31 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Copenhagen, Denmark

This Post Doc project focuses on creating and implementing novel Project Supervision Tools for academic supervision of Bachelor projects and Master thesis projects, considering different constellations of neurodivergent & neurotypical students and supervisors. Concretely, the Post Doc project will a) identify best Practices for Project Supervision considering neurodivergent students, b) identify best Practices for Project Supervision considering neurodivergent teachers/supervisors, c) create project Supervision Tools, supporting Student- Teacher interaction considering different neurodiversity constellations (e.g., Student with ASD, and teacher with ADHD), and d) anchor the new Project Supervision Tools at DIKU, while preparing to extend the tools and practices to be implemented across all departments at SCIENCE.

The postdoctoral position is part of a 2.5-year project “Is moss the boss? Deciphering war and peace between moss and colonizing cyanobacteria” funded by the Danish Independent Research Fund, Dff, led by Kathrin Rousk.

For the postdoctoral project, the main goal is to elucidate the relationship mosses and colonizing, nitrogen (N) -fixing cyanobacteria share. The first step will be to identify and quantify nutrient exchange between moss and associated cyanobacteria using labelled (i.e. stable isotope 15N and radioactive isotope 35S) macronutrients into proteins of both partners. For this, we will use the model moss Physcomitrella patens. In another set of experiments, we will assess whether modulation of immune responses in mosses via N availability governs cyanobacterial colonization.

The Skin Health project explores current skin health practices between everyday life, medical knowledge, industrial interests and aesthetic norms. The skin is our largest organ, a key player in health, and a vital part of our cultural, social, and political fabric. A damaged or ill skin can produce serious social stigma and personal trauma and activate mechanisms of exclusion. Engaging with these issues, the projects overall aim is to advance a more nuanced understanding of skin health focusing on the crucial relations between scientific, commercial and everyday skin practices. Skin health and skin care practices will be investigated by means of historical analysis and ethnographic fieldwork, and explore the prevailing discourses, medical, technological and everyday practices that define our cultural understanding and engagement with skin health.

The postdoc project is specifically expected to contribute to the Skin Health project by ethnographically investigating the troubled and ill skin and how skin is more than just a passive object of medicalization and treatment, but also an active sign and signal system that affords continued action and attention and may evoke processes of shame and stigma. The research should pay attention to the detailed emotional and time-consuming practices entailed in living with and treating a troubled skin and explore the socio-material daily handlings of skin diseases with a focus on how everyday life becomes an intersection of medical, social, and cultural skin practices. Applicants may suggest which skin diseases they wish to address and explore, but this can also be done in collaboration with the PI. It is expected that the ethnographic fieldwork will be with actors such as patients and relatives, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and patient-organizations.

We strive to advance understanding of immune regulation by applying spatial transcriptomics to complex tissue settings, including skin, lung, and intestinal environments. As a postdoc in our group, your work will involve analyzing spatially resolved gene expression data to uncover how immune cells interact, organize, and drive pathology in barrier tissues. You will contribute directly to ongoing collaborations with experimental research groups, helping to shape scientific questions and extract meaningful insight from emerging datasets.

Your tasks would include both hands-on data analysis and the development of tailored workflows or algorithms to address biological and technical challenges in spatial omics. This position offers the opportunity to work with diverse tissue types, disease models, and experimental designs—providing a strong foundation for scientific growth and impact within an interdisciplinary research setting.

The postdoc will be part of a project entitled Selection in Cognition funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and headed by Professor Søren Kyllingsbæk and Professor Thor Grünbaum.

The Selection in Cognition project develops and tests a new theory of basic cognitive selection mechanisms by combining methods and perspectives from experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mathematical modelling, and philosophy. The core idea is that selection in cognition may be understood as a biased competition between representations in a stochastic race (Grünbaum, Oren, & Kyllingsbæk, 2021; Oren et al., 2024; Kyllingsbæk et al., 2025). A successful applicant is expected to familiarize themselves with recent work by Prof. Thor Grünbaum and situate their research plan within the framework of the Selection in Cognition project. For more information about the project, please contact Prof Thor Grünbaum ([email protected]).

The postdoc should be a philosopher with expertise in philosophy of psychology broadly conceived (incl. relevant epistemology, confirmation theory, philosophy of statistics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of the cognitive sciences). Possible topics include the role of memory in temporally extended agency, recent discussions of reinforcement learning, or recent methodological discussions of construct validity and replication.

