PhD position in Human Geography
University of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, SwitzerlandActiveverified Jun 21, 2026
Job description
- In collaboration with the PI of the project you will develop and carry out the project outlined above, conduct original fieldwork (qualitative interviews with headteachers and with racially and/or socio-economically minoritized students of Gymnasia in German-speaking Switzerland), data analysis (including participative data analysis workshops) and complete a doctoral dissertation (paper based dissertation).
- You will participate actively in project activities, including workshops, and international conferences, and contribute to academic and practice-oriented publications emerging from the project.
- You will contribute to teaching in the field Human Geography and to services in the Geography Teacher Training unit (GTT) at GIUZ.
- You will participate in the Zurich Graduate School in Geography & Earth System Science.