If you’re a Masters degree holder and seeking Fully Funded PhD Programs, University of Bern, Switzerland has several online applications open for PhD programs. Explore the PhD opportunities across diverse research areas and submit your application soon.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in cardiac electrophysiology
Summary of PhD Program:
Action potential propagation depends on ion channels in cell membranes, especially sodium (Na+) channels, which are organized in elaborate nanodomains. In the conventional paradigm, the action potential propagates due to currents passing through intercellular gap junctional channels. However, another mechanistic hypothesis (called ephaptic coupling) proposes that the current produced by the Na+ channels of a given cell produces a substantial electrical potential and significant ion concentration changes in the narrow intercellular cleft, which influences the function of the Na+ channels in the next cell.
We will investigate ephaptic coupling in computer simulations using state-of-the-art finite element models of cardiac intercellular junctions that we are refining in the context of international collaborations. In parallel, we will conduct experiments with cardiac cells to demonstrate the existence of the new phenomena identified by the simulations.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Public Management
Summary of PhD Program:
The Competence Center for Public Management University of Bern is looking for a doctoral candidate as of August 1, 2024 or by appointment. We are a research center in the field of administrative science that is known throughout Switzerland and internationally. As an interfaculty unit of the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Law, we are committed to inter- and multidisciplinary research between the disciplines of economics, political science and law.
Application Deadline: 31. May 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
The research department of the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy deals with questions relating to the early detection and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. As part of the MERIT research project, we are investigating early markers of nonresponse in the inpatient psychiatric treatment of adolescents. We also want to find out whether regularly recording and reporting the therapy process to the therapists helps to improve the success of the treatment.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Public Management and Organization
Summary of PhD Program:
For the Swiss NSF-funded research project “Exploring the nexus of volunteer role identity and volunteer engagement: How does framing of beneficiaries matter?”, our Public Management and Organization research team at University of Bern’s KPM Center for Public Management seeks to recruit a PhD candidate for a 4-year position, starting in August 2024 or by agreement.
Application Deadline: June 3rd, 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Accompanying research for curriculum development at the medical faculty of the University of Zurich
Summary of PhD Program:
The main aim of the funded project “Accompanying research for curriculum development at the medical faculty of the University of Zurich” is the scientific examination of questions relating to the goals and effects of current curriculum reforms. Multifactorial studies are intended to examine various key parameters (e.g. satisfaction, knowledge and skills) of medical students before and after the study reform. A longitudinal study is also planned in this context. As part of the research cooperation, evidence-based quality assurance and curricula maintenance are to be tested and established.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in business informatics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Information Engineering department deals with the management, design and use of IT systems and digital innovations. This includes, for example, the following subject areas: 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.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in multi-trophic interactions in biodiversity-ecosystem
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project will be part of a bigger project, which aims to understand the context-dependency of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships with a primary focus on multitrophic interactions, eutrophication and spatial processes and scales. The successful PhD candidate will investigate the role of multitrophic interactions and eutrophication in shaping biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships, thereby contributing to advancing our understanding of the intricate connections within ecosystems. Your research will play a pivotal role in addressing fundamental questions and fostering a mechanistic comprehension of these dynamic relationships.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Monitoring of Tourist Flows for Sustainable Development in alpine Tourism Destinations
Summary of PhD Program:
As a successful candidate you will work in an interdisciplinary team developing different models for alpine tourism destinations toward more sustainable development. The conflicting goals of protecting and simultaneously utilizing the natural potential of destinations will be addressed conceptually. Destination-specific considerations will be developed to measure, monitor and forecast the development of tourism destinations toward sustainability according to different types of tourism flows. The project aims to propose appropriate indicators for sustainable spatial development at destination levels, including identifying necessary multi-criteria data and data collection strategies.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking to fill the position for the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network “Translational Research Network in Motor Disorder Rehabilitation: Advancing understanding of variability in motor control and learning, to enhance clinical practice (TReND)”.The employment conditions are according to MC rules.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
Department of Economics at the University of Bern and the Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED). Fixed-term contract for four years. Start date as soon as possible. The Department of Economics at the University of Bern and the Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED) offer two PhD positions. The University of Bern is one of the leading universities in Europe and is internationally renowned for its research and teaching activities. The successful candidate will have the possibility to complete a PhD thesis at the Department of Economics.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in business administration
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Bern is one of the 150 best universities in the world. The Professorship for Quantitative Methods in Business Administration represents the areas of Operations Research, Analytics and Operations Management in research and teaching in the Department of Business Administration. We are filling a doctoral and assistant position on August 1, 2024 or by arrangement. The aim of the research is to develop operations research methods for use in project management.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Climate Sciences: Next-generation vegetation modelling
Summary of PhD Program:
Our group for Geocomputation and Earth Observation develops new model and data integration methods to gain a mechanistic understanding of biogeochemical cycling in ecosystems, water-carbon coupling, and forest responses to climate change. We are hosted at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, and work at the intersection of Earth system science, ecophysiology, ecology, applied statistics, and high-performance computing. Within the Virtual Earth Systems Research Insitute project LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, obseRvations, and ExperimEnts), we are recruiting a PhD student.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in history
Summary of PhD Program:
The History Institute at the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Bern is one of the largest institutes for historical research and teaching in Switzerland. The Department of Swiss History has unique selling points with its focus on the history of the Confederation and its European and global connections from the late Middle Ages to the present.
Application Deadline: 22. May 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
A PhD position at the DAB Panel Study is to be filled as of 1 January 2025 or by arrangement. The position is limited to four years. Since 2012, the DAB panel study (www.dab.edu.unibe.ch) has been collecting longitudinal data on the occupational and educational situation of young adults in German-speaking Switzerland. The individuals in the sample have been followed since their eighth year of school and have so far been surveyed eleven times about their current educational situation and their educational and career aspirations. The selected individuals have been followed since their eighth year of school and have so far been interviewed in eleven surveys about their current education or employment situation as well as their educational and career aspirations.
Application Deadline: 31.05.2024
