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Augustine University

Augustine University is a private university which was established in 2015.
It is based on a 154 hectare campus on former farmland in Ilara, in the Epe district of Lagos State.
It is a small university, with 207 new students admitted in 2022.  Some nine courses are offered by the faculty of humanities, management and social science and 12 courses in the faculty of science.
Courses on offer include cyber security, mass communication, political science, information technology, software, biotechnology and fisheries and agriculture among others. 
Students must take Nigeria’s UTME entrance test in order to be admitted to the university. All students live on campus.
Facilities include the studio opened by the department of mass communication and media studies.

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Start date: autumn 2025
Post duration: 3 years in the first instance, with a 1-year extension negotiable

Applications evaluated on a rolling basis

The Digital Economic Security Lab is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with a background in politics, law, economics, or related disciplines to work on?GEOCLOUD: The Geopolitics of Cloud Computing, a European Research Council Advanced Grant project.

Outsourcing computation to cloud providers can be economically efficient while at the same time generating new systemic risks and dependencies that governments try to manage.

GEOCLOUD is concerned with mapping the changing geography of computational infrastructures and understanding how it is shaped by the interaction of technology companies’ business interests and states’ economic and security interests.

The project focuses on Europe and East/Southeast Asia, situated within the broader context of U.S.-China technological rivalry. It aims to contribute to international political economy, security studies, and related fields. The researcher will join a multi-disciplinary team led by Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, consisting of both computer and social scientists.

Principal investigator and community

The project’s principal investigator, professor Vili Lehdonvirta, is a Finnish-British sociologist and political economist with a background in computer science. He is the recipient of three European Research Council grants, has served on high-level expert groups at the European Commission, and has published two books on digital economies translated to Japanese, Chinese, and Italian. He holds a dual appointment as Professor of Technology Policy, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, and Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.

The postdoctoral researcher position is part of Professor Lehdonvirta’s Aalto-Oxford joint research group, titled the?Digital Economic Security Lab (DIESL). The multidisciplinary lab comprises both social and computer scientists. The lab’s joint activities include weekly cross-site virtual seminars, annual in-person workshops in Oxford and Helsinki, and conference trips.

Responsibilities

The postdoctoral researcher will lead a work package in the GEOCLOUD project that focuses on comparative policy analysis. The aim of the work package is to understand how governments attempt to influence the geography of computation through various cloud-relevant policies, and what impact these policies may have.

This involves three related responsibilities:

Documenting and categorizing government cloud policies

The researcher will develop a dataset of government policies that may shape cloud infrastructure in selected jurisdictions, including Northern Europe, East/Southeast Asia, the U.S., and China. Drawing on existing databases (such as the Digital Trade Integration Database and Digital Policy Alert) and additional sources, the postdoc will systematise policy examples into a format suitable for comparative and quantitative analysis. Relevant policy instruments may include cross-border data flow regulations, procurement rules (e.g. ‘cloud-first’ mandates), tax incentives, infrastructure investments, or designations such as ‘trusted cloud’.

Interview-based assessment of policy impacts

The researcher will conduct interviews with key stakeholders in selected countries. These include policy makers and cloud industry professionals. The goal is to assess the perceived and observed effects of government policies on cloud adoption, infrastructure investments, and data centre location decisions.

Contributing to quantitative analysis of policy impacts

The GEOCLOUD project team will use the cloud policy dataset together with infrastructure and usage data developed in other work packages to model how policies influence cloud geography and computational centralization.

Methods may include multiple regression, panel data models, difference-in-differences, and multilevel modeling.

The postdoc will take part in the analysis to test hypotheses on how specific policies (e.g. subsidies, foundry investments, procurement rules) shape outcomes such as data centre presence or market share of local vs. hyperscale solutions. These analyses will contribute to estimating the economic and political trade-offs of digital sovereignty goals.

The role can be adjusted towards qualitative or quantitative research, depending on the profile of the successful candidate. Additional support for data collection and analysis is available, depending on the researcher’s methodological focus and needs.

In addition to leading their own work package, the postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the broader GEOCLOUD project by co-authoring publications, guiding junior team members, and engaging in public outreach. They will also play a role in shaping the project’s future outputs, such as an open-access “Cloud Observatory” data portal.

Overall, the postdoctoral position requires strong research and teamwork skills, and in return offers excellent career development opportunities, including travel funding, open access publication funding, co-authoring opportunities, graduate supervision opportunities, training courses, access to academic networks in Helsinki, Oxford, and beyond. In particular, Professor Lehdonvirta is keen to support team members in ultimately developing their own ERC Starting Grant applications.

