Dear all,
We are recruiting for 3 new PhD positions at the University of Oslo in social anthropology. Here is the link to the advert: PhD Research fellows in Anthropology of health and environment in Africa and Europe (292002) | University of Oslo<https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/292002/phd-research-fellows-in-anthropology-of-health-and-enviroment-in-africa-and-europe>
Deadline for applications: 1 Mar 2026 – 23:00 (Europe/Oslo)
The PhD candidates will work within the collaborative EU funded doctoral training network HEALENAE: Health and Environment in Africa and Europe. More information about the network and positions can be found here<https://healenae.eu/>. The posts are part of a 15-people PhD cohort across the universities of Århus, Leuven, Nairobi, Cape Town, Makerere, Oslo and Edinburgh – each PhD position being affiliated to 2 of these universities.
The 3 PhD positions we advertise are fully-funded dual PhD fellowships in social anthropology between the University of Oslo and Makerere University (2 positions) and the University of Cape Town (1 position).
The candidates will conduct fieldwork in Africa and/or Europe, participate in annual training schools and writing retreats, and complete a stay with the secondary university (in the case of the positions advertised here: at Makerere University, Uganda or University of Cape Town, South Africa).
See this link, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/398054
Potential candidates are very welcome to reach out to us to discuss possible topics.
Ruth Prince and Wenzel Geissler
Ruth J. Prince,
Professor of Medical Anthropology, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo