Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for PhD positions? University of Bern, Switzerland inviting online application for funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions.
Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. PhD Position in Management and Entrepreneurship
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bern is a dedicated research and teaching department in the areas of strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation. The interface between science and business/practice. Our activities with further training offers, projects and events are part of the Bern Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. We actively work with various public and private partners. A full-time position as a doctoral student / research assistant is to be filled.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
2. PhD Position in Experimental Space Research
Summary of PhD Program:
The Space Research and Planetology Division of the University of Bern (WP, www.space.unibe.ch) is seeking a PhD student to join its Space Science Group. The division participates in a large range of international space missions covering many planetary objects of the solar system. The open PhD position is for the ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. We are participating in the JUICE mission with a neutral gas and ion mass spectrometer (NIM) that is part of the particle environment package (PEP) experiment. NIM will measure the chemical composition of the atmospheres of Jupiter’s icy moons: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
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3. PhD Position in business informatics
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Institute for Business Informatics, Department of Information Engineering (Prof. Jens Dibbern) of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Bern, a doctoral position is to be filled by January 2023 or by agreement. The Information Engineering department deals with the management, design and use of IT systems and digital innovations. This includes the following topics, for example: IT sourcing and IT project management, digital platforms and ecosystems, AI and data-driven organizations and digital transformation processes, blockchain-based services and business models.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
4. PhD Position in Psychology or Neuroscience
Summary of PhD Program:
We are a place of many opportunities for (a)all committed professionals. Knowledge, skills and ideas count. Origin, age and gender do not. That’s what we stand for and that (a) in our job advertisements. We look forward to you. The working group of PD Dr. Jessica Peter researches how memory processes change with age and which interventions are suitable to counteract memory loss. The research group uses modern and innovative methods of cognitive neuroscience (e.g. imaging). In the current project, mental strategies are used in a group setting to influence brain activity in older people with mild memory problems. Structural and functional imaging data will be collected before and after the strategies are applied in order to study the impact of the strategy application.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
5. PhD Position in meteorite research: Potassium isotopes in iron meteorites
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to study whether or not the galactic cosmic ray particle flux in the solar system was constant over timescales of hundreds of million years. Large variations might influence Earth climate and are therefore very relevant. The objects to study are iron meteorites and we therefore recently installed a system for the extraction of potassium from iron meteorites. During sample melting, the very small amounts of potassium (pg – ng) are extracted and collected onto filaments using strong electric fields. Later, the filaments are transferred to a Thermal Ionization Spectrometer (TIMS) and the potassium isotope ratios are measured. We are currently the only laboratory word-wide able to perform such studies.
Last Application Date: 30. October 2022
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6. PhD Position in Cognitive Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is part of the SNSF project “Digital Biomarkers of Social Anxiety in Technology-Mediated Social Encounters” (project manager: Dr. Marius Rubo). The aim of the project is to study social behavior (eye, head, body movements, verbal communication) and physiological responses (pupil responses, HRV) in situations where people interact with each other in real time via computers, and here in particular markers of social anxiety to identify. One focus is on interactions in virtual reality (social VR). Rich data should be collected in a realistic social context. In addition, knowledge should be gained that will prepare for the later development of application-related social VR environments (e.g. in therapeutic contexts).
Last Application Date: October 10, 2022
7. PhD Position in finance
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Institute for Financial Management (IFM) of the University of Bern, a position with the qualification goal doctorate is to be filled by October 1, 2022 or by agreement. The Institute for Financial Management (IFM) is responsible for teaching financial topics as part of the bachelor’s and master’s degree courses at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Bern. The institute’s employees also make an active contribution to academic research in the areas of corporate finance, corporate governance, asset pricing and sustainable finance.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
8. PhD Position in Economic, Social and Environmental History
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Department of Economic, Social and Environmental History, Historical Institute of the University of Bern, as of January 1, 2023 or by appointment, as part of the already approved SNSF Ambizione project “Reservoirs and resettlement policy in the Alpine region after 1918 – between participation and exclusion of peripheral societies “ 1 doctoral position (75%) to be filled.
Last Application Date: 24.10.2022
9. PhD Position in psychology / neuroscience
Summary of PhD Program:
Are you interested in neuroscientific issues? Would you like to contribute to the development of non-pharmacological therapies for cognitive decline in old age? We are looking for a PhD student for a project entitled “Reducing hippocampal hyperactivity in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment”. The working group of PD Dr. Jessica Peter (University Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy) researches how memory processes change in old age and which interventions are suitable to counteract memory loss. The research group uses modern and innovative methods of cognitive neuroscience (e.g. 7T imaging, non-invasive brain stimulation). In the current project, mental strategies are used in a group setting to influence brain activity in older people with mild memory problems.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
10. PhD Position in Acquired drug resistance in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Summary of PhD Program:
Our group has an open PhD position for a project focusing on acquired drug resistance in PanNET. The offered project will investigate the transcriptional and metabolic changes associated with ADR in human patients, 2D and 3D PanNET models, identify anti-ADR targets and preclinically assess their therapeutic potential in delaying ADR. The research will use PanNET cell lines and organoids and apply molecular and phenotypic profiling methods such as RNAseq and high content imaging, respectively. The project has a strong emphasis on multidimensional data-driven discovery and multivariate analysis and is supported by an experienced team of bioinformaticians, biologists, clinicians and state-of-the-art instrumentation.
