University of Basel

The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for two one-year start-up grants of CHF 32,000 (beginning April 1, 2026). The grant is designed to support promising junior researchers in developing a PhD project to apply for follow-up funding.The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies The international, interphilological Doctoral Program....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 33 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research community that has spawned many fundamental discoveries in biology and medicine as well as several Nobel Laureates. Become part of our community! The research group of....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 33 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research community that has spawned many fundamental discoveries in biology and medicine as well as several Nobel Laureates. Become part of our community! The research group of....

The Schmid group at the University of Basel invites applications of talented and ambitious candidates for a PhD student position in the field of single-molecule biophysics, for advancing our fluorescence-based DyeCycling/FRET technology to study biomolecular dynamics.Biomolecular dynamics, such as conformational changes, are the understudied link between biomolecular structure and function. Single-molecule FRET is an established....

100%, starting January 2026 (negotiable) Proteins must fold correctly to function, and this process is tightly regulated by a network of chaperone proteins. At the heart of this network is Hsp90, a molecular chaperone essential for the folding and maturation of at least 20% of all cellular proteins. Hsp90’s malfunction is implicated in cancer, neurodegenerative,....

The research group of Distributed Ledger Technology and Fintech (Prof. Fabian Schär) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position with a 60% appointment. Research GroupThe research group is dedicated to researching practical issues in the fields of Blockchain, Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts. We investigate....

The Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH) is offering two 1-year starter scholarships (Start date: 1 April 2025). The purpose of the scholarships is to support you during the starting phase of your doctorate. Within the first six months of your scholarship, you will prepare a compelling funding application, which you will submit to the....

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working lan-guages of the school are English and German. We are advertising three start-up scholarships (30’000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic year, beginning in April 2025.....

Space-time adaptive methods are essential for the efficient simulation of wave phenomena in the presence of complex geometry or material interfaces. Locally refined finite element meshes, however, hamper any explicit time-marching scheme as the global time-step will be dictated by a few tiny elements. By taking smaller steps in smaller and larger steps in larger....

The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for two one-year start-up grants of CHF 30,000 (beginning April 1, 2025). These grants are designed to support promising junior researchers in developing a PhD project to apply for follow-up funding. **The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies** The international, interphilological Doctoral....

The Department of Biomedicine is a joint effort between the University of Basel and the University Hospitals Basel. It unites basic and clinical scientists to advance our understanding of health and disease and to develop pioneering therapies benefiting the lives of patients in areas of unmet need. With more than 70 research groups and 800....

The PhD program of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel announces a one-year scholarship à CHF 30’000 (two tranches with evaluation) starting at the 01.04.2025. The grant is intended to support a young graduate during the starting phase of his/her PhD research project. It is expected that he/she will develop a....

Within a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) supported project, the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) of the University of Basel is searching for a PhD Student. The CEPS is directed by Prof. Dr. Georg von Schnurbein and the research project is affiliated to the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel, one....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University (https://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/) of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 32 groups and 500 employees,....

We are looking for a PhD student for a joint research project of the Quantum Sensing Lab at the University of Basel led by Prof. P. Maletinsky ( https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch (https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch) ) and Mesoscopic System Group at the ETH-PSI ( https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/ (https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/) ). The student will become a member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) PhD....

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated scientists to apply for the SNI PhD program in Nanoscience. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health concern. In recent decades, pan-resistant bacteria have emerged, rendering commonly available antibiotics ineffective. Consequently, many pivotal advancements in modern medicine are now under threat. As....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (https://nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung/phd-programm/) , we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics (https://schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/) group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing (https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch/en/) group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland.....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland. We look for....

The Department of History of the University of Basel offers a 60% postdoctoral position “History of Africa before 1800” to be filled as of February 1st, 2026.The Department of History consists of around 150 staff members and eight professors, who research and teach in a context across different time periods with diverse interdisciplinary collaborations and....

The research groups of Prof. I. Bogunovic and Prof. A. Lucchi at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel are inviting applications for a PhD position focused on the foundations and applications of reasoning in with large language models (LLMs). The successful candidate will investigate both theoretical aspects – such....

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology. Current environmental changes are causing major changes in the physical environment, which may in turn fundamentally alter the functioning of ecosystems. Alpine and arctic....