The postdoc is suppose to work on fundamental problems at the interface of physics and biology: “How can cells operate in space and time to achieve a fine-tuned regulation of specific targets? Can dynamic variations in the concentration of transcription factors, combined with local condensation hotspots, advance the level of control in response to external stresses? Can the dynamics of insulin receptor condensates in cells improve our understanding of diabetes 2?” It is known that cells can use liquid-liquid phase separations to produce condensates at distinct locations in space to enhance specific processes. Also, transcription factors showing oscillatory dynamics can guide and control this formation and stimulate downstream targets maybe through genetic resonance allowing the cell a new degree of control and cellular decisions.  New results also indicate that the formation of transcriptional hotspots is dictated by the formation of biomolecular condensates and that condensates of receptors occur at the cell membrane. The postdoc might work on these topics but will also be free to perform researvch on a broad class of topics within theoretical biocomplexity.

The applicant’s research focuses on innate immune regulatory mechanisms in the skin, with particular emphasis on how these processes contribute to maintaining skin homeostasis and how their dysregulation leads to inflammatory or autoimmune skin diseases. The projects will explore the role of type I interferons in shaping cutaneous immune responses, examining how these cytokines contribute to both protective immunity and the persistence of chronic inflammation. A central aspect of the work involves studying skin-resident myeloid cells, particularly macrophages and Langerhans cells, to understand how they sense, respond to, and regulate inflammatory cues. Through a combination of in vitro and in vivo models, the research aims to dissect cellular and molecular pathways driving disease progression or resolution. The work will provide mechanistic insights into the balance between immune tolerance and activation in the skin. Ultimately, the goal is to identify novel targets for therapeutic intervention in inflammatory and autoimmune skin disorders.

The successful applicant will become part of the project entitled, GREENWATCH – Green Surveillance: Imagining a Sustainable Internet of Things, funded through a European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2025-2029. The project examines the potentials and challenges of employing the Internet of Things (IoT) as a communication system monitoring the effects of human activities of Earth’s ecosystems, which further entails surveillance of human individuals and social institutions. The position represents a unique opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary and culturally comparative work covering China, Europe, and the United States, and to contribute to theory development on a strategic issue with global ramifications.

The postdoctoral position is part of the research project REGENDERING, financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, studying the changes in gender norms and practices among Ukrainian women displaced without male kin in Denmark after the Russian 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Investigating the growing phenomenon of “feminized displacement” (women fleeing without men) to the EU, this project focuses on gender by following Ukrainian women’s re-settlement in Denmark, studying how they re-establish everyday structures, create possibilities, and orient themselves toward the future through relations with kin (family and acquaintances) and through encountering Danish institutions locally and Ukrainian institutions transnationally. The project aims to develop a novel analytical framework to understand processes of “re-gendering,” combining concepts on the re-making of life after war, relatedness with kin, institutions and the state, and intersectionality.

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for a 3-year postdoctoral research position to assess the epidemiological and economic consequences of changing agricultural landscapes. The project will explore how transitions such as land use changes and the shift toward business-oriented livestock production systems impact animal health and welfare, and economic outcomes. A central focus will be understanding how farmer behavior influences agricultural transitions. The successful candidate will lead an integrated analysis and develop structured frameworks and modeling tools to systematically assess these impacts. This work will support the design of effective surveillance strategies, guide agricultural and health policy, and promote sustainable solutions for the livestock industry in Denmark. The role involves methodological innovation, particularly the design and application of transfer learning techniques and machine learning models (including simulation models) to assess disease risks alongside cost-benefit outcomes. These models will be validated using national-scale datasets, ensuring their robustness and relevance for policy application. The researcher will also collaborate with stakeholders—including veterinary public health authorities, private farmer organizations, economists, and agricultural experts—to ensure the outputs are aligned with the needs of decision-makers and support evidence-based strategies across sectors. Other tasks may arise during the appointment!

The current project concerns the solvation of structures of the human dopamine transporter (hDAT) using single particle cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Your task would be to express and purify hDAT from HEKexpi cells using detergents for extraction and stabilization. These methods are already implemented in our laboratory (see Nielsen et al. 2024, Nature). We also strive for implementing nano discs from polymers or MSPs to extract or stabilize hDAT. The main task is to solve multiple structures of hDAT using single particle cryo-EM. For this, we have an in-house Titan Krios. We hope to solve the conformational transitions required for dopamine transport as well as elucidating the pharmacological properties of various orthosteric and allosteric hDAT inhibitors.