Selection Criteria

Essential selection criteria

Applicants should meet?all?of the following:


	Doctoral degree (or a confirmed defence date) in political science, law, economics, or a related discipline?
	Strong analytical and academic writing skills, with a publication record or demonstrated potential in relevant fields
	Familiarity with a relevant area of digital policy (e.g. data protection regulation, trade policy, infrastructure governance)
	Demonstrated interest in the politics of digital infrastructure, cloud computing, or digital sovereignty
	Excellent communication and collaboration skills in English
	Basic understanding of quantitative methods (e.g. multiple regression)


Additional selection criteria

Applicants should meet some of the following:


	Experience with quantitative methods (e.g. multiple regression, panel data models) or mixed-methods research applied to policy-relevant questions. We welcome candidates with advanced skills, but we also encourage applicants with strong potential and a willingness to develop these skills further as part of the project.
	Familiarity with key concepts in either digital trade, economic analysis, geoeconomics, or technology policy
	Experience conducting and analysing qualitative interviews
	Relevant country expertise and language skills
	Prior experience in multi-country or comparative policy research
	Familiarity with cloud computing platforms or basic Internet infrastructure concepts (e.g. DNS, routing)


Track record of independent or collaborative publications in journals relevant to international political economy, digital governance, or public administration

Job location

This position is physically based at Aalto’s Department of Computer Science, one of the leading computer science research units in northern Europe. The department boasts a history of pioneering contributions to areas such as artificial intelligence and today hosts a growing community of social scientists studying digital technologies. It is situated in the Helsinki area, also home to Nokia, the European Center of Excellence on Countering Hybrid Threats, and a thriving cybersecurity and startup scene. Also located in the area is the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, known among other things for helping to modernize the academic study of geoeconomics.

Helsinki is the capital of Finland, ranked as one of the most innovative countries in the world. Finland is home to Google’s and Microsoft’s cloud regions as well as Europe’s fastest publicly funded supercomputer LUMI. Finland’s new European Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen is responsible for technological sovereignty, security, and democracy in the European Union. The World Happiness Report 2024 ranked Finland as the world’s happiest country for the seventh year running.

Pay and benefits

The salary is approximately €4,000-€4,200 per month, depending on the successful candidate’s skills and experience. Benefits include high-quality occupational healthcare, sports facilities, and training courses for supporting professional development. The annual working time is 1612 hours, which enables generous holidays. Support for relocation is available.

How to apply Submit your application via Aalto’s online application system. Please include the following attachments:


	CV
	A cover letter that includes a point-by-point response to how your profile matches the selection criteria listed above (max. 1,500 words)
	One writing sample, preferrably single-authored, demonstrating your academic writing skills, not necessarily on a related topic (ideally around 8,000 words)


Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis from 12 June onwards. If your application is shortlisted, you will be contacted to arrange an interview. At that point you will also be asked to provide the contact details of two referees.

Please send any informal queries via email to?vili.lehdonvirta@aalto.fi?with the word GEOCLOUD in the subject line. Please note that responses may be delayed.

Related publications

Lehdonvirta, V. Wu, B., and Hawkins, Z. (2024). Weaponized interdependence in a bipolar?world: How economic forces and security?interests shape the global reach of U.S. and?Chinese cloud data centres. Review of International Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2025.2489077

Lehdonvirta, V. Wu, B., and Hawkins, Z. (2024). Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compute-based AI Governance Around the Globe.?7th AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society.?San Jose, CA, October 21-23, 2024.?https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8yp7z

More about Aalto University:

Aalto.fi
youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity
linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/
www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity
instagram.com/aaltouniversity

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Aalto University

United Kingdom, Southampton

We are looking for an exceptional Associate Director of Corporate Engagement to help transform communications and engagement at the University of Southampton. This newly created leadership position offers a unique opportunity to shape how the University engages with key stakeholders and communities, both internally and externally.

You will lead our Internal Communications and Public and Community Affairs teams while establishing two new functions: External Affairs and Strategic Communications planning. You will also introduce new ways of working, bringing together adjunct communications professionals across the University to maximise expertise and resources to create impact.

The ability to build and nurture strong relationships will be vital, not only for managing external stakeholders, but for introducing centralised strategic planning processes to bring communications professionals from across the University together to enhance Southampton's reputation. You will establish best practice engagement standards and provide expert counsel to senior leaders for high-level interactions with influential individuals and organisations. Alongside this, your oversight of our internal communications function will ensure our engagement activity fosters a sense of pride and community amongst staff, as well as building understanding and advocacy for our strategic priorities.

A passionate champion for high professional standards, you will implement frameworks that continuously improve our engagement activities. Your exemplary relationship-building skills will support proactive network development across the University, as well as providing senior communications expertise to strengthen our civic engagement initiatives in Southampton, Winchester and throughout Hampshire.

The?Communications Directorate?leads corporate communication and engagement at the University of Southampton, enhancing and protecting reputation and building trust and advocacy amongst our key audiences. The Directorate is responsible for the delivery of the Communications Strategy and includes Corporate Communications (Media, Advocacy, Social Media and Content), Corporate Engagement (External Communications, Public and Community Affairs, Internal Communications and Strategic Communications Planning) and Digital User Experience (Product, Delivery, Content Design, UX and User Research).

Apply by uploading your CV and a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role. If you would like an informal chat, contact?commssupport@soton.ac.uk


University of Southampton

United Kingdom, Guildford

The Programmes and Projects Office, a new department at the University of Surrey, is looking to recruit 2 Project Partners. It’s an exciting time to be joining us here, as the Programmes and Projects Department is becoming established and taking on new pieces of work aligned to our 2041 strategy.

Project Partners facilitate smooth and efficient project planning, management and delivery, and foster an environment of continuous improvement and innovation. They help to ensure that programmes and projects align with the University’s objectives and are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. They have overall project management responsibility for specific projects, working closely with both internal stakeholders and project owners, and other internal delivery teams.

One of the roles will have a broad remit, working across a number of projects, whereas the other role will work initially on the University’s Transnational Education (TNE) activity, and particularly on the establishment of a campus in India which needs to be ready for delivery of degree programmes by July 2026. For more details please see the job profiles below.

This is a hybrid role with an expectation of spending a minimum of 1-2 days per week on campus.

About you

We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced individual with project management experience. Experience of working in HE is also an advantage. You’ll have experience of building relationships and contacts with a wide variety of colleagues and will demonstrate personal credibility when dealing with senior stakeholders. You’ll be able to work autonomously where needed, applying judgement and initiative when managing your workload to meet the long-term objectives of the project.

You’ll have a relevant degree or significant vocational experience, and the ideal candidate will also have a project management qualification.

What we can offer

The University of Surrey is located on a beautiful, leafy campus in Guildford, just 30 miles from London, and benefits from excellent rail, air, and road connections. With the buzz of student life and superb working facilities, the campus offers an inspiring, innovative, and diverse environment.?

In addition to salary, you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefit pension scheme (USS), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes, and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.

Further information

To apply please upload a CV and cover letter. We will assume that you are interested in both positions, but if you have a strong preference, or would only like to be considered for one role, please state this clearly within your cover letter.

For an informal conversation ahead of applying, you are welcome to contact Ruth Gill via?r.gill@surrey.ac.uk?or Susie Kong via?s.kong@surrey.ac.uk?

Interviews will be held on campus in early July.

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. ?We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

Further details

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University of Surrey

Austria, Vienna Danubepier Hov

45 Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
Startdate:?01.10.2025?|?Working hours:?30?|?Collective bargaining agreement:?§48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)
Limited until:?30.09.2028?
Reference no.:?4119

We are looking to strengthen our team at the newly established?Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations. The Cluster involves more than 30 researchers from four academic institutions (Austrian Academy of Sciences,?University of Vienna,?Central European University,?University of Innsbruck). The Cluster explores original-language sources in dozens of languages with a view towards addressing issues of contemporary relevance - diversity, mobility, identity - in historical perspective, pursuing comparative questions and stressing forms of connectivity in the realms of culture and religion, economy and politics, across Eurasia. We strive for a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue and seek cooperation with the regions involved in order to create new academic infrastructures in Austria and internationally and to promote plurilateral research perspectives. EurAsia explores the transformation processes of Eurasia - understood as the entire landmass of both continents, Europe and Asia - from antiquity to the present.

We are looking for a PhD candidate in the field of

Geographies of Power in the Eastern Mediterranean World (c. 1000-1800)

Your personal sphere of interest:

Your position will be embedded in the cluster activities of Research Node 1 ("Geographies of Power") and the conceptual discussions of the Transversal Working Group 4 "Decentering Eurasian Empires and Geographies, from the 1200s to the Present".

