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📍University of Jyväskylä, Finland

The Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body & Brain plans to recruit 6–9 postdoctoral researchers and 4–7 PhD students for 2027–2029. Projects span music and emotion, entrainment, social interaction, wellbeing, music therapy, computational modelling, psychometrics, and statistical analysis.

📅 Call expected: Aug–Sep 2026

https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/centres-of-excellence/mmbb

#MusicCognition #MusicResearch #MusicTherapy #ComputationalMusicology

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PhD – #ERC CoG "Before the Image"

📍University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Funded PhD within an ERC project exploring how images documenting violence are interpreted and verified. Research includes ethnographic fieldwork on open-source investigation training, visual literacy, memory, truth, and image verification practices.

Deadline: 27/05/2026

https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=161129

#VisualAnthropology #Anthropology #DigitalHumanities #Ethnography #VisualCulture #HumanRights

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PhD in Music Information Retrieval for Irish Traditional Music

📍Maynooth University, Ireland

Fully funded PhD in MIR, audio signal processing, machine learning, and computational analysis of Irish Traditional Music. Open to applicants from Computer Science, Music Technology, Audio Processing, #AI/ML and related fields.

Deadline: 29/05/2026

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/sites/default/files/assets/document/MU%20Doctoral%20Scholarship%20Dept%20of%20Computer%20Science%20BF.pdf

#MIR #MusicTechnology #MachineLearning #IrishMusic #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

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PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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PhD Position – Romani Family in an Age of War (ERC-CoG RAW)
Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague / Brno)

Fully funded 4-year PhD within a vibrant, supportive research environment at the Institute of Ethnology (CAS), embedded in the ERC project Romani Family in an Age of War, led by my amazing CAS colleague Martin Fotta.

Deadline: 27/02/2026

https://www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Romani-Family-in-an-Age-of-War/

#Anthropology #Ethnography #RomaniStudies #Migration #ERC

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PhD Studentships in Music – The Open University

Two funding schemes for candidates starting PhD study on 1 October 2026:
• AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award (full studentship)
• Music Department Fees-only Studentship

📅 Deadlines:
13/02/2026 (AHRC)
31/03/2026 (Fees-only)

https://fass.open.ac.uk/music/research-degree/phd-studentships

#PhDResearch #MusicResearch #Musicology #Ethnomusicology

Just posting again, but I've got two PhD positions on offer through the CROCUS-DLA at the University of Reading. One on the phylogenetics and evolution of dragonflies with Dr Jamie Thompson, and another on the evolution of gastropods (Polystira) in response to changing climate with Prof Chris Venditti and Dr Jon Todd (NHM UK).

https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/cr2026_43_evolutionary/

https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/cr2026_28_ocean/

#PhD #phdStudentship #science #zoology #evolution #evolutionaryBiology #phylogenetics #palaeontology

Cool funded PhD position on Investigating the structural optimisation of bone through computational biomechanical modelling

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/investigating-the-structural-optimisation-of-bone-through-computational-biomechanical-modelling/?p190403

#PhD #phdStudentship #science #zoology #biomechanics