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PhD Position 'Why Are the Super-Rich So Tax-Averse?'
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 26 Oct 2026
Our NWO-funded project, led by prof. Marlies Glasius, has two vacancies for PhD candidates.
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PhD jobs in Social Sciences · Netherlands
Browse 5 verified phd openings in Social Sciences in Netherlands, linked to official institutional pages.
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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation (Peru)
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 2 Nov 2026The PhD study is part of a larger project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant: “Aquiverse: a collaborative study of groundwater care to re-think, improve and support its governance”. The project aspires to learn from what irrigators and other water users do to protect and share the aquifers that they depend on for their livelihoods. Acknowledging how the over-exploitation of aquifers is linked to neo-liberal processes of agricultural intensification, the project is interested in exploring whether such caring practices can form part of a politics of transformation.
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PhD Position: Groundwater Care and the Politics of Transformation (India)
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 2 Nov 2026The PhD study is part of a larger project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant: “Aquiverse: a collaborative study of groundwater care to re-think, improve and support its governance”. The project aspires to learn from what irrigators and other water users do to protect and share the aquifers that they depend on for their livelihoods. Acknowledging how the over-exploitation of aquifers is linked to neo-liberal processes of agricultural intensification, the project is interested in exploring whether such caring practices can form part of a politics of transformation.
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PhD Position in Political Science: Militarization and Democratic Erosion in Latin America
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 6 Nov 2026Democracies are commonly seen as able to channel contestation through institutionalized processes and nonviolent action. Yet, democratic polities frequently experience a broad range of political violence — from riots and organized electoral intimidation to extremist mobilization and criminal violence — and violence can test and, at times, erode democratic norms and institutions. Moreover, democracies themselves may respond to perceived threats with measures (e.g., militarized policing, emergency legislation, selective repression) that threaten to undermine core features of liberal democracy su
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PhD Position in Political Science
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 11 Nov 2026Democracies are commonly seen as able to channel contestation through institutionalized processes and nonviolent action. Yet, democratic polities frequently experience a broad range of political violence — from riots and organized electoral intimidation to extremist mobilization and criminal violence — and violence can test and, at times, erode democratic norms and institutions. Moreover, democracies themselves may respond to perceived threats with measures (e.g., militarized policing, emergency legislation, selective repression) that threaten to undermine core features of liberal democracy su
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