You will pursue a?PhD project?related to one (or several) of the following subprojects or work packages of the cluster:


	Agencies and Space in Imperial Borderlands: Ottoman Transformation of the Balkans (14th-16th Century), coordinated by?Grigor Boykov?and?Jens Oliver Schmitt
	Resource Accumulation and Labour Coercion in Premodern Household Economies in a Long-Term Perspective, coordinated by?Juliane Schiel?and?Michael Jursa
	Nature, Environments and Societies in Ottoman and Turkish Sources, coordinated by?Yavuz K?se
	Mobility and Migration in Byzantium, coordinated by?Claudia Rapp


Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:


	Work on your dissertation within the subproject of the Clusters as defined above.
	We expect the completion of your doctoral thesis agreement within 12 months.
	Research in the area of the Clusters as defined above.
	Active participation in the activities of the Clusters.
	International publication and presentation activities.
	Participation in the further development of the Clusters.
	You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.


This is part of your personality:

Your profile:


	MA in history
	Excellent knowledge of at least one source language and at least two modern languages of the Eurasian region
	Competences in a regional discipline within Eurasia as geographically defined above
	You are in the initial phase of your PhD education
	Ability to work in a team
	Very good written and spoken English skills. Good written and spoken German skills is an advantage but not a must


We also expect:


	Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary exchange and research work in teams
	Outstanding MA thesis
	Comprehensive exposé of the planned PhD thesis (max. 5 pages)
	Demonstration of use of source languages of the Eurasian region


What we offer:

Work-life balance:?Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can partially work remotely.
Inspiring working atmosphere:?You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections:?Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport.
Internal further training & Coaching:?Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.
Fair salary:?The basic salary of EUR 3714,80 (on a full-time basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.
Equal opportunities for all:?We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:


	With your scientific curriculum vitae / letter of intent
	With your summary of research interests / ideas for a prospective doctoral project proposal (max. 5 pages)
	Master Degree?/?Diploma
	Demonstration of use of source languages of the Eurasian region
	Via our??job portal / Apply now -?button


If you have any content questions, please contact:

Melanie Malzahn

melanie.malzahn@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the?advancement of women?and?diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.

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Application deadline:?07/01/2025


University of Vienna

United Kingdom, Durham

The Role

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Engineering with a particular emphasis on hydrogen technologies. The EPSRC project, UNISON, seeks to improve the combustion of neat ammonia by exploring fuel additive-enhanced combustion or a catalytic burner that enable ammonia-hydrogen co-combustion. Key goals include optimising combustion efficiency, minimising emissions, and providing industry-ready solutions for ammonia combustion. Working within the EPSRC project, they will focus on clean combustion challenges, analysing and interpreting research findings, supporting the development of innovative combustors, and driving innovative technology solutions. The role also involves contributing to research funding bids, supporting licensing or spin-out activities, and enhancing the broader public understanding and commercial impact of the research.

The post-holder is employed to work on the UNISON project which will be led by Prof Dawei Wu. Whilst this means that the post-holder will not be carrying out independent research in his/her own right, the expectation is that they will contribute to the advancement of the project, through the development of their own research ideas/adaptation and development of research protocols.

Person Specification 

Essential Criteria:

Qualifications

A good first degree in an?Engineering related subject. A PhD (or be close to submission) in?Mechanical/Thermal Engineering or related subject.

Experience

Experience in conducting high quality academic research. Demonstrable ability to write material of a quality commensurate with publication in highly-ranked journals. Demonstrable ability to present research papers at?international?conferences and communicate complex information to specialists and within the wider academic community. Experience in?designing and operating combustion test rigs; developing analytical engineering models using CONVERGE or other CFD tools; and conducting experimental studies in a mechanical engineering laboratory environment, with a focus on hydrogen-related technology development.

Skills

Demonstrable ability to work cooperatively as part of a team, including participating in research meetings. Ability to work independently on own initiative and to strict deadlines. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Desirable Criteria 

Experience

Strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals, commensurate with stage of career. A track record of presenting research at conferences, symposia, or meetings, commensurate with stage of career. Demonstrable ability to develop research proposals and designs in collaboration with other academics. Experience of overseeing students with respect to the development of their practical/research skills e.g. acting as a demonstrator; supervising student projects/practicals. Experience in?working with industry partners and other internal or external parties to maximise the research impact and establish new research collaboration

Skills

Demonstrable ability to plan and manage independent research.

Contact Information

Department contact for academic-related enquiries

Prof Dawei Wu, MOL Professor of Maritime Energy Systems

Email: c/o

When appointing to this role the University must ensure that it meets any applicable immigration requirements, including salary thresholds which are applicable to some visas.


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