Summary
- Topic Job Offer — 15 PhD Positions
- When to (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)
- URL https://healenae.eu/
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Description
Health and Environment in Africa and Europe - PhD calls
PhD starting date: September 1, 2026. All positions are fully funded for 3 years. You are welcome to apply for more than one project. Please let us know in your application, if you have applied for more projects.
Aarhus University is recruiting 4 Doctoral Candidates. Go to the application link
Oslo University is recruiting 3 Doctoral Candidates. Go to the application link
KU Leuven is recruiting 2 Doctoral Candidates. Go to the application link
Recruitment
HEALENAE offers an attractive salary, the opportunity of favourable pension benefits as well as funding for research, travel, conference participation and dissemination, books and equipment.
The HEALENAE project strives equal opportunity for diversity among the DCs. We encourage candidates from all continents, applicants with disabilities and minorities to apply.
Applicants:
- Eligible candidates must have an internationally recognised Master’s or an equivalent degree in anthropology or related social sciences and humanities disciplines. They must have received their Master’s degree or equivalent (120 ECTS). Please check the individual university rules for when this needs to be completed.
- Must not have a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment
- Must comply with the mobility rules: in general, they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their starting date (September 1st, 2026).
Application
Interested candidates should submit an application including the following documents:
- Motivation/cover letter (statement of motivation and research interests, max one A4 page of 2,400 characters including spaces)
- CV (including a complete list of education, positions, publications and other qualifying activities)
- Project description outlining: The overall project description (excl. list of project literature/bibliography/reference list and timetable) must not exceed 12,000 characters including spaces, tables, diagrams, footnotes, endnotes and illustrations (5 A4 pages of 2,400 characters each)
- Brief description of the topic (app. ½ page)
- 3-5 research questions or objectives with explanatory text (max 1 page)
- Discussion of background literature and theory (1-2 pages)
- Description and justification of sites and methods (1-2 pages)
- Ethical considerations relevant for the project and site (app ½ page)
- Project literature/reference list
- Timetable (at Aarhus University)
- Copies of educational certificates (Bachelor and Master’s degrees). The diplomas or diploma supplement/transcript of records must state: name of university, education (Bachelor or Master), duration (number of years, full-time), courses, marks and (if given) ECTS credits.
Useful links
- Information note for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows in Doctoral Networks
- MSCA Work Programme 2023-2025
Project 1: Metabolic impact: agricultural intensification and health transformations
Project 2: Climate change migration and care for the elderly.
Project 3: Toxic layering in a precarious world: environmental harms and well-being.
Project 4: Livestock and natural resource management: biodiversity and zoonotic diseases.
Project 5: Epidemics, disease and state formation in Africa.
Project 6: Climate crisis, youth migration, adaption and associated health outcomes.
Project 7: Toxicity: urban living in landscapes of extraction.
Project 8: Gendered cancer epidemics and questions about environments
Project 9: Infrastructures of toxic evidence and civic protection
Project 10: Biosecurity: food, health risks and animal disease.
Project 11: NonCommunicable Diseases, environments and questions of repair.
Project 12: Urban commons: environments, infrastructures, and health.
Project 13: Youth mental health and gambling epidemics in times of environmental crisis.
Project 14: Epidemics and natural disasters as ‘business’.
Project 15: The Frontiers of Vector Borne Disease: Expertise and Response in Africa and Europe.