100%, starting by agreement The Basel Quantum Sensing group at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, is offering a fully funded PhD position in the field of quantum sensing and scanning probe microscopy. Our research focuses on using single electron spins in diamond as sensors to explore magnetic phenomena at the nanoscale.This doctoral project will....

The Schmid group at the University of Basel invites applications of talented and ambitious candidates for a PhD student position in the field of single-molecule biophysics, with a focus on protein trapping and analysis using state-of-the-art nanopore experiments. About the ProjectOur group has pioneered the development of the Nanopore Electro-Osmotic Trap (NEOtrap), a groundbreaking technique....

The Schmid group at the University of Basel invites applications of talented and ambitious candidates for a PhD student position in the field of single-molecule biophysics, for advancing our fluorescence-based DyeCycling/FRET technology to study biomolecular dynamics.Biomolecular dynamics, such as conformational changes, are the understudied link between biomolecular structure and function. Single-molecule FRET is an established....

Die Pharmazeutische Betreuung (Pharmaceutical Care) hat zum Ziel, Sicherheit und Nutzen von Arzneimitteln im individuellen Patientenfall zu gewährleisten. Die Pharmaceutical Care Research Group (PCRG) beschäftigt sich mit Fragen zur pharmazeutischen Betreuung mit einem Fokus auf die personalisierte Pharmakotherapie und die interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit. Wir nutzen ein breites Spektrum von Methoden der Versorgungs- und Implementierungsforschung mit dem....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. It consists of 32 groups and 500 employees that research how molecules and cells create life, spanning the scale from atom to organism. Founded in 1971, the Biozentrum has been the birthplace of many fundamental discoveries in....

The Quantum Sensing Lab at the University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position to develop and apply a “Quantum optical twist and scan microscope” – an entirely novel scanning probe instrument for nanoscale studies of emergent properties of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials.Stacking and twisting atomically thin materials offers unprecedented control over their nanoscale....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. Its fundamental research embraces a wide range of topics such as biochemistry, biophysics, physics of living systems, structural biology, microbiology, infection biology and immunology, cell and developmental biology, neurobiology, genetics as well as computational and systems biology.....

100%, starting January 2026 (negotiable) Proteins must fold correctly to function, and this process is tightly regulated by a network of chaperone proteins. At the heart of this network is Hsp90, a molecular chaperone essential for the folding and maturation of at least 20% of all cellular proteins. Hsp90’s malfunction is implicated in cancer, neurodegenerative,....

In response to the worldwide acceleration of social change, the University of Basel, Switzerland’s oldest university, founded the Forum Basiliense, a research center and platform for interdisciplinary dialogue. Now we are putting out our third call for applications for fellowships in Basel. In 2026, the intellectual focus for the groups of international fellows and guests....

eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel The center invites applications from outstanding junior and senior researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for three one-year NOMIS Fellowships beginning September 1, 2026. Since 2005, eikones has served as a center for graduate and postgraduate research....

The University of Basel’s Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science (IPAS) and the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Zurich are inviting applications for a PhD position in archaeozoology/isotope analysis. IPAS is part of the Department of Environmental Sciences (DUW) and is a unique collaboration between the humanities and the natural sciences, taking an interdisciplinary....

The Geoecology research group at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel (Switzerland) is looking for a PhD student candidate that will explore innovative research questions in chironomid palaeoecology within a four-year PhD project. Chironomid midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) are aquatic insects that are excellent palaeoenvironmental indicators, and fossil chironomid remains have been used to reconstruct....

The University of Basel has an international reputation of outstanding achievements in research and teaching. Founded in 1460, it is the oldest university in Switzerland and has a history of success going back more than 550 years.The successful applicant will work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (Prof. Dr. Maria Katapodi) and collaborate with members....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 33 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research community that has spawned many fundamental discoveries in biology and medicine as well as several Nobel Laureates. Become part of our community!The research group of Prof.....

The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for a one-year start-up grant of CHF 30,000 (beginning October 1, 2025). The grant is designed to support promising junior researchers in developing a PhD project to apply for follow-up funding. **The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies** The international, interphilological Doctoral....

The research group of Finance and Financial Economics (Prof. Angelo Ranaldo) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel invites applications for a predoctoral position, with the employment level ranging from 50% to 70%. **Start date** : September 1, 2025 (or by agreement), for a duration of one year (flexible). You....

The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel invites applications for a **PhD position** in the field of **organic geochemistry and soil microbiology** ( https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-groups/organic-geochemistry/ (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-groups/organic-geochemistry/) ). The researcher will be part of a project developing and applying hydrogen isotope ratios of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) as indicators of soil microbial metabolism, and integrating this....

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading life sciences institutes in the world. Its fundamental research embraces a wide range of topics such as biochemistry, biophysics, physics of living systems, structural biology, microbiology, infection biology and immunology, cell and developmental biology, neurobiology, genetics as well as computational and systems biology.....

The Molecular Pharmacy group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is focused on early stages of drug discovery, including target identification and validation, the design, screening, characterization and optimization of molecules with drug-like properties, and the development of novel therapeutic concepts. The group follows a highly integrated and multidisciplinary approach, including drug design, compound synthesis and characterization, protein engineering, target preparation, assay development, and interaction analyses. A....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. The Center of Digital Lives researches the everyday digital life from a psychological perspective and....

The chair of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bucchi, at the Italianistics Division of the Linguistics and Literature Department of the University of Basel opens a position for a PhD candidate to be integrated in the team of the Italian Literature section as a scientific assistant (60%), starting on 1 September 2025. The position is aimed at....

The research group “Magnetic Resonance Physics and Methodology” at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel is looking for a PhD candidate. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), developed in the early 1970s, offers exceptional soft tissue sensitivity and has powered the astounding progress of medicine over the past fifty years. And it continues....

In the fields of History, Art History, Ancient History, Egyptology, English, German Literature, Latin Studies, Media Studies, Musicology, Philosophy. **Application Due Date: April 27, 2025** The **eikones Graduate School** at the Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel invites applications for two positions for doctoral study on the....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 32 groups and 500 employees, we....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. The new Center of Digital Lives researches the everyday digital life from a psychological perspective....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel (https://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/) is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 31 groups and 500 employees,....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel (https://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/) is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 31 groups and 500 employees,....

The Molecular Pharmacy group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is focused on early stages of drug discovery, including target identification and validation, the design, screening, characterization and optimization of molecules with drug-like properties, and the development of novel therapeutic concepts. The group follows a highly integrated and multidisciplinary approach, including drug design, compound synthesis and characterization, protein engineering, target preparation, assay development, and interaction analyses. A....

The Seminar for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Basel is offering up to four fully-funded one-year postdoctoral positions in the framework of the collective research group Futures Interrupted: social pluralism and political projects beyond coloniality and the nation-state. The  postdoctoral positions offer an opportunity to researchers eager to engage with the....

The Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Basel is looking for a research assistant (with a doctorate) as of 1st September 2025 or earlier/later by arrangement. The Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary institution at the University of Basel. Its task is to coordinate and promote research, teaching and infrastructure for questions of technological and....

The newly-established “Quantum Opto-Electronics” research group of Prof. Tomasz Smoleński at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland ( https://smolenski-lab.com (https://smolenski-lab.com) ), is looking for a highly-motivated and self-driven Postdoctoral Researcher. The group will utilize low-temperature magneto-optical and quantum-optical spectroscopy to investigate strongly correlated electronic, excitonic, and spin phenomena in newly-engineered, tunable, low-dimensional quantum....

The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”. The research group investigates how ecological shifts create landscapes that are rhetorically or effectively becoming uninhabitable (“Derelict Landscapes”) and at....

The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for a one-year start-up grant of CHF 30,000 (beginning October 1, 2025). The grant is designed to support promising junior researchers in developing a PhD project to apply for follow-up funding. **The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies** The international, interphilological Doctoral....

**PhD position at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Basel on the topic of ‘Promptology/Prompting with AI models’** **Research project ‘Assisted Thinking. A Deep History of Scholarly AI’** **Description** The Department of Media Studies at the University of Basel (Chair of Media History and Media Theory, Prof. Dr Markus Krajewski) is seeking....

