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Two Open PhD Positions in Environmental Humanities – Exploring Biodiversity Narratives (80%)
04.02.2026
We invite applications for two interdisciplinary PhD positions in the environmental humanities at the intersection of literary and cultural studies, the social sciences, and biodiversity communication.
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PostDoc in "efficient firn and glacier modelling at regional scales"
14.01.2026
This 2-year postdoc position (potentially to be extended to three years including fieldwork in Central Asia) is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).…
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PostDoc in "Improving understanding & model representation of firn hydrology"
13.01.2026
This 3-year postdoc position is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project is a collaboration between University of Fribourg (Martina Barandun…
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PhD student in "Observation & model representation of past and current firn changes"
13.01.2026
This 4-year PhD position is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project is a collaboration between University of Fribourg (Martina Barandun and…
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Open position as a Teaching and Research Associate in Mineralogy-Petrology (80-100%)
23.07.2025
The Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg is seeking a lecturer and researcher in the field of mineralogy and petrology. Potential research fields include mineral resources, magmatic…
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3-year PhD position (100%) on the gendered history of science in Central Asia
21.05.2024
This PhD position is part of a Swiss National Science Foundation grant titled "Myths of equality: the gendered history of science in Central Asia, 1870s-1970s".
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Postdoc position for a research project in Tectonics
04.10.2022
The section of Earth Sciences at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland invites applications for one post-doctoral position in Tectonics.
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PhD or PostDoc position on the history of Soviet in Central Asia
27.09.2022
1-2 year open-rank position on the history of Soviet glaciology in Central Asia
at the Department of Geosciences, Geography Unit, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Lecturer Position in Human Geography (75%)
05.09.2022
The Geography Unit seeks to hire a lecturer (maître-assistant -e / Oberassistent -in) to complement the teaching and research group in Human Geography.
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