The Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, invites applications for one or more full-time, one-year predoc (research assistant) positions, with possible extension. 

Title: ΕΠΙ ΘΗΤΕΙΑ ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗΣ
Code: APP53593
Organization: UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS
School: ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
Department/Institute: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Discipline:   ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ ΜΕ ΕΜΦΑΣΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΚΕΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΕΣ ΤΑΞΕΙΣ
Submission Opening Date: 06/02/2026
Submission End Date: 09/03/2026

The Department of Economics at Tilburg University's School of Economics and Management is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in Economic History. The position is attached to the research project "The roots of prejudice in Europe: The role of World War II", funded by the Dutch Research Council's (NWO) Vidi Grant of David Schindler.

The Department of Economic History (School of Economics and Management, Lund University) is seeking a PhD student in Economic History to work in the research project "Taxation and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A historical comparative analysis".
The full job description, including responsibilities, eligibility/selection criteria, and instructions on how to apply, can be found in the online announcement (see link below).

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is advertising 2 postdoctoral positions and 1 PhD position to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c. 1750-1950).

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) at the Stockholm School of Economics, together with the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI), is pleased to announce two fully funded PhD fellowships for students wishing to pursue historically informed research on strategic communication in statecraft.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) at the Stockholm School of Economics, together with the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI), is pleased to announce three fully funded postdoctoral fellowships for scholars wishing to pursue historically informed research on strategic communication in statecraft.

Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for History and Economics in Paris (https://histecon.fr/en/), Sciences Po, starting 1 September 2026

The Institute for Economic and Business History Research (EHFF) at the Stockholm School of Economics is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded doctoral position/scholarship in business administration, with specialization in economic and business history, starting in the fall of 2026.

The Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past (LEAP) and the Impumelelo Economic Growth Lab invite applications for up to five Postdoctoral Fellowships for outstanding early-career economists. Scholars with an interest in economic history, economic growth and development, political economy, and policy-relevant applied research with clear implications for South Africa and the wider African continent are invited to apply.

The Department of Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy at the University of Barcelona is recruiting one tenure-eligible lecturer in the area of Economic History and Institutions. We are seeking for scholars specialized in any Economic History field. Successful candidates are expected to have an excellent academic record and to show potential to become leaders able to collaborate, innovate and develop new lines of research complementary to those already in place.

The Department of Economic History is hiring one or two Postdoctoral Fellow(s) connected to the research projects Unequal Lives: Socioeconomic Stratification, Life-Course, and Demography from Preindustrial Society to the Welfare State (PI Martin Dribe, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) and Educational homogamy and inequality: Changing family dynamics in Sweden, 1970-2020 (PI Maria Stanfors, funded by FORTE). The projects study demographic outcomes by socioeconomic status at the individual level from a life course and long-term perspective. The research is based on a newly developed data infrastructure – SwedPop – consisting of historical population databases covering the entire population of Sweden to which official population registers from the 1960s onward have been linked.