Open positions at Umeå University

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Umeå University develops arts and humanities and invests in future Areas of Excellence.  The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies invites applications for the doctoral training programme in philosophy. The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies belongs to Umeå University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities and has about 110 employees. The department gathers researchers, teachers, and students in the fields of... Read more

To our institution, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in Computing Science, we are now seeking a PhD student with focus on Software Lifecycle Security. The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years, with a focus on creating an inclusive and bottom-up driven research environment.  Our workplace consists of a diverse set of people from different nationalities, backgrounds and fields. As ... Read more

The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University is looking for a doctoral student in machine learning for software security. The position is for four years of full-time doctoral studies at the Department of Computing Science, where you will be able to work in a dynamic environment with 170 employees from more than 20 countries. The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years, with a focus on creating an inclusive and bottom-up driven research environment. O... Read more

We are announcing a postdoctoral position in community and ecosystem ecology to work on the long term globally distributed WaRM experiment (for details see here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9396). The employment is fulltime for three years. The deadline for applications is March 26, 2026 and the position is expected to start in September/October 2026, or according to agreement. We welcome your application! Research description This project builds conceptually on our earli... Read more

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience are seeking a motivated Staff Scientist to investigate the impacts of global change on northern lake ecosystems, with a special focus on threats to phytoplankton, zooplankton and lake productivity. The position is full time for 11.5 months. Expected start date is June 1st, 2026. Last application date is March 27, 2026. We are looking forward to your application!  About the department  Our department conducts world-leading research on... Read more

The Department of Applied Physics and Electronics is looking for one to three doctoral students within the framework of the Research School for Excellence in Materials Science for Cement-Based Materials (RECEM) , which is funded by the Swedish Research Council. The postgraduate studies are expected to lead to a doctoral degree in Applied Physics . Starting date for the position is September 1st 2026 or according to agreement. Last day for submitting your application is March 29th 2026. About... Read more

The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG) at Umeå University invites applicants for a PhD position on carbon cycling in Arctic headwaters. The start date is flexible but ideally sometime between June and November 2026. Deadline for applications is 30 March 2026. Project descriptions and work tasks Northern high latitudes are subject to pronounced warming, with expected major impacts on the carbon cycle of coupled land and water ecosystems. This project aims to investigate... Read more

Description of work You will be working in the laboratory of Marta Bally ( https://ballylab.com/ ), in close collaboration with the laboratory of Anne-Marie Fors Connolly ( https://www.umu.se/en/research/groups/anne-marie-fors-connolly ) at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, at Umeå University ( https:// www.umu.se/en/department-of-clinical-microbiology/ ), the PhD candidate work in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network GLYCOCALYX . About the Network:   GLYCOCALYX brings... Read more

Description of work You will be working in the laboratory of Marta Bally ( https://ballylab.com/ ) at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, at Umeå University ( https:// www.umu.se/en/department-of-clinical-microbiology/ ), the PhD candidate work in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network GLYCOCALYX . About the Network:  GLYCOCALYX brings together 15 leading European partners in a transnational network, implementing a multidisciplinary and intersectorial research and training... Read more

We are announcing a postdoctoral position on carbon biogeochemistry in mountain headwaters. The employment is full time for two years and the position is expected to start in August 2026, or according to agreement. The position is based at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience at Umeå University. The last application date is March 30, 2026.  Project description  The postdoc position is supported by the Water4All Transnational Project: Impacts of climate, N and P deposition and... Read more

About the Department The Department of Political Science at Umeå University has about 70 employees. The department conducts undergraduate education and research in political science and peace and conflict studies. For more information, see https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-political-science/ . General description The Department of Political Science is seeking two doctoral students in political science for the project Forest Governance Dilemmas . The call is an initiative within the research... Read more

The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will investigate the role of xenophagy in the host cellular defense against the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis . The employment is full-time for two years with access on 1 May, 2026 or by agreement. Last day to apply is 31 March, 2026. Research environment The postdoc will join the group of Dr. Barbara Sixt, a well-funded and highly international research team. The lab is based at Umeå... Read more

PhD position in plant science with a focus on small proteins in tomato flower development The Department of Plant Physiology (Umeå University, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) invites applicants for PhD positions in plant science. The expected starting date is May 1st, 2026 or according to agreement.  Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology includin... Read more

The Department of Odontology announces a PhD position in Medical Science within the field of dental caries and chronic inflammatory diseases. The position is full-time for four years, with a starting date to be agreed upon. The Department of Odontology employs approximately 70 staff members and provides education in the dental hygiene and dentistry programmes, as well as conducting research in odontology. The aim of the research is to contribute to improving oral health and oral function, as... Read more

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience (EMG) at Umeå University is looking for a PhD student in physical geography, for research on the role of perennial snowfields in the water cycle in northern Sweden, with special focus on evapotranspiration. The start date is fairly flexible but ideally sometime between August and November 2026. Deadline for applications is April 6th 2026. Project descriptions and work tasks The planned research aims to develop a new mechanistic understandi... Read more

Description of work About the position Eligibility requirements Other qualifications Application A complete application must include: 1. A cover letter summarizing your qualifications, scientific interests and motives for applying (max two pages) 2. CV 3. Diplomas of bachelor and Master level degrees 4. Bachelor/Master theses work/other relevant publications 5. Other merits of relevance for the position 6. Contact information to two reference persons   Read more

The Department of Medical and Translational Biology at the Faculty of Medicine is now seeking a project assistant for a research project related to Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Touch in Vertebrate Skin. The position is temporary for 6 months. Project Description Every animal experiences the world in its own way, shaped by the sensory systems it uses to detect and interpret the environment. Nikolaev lab investigates how vertebrates sense and process environmental signals across scales,... Read more

The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies together with Umeå School of Education invites applications for the doctoral training programme in Philosophy, specialization in Ethics in Teacher Education. The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies conducts research and education within archeology, environmental archeology, history, history and education, history of science and ideas, religious studies, theology and philosophy. The department offers... Read more

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience (EMG) at Umeå University invites applicants for a PhD position on carbon cycling in Arctic headwaters. The start date is flexible but ideally sometime between June and November 2026. Deadline for applications is 15 April, 2026. Project descriptions and work tasks Freshwater ecosystems play an important role in global methane (CH4) emissions, in part because they release large amounts of CH4 supplied from groundwater. Yet, the mechanisms... Read more

To our department, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs, we are now seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on the development of adaptive interventions to promote life-long learning. The position is full-time for three years, 1 september, or as agreed upon. The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University is an international environment for research and education covering a broad spectrum of computer science.... Read more

The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics is opening a PhD position in spatial statistics. The position covers four years of doctoral studies, including participation in research and doctoral courses. The last day to apply is April 30th, 2026. Project description and tasks Spatial data arise in several forms, including areal data, geostatistical measurements of continuous fields, and point pattern data. In point pattern data, the primary information consists of the locations o... Read more