Fully Funded University of Amsterdam Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027: 3+ Open Programmes

PhD Candidate: Access, Actors and Accountability - Researchers in AI Governance - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

University of Amsterdam · Netherlands

The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a PhD candidate in access, actors and accountability, studying the role of researchers in AI governance. The project examines how knowledge produced by researchers enters AI governance processes, which actors gain access to regulatory arenas, and how accountability arrangements shape whose expertise counts when AI systems are governed.

PhD Position in Political Science: Militarization and Democratic Erosion in Latin America - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

University of Amsterdam · Netherlands

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) advertises a PhD position in political science on militarization and democratic erosion in Latin America. The project examines how the expanding role of armed forces in public life - from public security to infrastructure and emergency governance - interacts with the quality of democratic institutions across Latin American countries, combining comparative analysis, country cases and where relevant quantitative measures of militarization and democratic performance.

PhD Candidate: Systemic Actors and the Enforcement of Digital Rules - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

University of Amsterdam · Netherlands

The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a PhD candidate in systemic actors and the enforcement of digital rules. The project studies how the enforcement of European digital regulation, including the Digital Services Act and the GDPR, is organised across systemic actors such as platforms, regulators, civil society and auditors, and what makes enforcement effective and accountable.