones teórico-prácticas ℹ️ Inscríbete: tinyurl.com/uz8tw8rb

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🔍 Diving deeper into research at CARMA 2025 with today’s parallel sessions 📚 Session S8: Bibliometric Insights in Research 📈 Session S9: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Economics #carma2025 #research #bibliometrics #quantitativemethods #economics #conference #rome #bigdata

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Scholarship applications the 2025 ICPSR Summer Program close Friday! $150k in scholarships available! Apply by February 28. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg25 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies

Registration for the 2025 Summer Program is now open! 80 classes in statistics, data analysis, and quantitative methods (plus some qualitative too!). For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRSumProg #SumProg25 #QuantitativeMethods #Workshops #ProfessionalDevelopment #DataAnalysis

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Scholarship applications are now open for the 2025 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods! $150k in scholarships available! Apply by February 28. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg25 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies

Scholarship applications are now open for the 2025 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods! $150k in scholarships available! Apply by February 28. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg25 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies

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