Last Application Date: December 2022
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11. PhD Position in operations research
Summary of PhD Program:
The professorship for quantitative methods in business administration represents the areas of operations research, data analysis, project management and big data in research and teaching at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Bern. As of February 1, 2023 or by agreement, we will be filling a doctoral and assistant position. The aim of the research is the development of quantitative models and methods of combinatorial optimization for resource-constrained project planning and for other applications in business administration.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
12. PhD Position in Environmental Economic History
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Economics at the University of Bern seeks to fill the position of a PhD Student in Environmental Economic History. The focus of the position is research in environmental economic history, broadly defined as the quantitative treatment of the intersection between the environment and economic history. The position requires a master’s degree in economics, history, or climate science. Some training in economics and strong quantitative skills would strengthen your application, while proficiency in written and spoken English is a prerequisite. The successful applicant may register either for a PhD in Economics, a PhD in Economics with a Minor in Climate Science, or a PhD in Climate Science.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
13. PhD Position in history
Summary of PhD Program:
The Historical Institute of the University of Bern advertises a total of up to four start-up funding for doctoral projects or early postdoc or habilitation projects that are just beginning (75% doctoral or 80% early postdoc position). The appointment serves to prepare a research application that is to be submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation or another research institution. The purpose is a later doctorate at the University of Bern. Your regular presence in Bern is expected; enrollment at the University of Bern is a prerequisite for employment.
Last Application Date: October 2nd, 2022
14. PhD Position in cell and structural biology
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD candidate to work in the Kukulski group towards understanding the mechanisms of lipid transfer between organelles. The vast diversity of cellular lipids makes up membranes that surround organelles, delimit the cell, act as signaling molecules and provide numerous other cellular functions. Lipids are also major constituents of cell metabolism and important means of energy storage. The mechanisms of distributing lipids within the cell according to the organisms’ needs are therefore a key element of cell physiology. Towards revealing such mechanisms, his project will involve mammalian cell culture, biochemistry, live fluorescence microscopy, correlative microscopy, and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET).
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
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15. PhD Position in structural and computational biology
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a talented young researcher to work on an interdisciplinary project involving cryo electron tomography (cryo-ET), deep learning, and protein modeling. In the past decade, cryo-ET has revolutionized the study of biological machinery, allowing the direct visualization of macromolecular assemblies in their near-native state, inside cells. Cryo-ET offers exciting new opportunities for structural studies in situ and allows obtaining insights into the organization and structure of protein complexes that are fragile, transient, or form non-discrete assemblies. However, the computational tools to identify and characterize such structures in cryo-ET data sets have only started emerging.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
16. PhD Position in Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
We are a place of many opportunities for (a)ll committed professionals. Knowledge, skills and ideas count. Origin, age and gender do not. That’s what we stand for and that (a) in our job advertisements. We look forward to you. As part of the expansion of the working group with a focus on risky behavior and self-harm as well as personality disorders in adolescence, we are looking for a doctoral student for each of the following research projects: MERIT: The investigation of treatment courses, early markers of nonresponse and the effectiveness of regular feedback to therapists in inpatient adolescent psychiatric treatment. SmartVoices: Review of the effectiveness of a smartphone-based cognitive-behavioural therapeutic intervention for young people with verbal-acoustic hallucinations. SPICY: Transdiagnostic investigation of the relationship between smartphone use and irritability in children in inpatient psychiatric treatment.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
17. PhD Position in Combined Veterinary Residency
Summary of PhD Program:
In the scope of this residency/PhD training position, the successful candidate will focus on the training in morphological pathology of farm, companion, zoo and laboratory animals during the first 2 years. After this time, he/she will join one of our research groups. During this 3-4 years period the candidate will focus on biomedical research in one of the research groups at our institute and finalize a PhD project under the premises of the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bern (www.gcb.unibe.ch). The combined program will then be completed by a brief period within our diagnostic unit and intensive preparation for the board examination of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP).
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
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18. PhD Position in Organs-on-Chip
Summary of PhD Program:
The Organs-on-Chip Technologies (OOC) Lab at the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research of the University of Bern focuses on the development of advanced in-vitro models (organs-on-chip) by combining engineering, microfluidics, microtechnologies and cell biology. We currently have an open position for a PhD Student in Organs-on-Chip development of a pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-on-chip model. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare cardiopulmonary disease with a poor prognosis and few therapeutic options. Current PAH drugs can slow down, but not reverse disease progression, which is driven by chronic vascular remodeling. The aim of this PhD project is to develop a PAH-on-chip model able to mimic the vascular remodeling dynamics and the underlying multicellular crosstalk to address fundamental questions regarding the mechanisms that drive lung vascular remodeling in PAH.
Last Application Date: September 30th 2022
19. PhD Position in Organs-on-Chip
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this PhD project is to develop a co-infection model (malaria/hepatitis B (HBV)) based on a liver-on-chip technology. Malaria and HBV are highly endemic diseases in young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Both pathogens, Plasmodium parasites and HBV, initially infect the liver. However, it is still not clear why malaria is fatal in some of the children. The project was awarded by the newly established Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) at the University of Bern and is led by a group of cell biologists, epidemiologists and biomedical engineers.
Last Application Date: September 30th, 2022
20. PhD Position in Cell Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
A position for a PhD candidate will become available from January 2023 in the Faso group at the Institute of Cell Biology of the University of Bern. We study mechanisms of unconventional protein secretion at the host-parasite interface of parasitic protists using a range of methods in molecular and cell biology, including microscopy, proteomics and bioninformatics. Other ongoing projects in the group aim to translate research findings in novel diagnostic and co-culturing tools.
Last Application Date: Open Until Filled
