PhD starting date: September 1, 2026.
All 15 positions are fully funded for 3 years. You are welcome to apply for more than one project, but note that you have to apply directly to the universities where the projects are located. Please carefully read the application procedures for each recruiting university. See the relevant application link under each project.
About
HEALENAE: Health and Environment in Africa and Europe includes seven universities: Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Edinburgh (UK), KU Leuven (Belgium), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Nairobi (Kenya) and Oslo University (Norway).
The HEALENAE Doctoral Network offers a cross-continental, innovative, interdisciplinary, and multi-sectoral anthropological approach to pressing, interrelated health and environmental challenges across contemporary Africa and Europe.
HEALENAE will develop a strong interdisciplinary network that is based in anthropology, global one health, environmental and regional studies, to document and analyse connections, correspondences and new challenges for health and environmental contexts in and between Africa and Europe.
Closing date: 01 March 2026