The veterinarians´ duties will primarily consist of:

• Key part: participation in research activities concerning health and disease in wildlife and domestic animals, including coordination and execution of tasks related to an EU-funded project.
• Participation in the collection of carcasses and samples, which requires travel within Denmark; a valid driver’s license is therefore essential.

Other tasks may include:

• Participation in necropsies, sampling, laboratory and journal work related to the veterinary contingency plan, wildlife disease surveillance and diagnostic cases.
• Participating in task related to the operation of the veterinary contingency BSL2 and BSL3 necropsy rooms.
• Contributing to ongoing surveillance and research activities, reports and publications. Participating in task related to accreditation.

Your job will be to work on different projects. The project work will usually have components in all the disciplines: applied data analysis, development/application of advanced statistical methodology, coding of algorithms and computer simulation, and writing of research reports. Many of these projects are in close collaboration with medical researchers. Usually, a research assistant is involved in two projects at a time.

One specific example of such a project is methodological development, implementation, simulation studies, and the application of targeted learning methods for longitudinal data. For this project ideally the candidate has some familiarity with event history analysis and possibly also with machine learning.

Another specific example is statistical software development, e.g. implementing tools and algorithms for working with causal discovery or implementing methodology for graphical Rasch models. These projects are focused on user-friendly software implementation and testing, but will also include elements of dissemination, e.g. through producing user-guides and participating in writing a scientific article regarding the software.

The successful applicant will be a statistician with a master’s degree in mathematics or statistics. Students who will soon finalize their master’s degree are also encouraged to apply.

In a context of multiple global crises–COVID-19, increased inequality, and climate change–citizens are looking to political leaders and the state to solve problems and protect them. The increased role of the state might fundamentally change the conditions under which business operates around the world.

This project investigates how business actors manage the regulatory challenge in two of the most pressing structural transformations in the 21st century – the rising inequality and climate change. It poses the following research question: Under what conditions can business be powerful in the high-salience politics of wage inequality and carbon emissions?

Specifically, the postdoctoral researcher will investigate how businesses in Denmark and Germany have historically influenced wage policies and climate regulations through self-regulation, lobbying, and coalition-building.

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in Natural Language Processing

Deadline : 15 August 2025

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Taste shapes our dietary choices and protects us from harmful substances, yet the molecular mechanisms behind taste perception remain poorly understood. This project investigates the pharmacological properties of recombinant membrane-bound taste receptors to better understand how they recognize ligands and signals through molecular pathways. A central question regarding these proteins is which intracellular signaling networks they use. To address this, this project integrates a range of different pharmacological assays.

You will establish and develop pharmacological and live-cell assays to study the structure and function of taste receptors. This will yield unprecedented molecular insight into taste perception and delineate the therapeutic and diagnostic potential of an entire family of proteins. You will work closely with a PhD student and lab technician on the same project to form a collaborative team addressing the functional and structural aspects of recombinant taste receptors.

We are seeking a talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher with experience in large-scale data processing and resource development to join a cutting-edge project decoding protein-protein interactions. This two-year position involves designing and implementing computational pipelines, managing complex biological data, and building web-based tools for data access and interpretation.

We are seeking a 3-year postdoc to work primarily on the project ‘Feedback loops in policy and decision-making uncertainty for climate adaptation’ financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The project addresses the topic of how policy uncertainty affects voluntary policy instrument participation for climate adaptation in forestry. It will be investigated through a mixed method approach applying econometric time series analysis, focus group discussions, and a choice experiment. Hence, we seek a candidate having expertise with some of these methods, and interest and capacity to learn the others. It is an advantage to have experience with the topics of voluntary incentives, climate adaptation, or uncertainty and decision-making.

The Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies (MeST) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in medical science and technology studies/medical anthropology. These positions are part of the Carlsberg Foundation-funded project Emotion Medicine: Musicians and Animals during Critical Illness and Death (EMOMED).

EMOMED explores how musicians and animals contribute to emotional care in Danish hospitals and hospices. Using ethnographic methods, the project investigates how interactions with musicians and animals shape the emotional, social, and existential experiences of patients, families, and healthcare staff during critical illness and end-of-life care. The project introduces the concept of “Emotion Medicine” to theorize how such encounters evoke patient personhood and compassion in clinical settings.