The newly-established “Quantum Opto-Electronics” research group of Prof. Tomasz Smoleński at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland ( https://smolenski-lab.com (https://smolenski-lab.com) ), is looking for a highly-motivated and self-driven PhD candidate. The group will utilize low-temperature magneto-optical and quantum-optical spectroscopy to investigate strongly correlated electronic, excitonic, and spin phenomena in newly-engineered, tunable, low-dimensional quantum....

The Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH) is offering two 1-year starter scholarships (Start date: 1 October 2025). The purpose of the scholarships is to support you during the starting phase of your doctorate. Within the first six months of your scholarship, you will prepare a compelling funding application, which you will submit to the....

The PhD program of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel announces a one-year scholarship à CHF 30’000 (two tranches with evaluation) starting at the 01.10.2025. The grant is intended to support a young graduate during the starting phase of his/her PhD research project. It is expected that he/she will develop a....

The Department of Biomedicine and Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland, invite qualified candidates to apply for a position as PhD in Chemistry / Chemical Biology / Medicinal Chemistry with a relation to cancer research and immunobiology. The candidate will join our multi-disciplinary teams and focus on the development of novel modalities to target....

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working languages of the school are English and German. We are advertising three start-up scholarships (30’000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic semester, beginning in October 2025.....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 32 groups, high-end core facilities and....

The Sustainability Research Group at the University of Basel, led by Prof. Dr. Janina Grabs, is looking for one postdoctoral researcher to investigate the governance of sustainable agri-food systems, with a particular focus on the implementation of mandatory sustainability legislation in tropical agri-food commodity chains, in the framework of the SNF-funded Starting Grant Project EXPECT-AGRI.....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established department of Forensic Psychology (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/de/fakultaet/abteilungen/forensische-psychologie/) , we work on the application....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established research group “Statistics & Data Science” ( https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/ (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/) ), we....

The ‘Laboratory of Regulatory Evolution’ (Tschopp Lab) at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, is welcoming applications for a fully funded postdoctoral position ( https://evolution.unibas.ch/tschopp/index.htm (https://evolution.unibas.ch/tschopp/index.htm) ). The goal of this Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project is to investigate the gene regulatory logic of convergent cell fate specification in different parts of....

The Department of Ancient Civilizations is home to all disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences concerned with the ancient world (archaeology, history, literature). **The Department invites** applications for a postdoctoral research position in **Latin and Greek Literature** in the framework of the SNSF-funded research project **CITE: Citation, Indirect Transmission, Exegesis. Modes of....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established department of Forensic Psychology (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/de/fakultaet/abteilungen/forensische-psychologie/) , we work on the application....

The Department of Ancient Civilizations is home to all disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences concerned with the ancient world (archaeology, history, literature). **The Department invites** applications for 2 Doctoral research positions in **Latin and Greek Literature** in the framework of the SNSF-funded research project **CITE: Citation, Indirect Transmission, Exegesis. Modes of Reading....

Applications are invited for a PhD position in the automated mapping of soil erosion of grassland soils at the research group Environmental Geosciences of University of Basel with interest in soil erosion processes as well as remote sensing and machine learning techniques. At the Department of Environmental Sciences within the research group Environmental Geosciences we....

The ‘Laboratory of Regulatory Evolution’ (Tschopp Lab) at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, is welcoming applications for a fully funded PhD student position ( https://evolution.unibas.ch/tschopp/index.htm (https://evolution.unibas.ch/tschopp/index.htm) ). The goal of this Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project is to study the molecular and tissue-scale dynamics during the embryonic formation of the vertebrate....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established research group “Statistics & Data Science” ( https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/ (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/) ), we....

We are looking for a PhD student for a joint research project of the Quantum Sensing Lab at the University of Basel led by Prof. P. Maletinsky ( https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch (https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch) ) and Mesoscopic System Group at the ETH-PSI ( https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/ (https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/) ). The student will become a member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) PhD....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland. We look for....

The Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Basel is looking for a research assistant (with a Master’s or PhD) as of 1st February 2025 or by arrangement. The Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary institution at the University of Basel. Its task is to coordinate and promote research, teaching and infrastructure for questions of technological....

The Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Basel is looking for a research assistant (with a Master’s or PhD) as of 1st February 2025 or by arrangement. The Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary institution at the University of Basel. Its task is to coordinate and promote research, teaching and infrastructure for questions of technological....

**Project:** The **Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB)** at the University of Basel ( http://ibmb.unibas.ch/ (http://ibmb.unibas.ch/) ), is dedicated to research and teaching of biomedical ethics at the Medical and Science Faculties. We are currently looking for a dynamic and independent graduate student (Master’s degree) or physician who is interested in carrying out their PhD work....

**Project:** The **Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB)** at the University of Basel ( http://ibmb.unibas.ch/ (http://ibmb.unibas.ch/) ), is dedicated to research and teaching of biomedical ethics at the Medical and Science Faculties. We are currently looking for a dynamic and independent graduate student (Master’s degree) or physician who is interested in carrying out their PhD work....

The Sustainability Research Group at the University of Basel, led by Prof. Dr. Janina Grabs, is looking for two PhD researchers to investigate the governance of sustainable agri-food systems, with a particular focus on the implementation of mandatory sustainability legislation in tropical agri-food commodity chains, in the framework of the SNF-funded Starting Grant Project EXPECT-AGRI.....

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated scientists to apply for the SNI PhD programme in Nanoscience and to join the exciting joint project between the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute. Photosynthesis is a critical process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and transforms....

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working lan-guages of the school are English and German. We are advertising three start-up scholarships (30’000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic year, beginning in April 2025.....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established research group “Statistics & Data Science” ( https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/ (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/) ), we....

The Department of Ancient Civilizations is home to all disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences concerned with the ancient world (archaeology, history, literature). **The Department invites** applications for a postdoctoral research position in **Latin and Greek Literature** in the framework of the SNSF/AHRC-funded research project **CITE: Citation, Indirect Transmission, Exegesis. Modes of....

The Department of Biomedicine is a joint effort between the University of Basel and the University Hospitals Basel. It unites basic and clinical scientists to advance our understanding of health and disease and to develop pioneering therapies benefiting the lives of patients in areas of unmet need. With more than 70 research groups and 800....

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated scientists to apply for the SNI PhD programme in Nanoscience and to join the exciting joint project between the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute. Photosynthesis is a critical process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and transforms....

The University of Basel has an international reputation of outstanding achievements in research and teaching. Founded in 1460, it is the oldest university in Switzerland and has a history of success going back more than 550 years. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (Prof. Dr. Maria Katapodi) and collaborate with....

The chair of Lorenza Mondada, at the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel, opens three positions for PhD candidates to be integrated as scientific assistants (100%) in a research project sponsored by the SNF. The positions start at the beginning of 2025 (1.4.2025 at latest) and are for 4 years. Rooted....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland. We look for....

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 33 groups and 500 employees, we....

The Department of Biomedicine is a joint effort between the University of Basel and the University Hospitals Basel. It unites basic and clinical scientists to advance our understanding of health and disease and to develop pioneering therapies benefiting the lives of patients in areas of unmet need. With more than 70 research groups and 800....

The Department of Ancient Civilizations is home to all disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences concerned with the ancient world (archaeology, history, literature). **The Department invites** applications for a postdoctoral research position in **Latin and Greek Literature** in the framework of the SNSF/AHRC-funded research project **CITE: Citation, Indirect Transmission, Exegesis. Modes of....

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and internationally in our research and study programs. In the newly established research group “Statistics & Data Science” ( https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/ (https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/) ), we....

The research group of Public Economics (Prof. Beat Hintermann) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel invites applications for a PostDoc position. Start date: May 2025 (or by agreement) – You will be part of a dynamic research team that carries out empirical work in the area of public and....

The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (100% FTE) for the project **Aspirational Urbanism and the Recodification of Defiance (ASPIRA)** The function of a blank sheet of A4 paper in a context of censorship reflects the need to recognize new forms of defiance. As speech is being monitored through different technologies....

The Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel is home to over 70 different research groups and offers an internationally stimulating, dynamic and friendly atmosphere in an attractive, culturally rich city in the heart of Europe. Be part of our future! The Dixon Lab at University of Basel is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral....

