The Collaborative Research Centre TRR 228 Future Rural Africa: future-making and social-ecoligical transformation has been approved for a third project phase (2026-2029). As part of this next phase, the project will be opening several new positions for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers at the University of Cologne and the University of Bonn.
Application deadline: 18 January 2026.
Currently open positions:
- Doctoral Reseracher in Social and Cultural Anthropology (f/m/x) in project A04
- PhD-position at the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (f/m/x) in project B01
- PhD-position in Economic and Agricultural Policy (f/m/x) in project B01
- PhD-position in Sociology (f/m/x) in project B05
- Doctoral Researcher in Social and Cultural Anthropology (f/m/x) in project C02
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Social and Cultural Anthropology (f/m/x) in project C02
- Two Phd-positions in Economic Geography (f/m/x) in project C02
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic Geography (f/m/x) in project C02
- Two PhD-positions in Development Geography (f/m/x) in project C03
- Two Doctoral Reseracher positions in Agricultural Economics (f/m/x) in project C08
Posted on 17 December, 2025. Last modified on January 6, 2026