Currently, plant ingredients are often refined to almost molecular purity – and then combined again to create structured foods. This isolation is resource intensive, and the removal of fibre and micronutrients can compromise the nutritional value. This can be mitigated by applying milder forms of processing that do not fully refine ingredients and leave some of the native structure of the plant material intact. The nutritional and physicochemical properties of these partially refined ingredients depend strongly on the way of processing. This Fellowship is aimed at developing rapid experimentaton methods that will allow us to explore the relation between the degree and type of processing, and the properties of the foods that result from their use. These properties include technical (physicochemical) properties and the digestibility (rate and extend of bioavailability). The results will be used for data driven machine learning, in collaboration with other partners in the project.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for a 2+1 years position with starting date Oct. 1st, 2025.

The successful candidate will work on problems related to gravitational wave astrophysics as member of the Astrophysical Gravitational Wave group, and the Center-of-Gravity.

The successful candidate will have the freedom to explore topics of interest within the general research interests of the groups, which broadly covers all topics within strong gravity, and gravitational wave astrophysics.

We are seeking a highly motivated and curious candidate to contribute to a cutting-edge project that integrates computational prediction, cell-based assays, and in vivo mouse models to identify and characterize novel peptide hormones. The goal is to uncover new regulators of metabolism with potential therapeutic relevance for obesity and related disorders.

INNER_LEAGUE is a 5-year ERC Consolidator Project (2025-2030), headed by Haakon A. Ikonomou (PI). INNER_LEAGUE provides a comprehensive social-bureaucratic history of the League of Nations Secretariat. The project will investigate the inner life of the secretariat to (a) understand how it shaped the professional lives of the ca. 4000 people that worked there. And (b) how this global workplace shaped the lasting bureaucratic infrastructures of multilateralism it serviced.

To deliver on its undertaking, the project implements an approach combining social, institutional, and digital history across three work packages: (i) Communities, (ii) Hierarchies, and (iii) Infrastructures.

To operationalize its approach, INNER_LEAGUE has several concrete objectives:

1. To systematically uncover and analyze the emergence, endurance, change and impact of professional, educational, epistemic, social, and emotional communities within the League Secretariat.
2. To examine the often-contested formation of hierarchies within the League Secretariat via state-of-the-art digital approaches.
3. To investigate how processes of community building and hierarchization impacted upon the professional lives of the staff of the League Secretariat.
4. To study and explain how, and under what material circumstances, these hierarchized communities of officials and staff built, maintained, operated, and passed on new infrastructures of multilateralism.

The project is hosted at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. The Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities is dedicated to the study of human societies past and present, with degree programs ranging from History to Archeology, Ethnology, Classical Languages and Migration Studies.

We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic postdoctoral candidate, who is enthusiastic about neural dynamics and sensory processing. The focus of our research is how the combination of sensory signals and internal neural dynamics are integrated to form percepts and drive behavior. We use techniques such as electrophysiology, imaging and optogenetics in behaving mice to investigate the neural circuitries. The laboratory is situated in the city center at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen. The work environment is highly international and interdisciplinary with state-of-the-art research facilities. More information can be found on https://in.ku.dk/research/vestergaard-lab/. 

This Post doctoral position is associated with the project “How multispecies biofilms cope with phage infections – COPE” founded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The overall aim of the project is to uncover fundamental principles of bacteria-bacteriophage (phage) interactions in complex multispecies biofilm settings. A collection of bacteria and associated phages will be studied at high resolution by specific fluorescent labelling, advanced microscopy and bioimaging, cell sorting and genome sequencing. Specifically, effects of the biofilm matrix, spatial organization and presence of other species on phage susceptibility by biofilm bacteria will be identified.

The main tasks of this Post doc project are 1) to establish biofilm models for testing the ability of phages to infect biofilms vs. planktonic cultures, 2) isolate and characterize biofilm infecting phages and 3) genetically modify the model strains for analysis of determinants of phage susceptibility in biofilms vs. planktonic cultures.  

The projects aim to provide efficient, accurate and explainable hybrid AI technologies for computational law, legal decision-making and natural language interaction with e-government solutions along with trustworthy benchmarks and guidelines for legal use of the technology. The successful candidate is expected to conduct research in symbolic AI for computational law and legal decision-making and to contribute to its application in the project.

The projects will be building on research of the PI and his research groups jointly with DCR Solutions, which is a spin-off from a prior research project, centred around the development of a graph-based modelling language, DCR Graphs, for the declarative modelling of law and business processes. The DCR Graphs language is today used widely and successfully in the public sector.