PhD and postdoc positions are available in the group of Prof. Stefan Willitsch, University of Basel, Switzerland. The successful candidate will participate in ongoing experiments and new developments to study interactions, collisions and chemical reactions between cold and controlled molecules in the gas phase. For further information, please refer to the website of the research....

The Institute of Art History (in the Department of Arts, Media, Philosophy) at the University of Basel is seeking to fill the position of Assistant (Post-Doc, 100%) for the Professorship of Early Modern Art (Prof. Dr. Aaron Hyman) as of February 1, 2025. In addition to work on a book project / habilitation thesis at....

The Atmospheric Sciences research group ( https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-groups/atmospheric-sciences/ (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-groups/atmospheric-sciences/) ) is an international working group at the Department of Environmental sciences of the University of Basel. Our group operates urban micrometeorological towers in Basel since 1992, studying surface energy and CO2 fluxes. Our research involves the combined use of in-situ observations (i.e. eddy covariance, radiation balance,....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (https://nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung/phd-programm/) , we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics (https://schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/) group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing (https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch/en/) group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland.....

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working lan-guages of the school are English and German. We are advertising three start-up scholarships (30’000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic year, beginning in April 2025.....

The Cartilage Engineering group (CARE, Prof. Andrea Barbero) at the Department of Biomedicine, together with the Medical Advanced Manufacturing Research Group (Swiss MAM, Team Biofabrication, Dr. Valentina Basoli) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, is seeking a PhD candidate for a project focused on bioprinting of cartilage and osteochondral graft for the....

The Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH) is offering two 1-year starter scholarships (Start date: 1 April 2025). The purpose of the scholarships is to support you during the starting phase of your doctorate. Within the first six months of your scholarship, you will prepare a compelling funding application, which you will submit to the....

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated scientists to apply for the SNI PhD programme in Nanoscience and to join the exciting joint project between the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute. Photosynthesis is a critical process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and transforms....

Our primary research focuses on understanding the processes governing drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination (ADME). A key area of interest is drug transporters and their impact on interindividual differences in drug response. – You will learn and apply molecular biological and biochemical methods (Real-Time PCR, Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence, Western Blot analysis). – You will work....

The Yao Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the cutting-edge field of Artificial Photosynthesis, supported by the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI). This interdisciplinary project aims to explore artificial photosynthesis at sub-zero temperatures within cryo-protective lipidic mesophase nanoconfinement. The PhD candidate will be....

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated scientists to apply for the SNI PhD program in Nanoscience.Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health concern. In recent decades, pan-resistant bacteria have emerged, rendering commonly available antibiotics ineffective. Consequently, many pivotal advancements in modern medicine are now under threat. As the....

**Position Overview/Introduction:** The Dixon Lab at University of Basel is seeking a highly motivated Ph.D. student to study neuro-immune interactions in cancer. The role of intra-tumoral neurons is complex and still not fully understood. While some studies suggest they play a critical role in tumor progression and metastasis, others report that they may contribute to....

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland. We look for....

We are looking for a PhD student for a joint research project of the Quantum Sensing Lab at the University of Basel led by Prof. P. Maletinsky ( https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch (https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch) ) and Mesoscopic System Group at the ETH-PSI ( https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/ (https://mesosys.mat.ethz.ch/) ). The student will become a member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) PhD....

The PhD program of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel announces a one-year scholarship à CHF 30’000 (two tranches with evaluation) starting at the 01.04.2025. The grant is intended to support a young graduate during the starting phase of his/her PhD research project. It is expected that he/she will develop a....

PhD and postdoc positions are available in the group of Prof. Stefan Willitsch, University of Basel, Switzerland. The successful candidate will participate in ongoing experiments and new developments to study interactions, collisions and chemical reactions between cold and controlled molecules in the gas phase. For further information, please refer to the website of the research....

A PhD position is available in the group of Prof. Stefan Willitsch at the University of Basel (Switzerland) on the development of quantum technologies for single trapped molecular ions and their application in precision spectroscopy. Project description In recent years, impressive advances in the quantum control of ultracold atoms and atomic ions have been achieved which enabled....

The research group in Political Economics (Prof. Alois Stutzer) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position. Our group explores and teaches how to deal with economic and social issues based on a constitutional economic understanding of political economy. In doing so, we provide new....