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MSCA Topics and Supervisors

On this page, you will find an overview of postdoctoral fellowship offers from the research groups at the University of Latvia. For more detailed information, click on the topic.

Digital Currencies, CBDCs, and the Future of Monetary Systems

AI, Cybersecurity, and Explainability in Financial Systems

Econometric Modelling in Finance

Financial Literacy, Pension Systems, and Sustainable Retirement

Digital Transformation in Financial Services

Digital Transformation and Regulatory Challenges in Insurance (InsurTech and Beyond)

Cross-Border Insurance Regulation and Private International Law

Sustainability and ESG Considerations in Insurance Law

Policy analysis

Public administration: structures, reforms, actors, digitalisation and e-governance

Local governments: reforms, structures

Novel 2D materials – MXenes for tissue engineering and personalize medicine

Advanced Biomaterials and Biophysics Laboratory

Theoretical quantum optics, atomic and molecular physics, Rydberg atoms, cavity QED

Geophysics, glaciology

Geology, sedimentology, mineral deposit geology, petrography

Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, remote sensing

Magnetic control of bubble flow in liquid metal (magnetohydrodynamics, multiphase flow, flow diagnostics methods, computational fluid dynamics)

Biomineralization, iron oxides, automated laboratory, microswimmers, living materials, nanomedicine

Numerical modelling of heat exchange, turbulent flows, and MHD processes in industrial applications.

Measurements and modelling in building physics for energy efficiency and sustainability.

Ecohydrology, hydrogeology

Physical oceanography

Soft Matter Physics

Visual Optics, Near-Eye Display Technology, Human Factors Research

Left-behind places and population migration

Environmental Science, Technologies

Environmental Science, Chemistry

Environmental Science, Modelling, Atmosphere Pollution, Climate

Urban Inequality and Segregation, Urban Geography

International student mobility (ISM)

NV-center magnetometry and near-field magnetic imaging in hybrid quantum devices

Quantum Magnetometry and Sensing: development of theoretical modelling and experimental methods

High-sensitivity magnetic field quantum sensor development

Advanced studies of complex atoms for astrophysical applications

Morphology, morphonology, morphosyntax, grammar

Modality, evidentiality

Latvian linguistics

Derivational morphology, morphemics

Stylistics, pragmatics

Baltic German literary culture between 16^th and 20^th century

Sociolinguistics, Language Policy

Philosophy - phenomenology

The Age of Will (social philosophy)

Philosophy, Social sciences, Modernity

Social philosophy, democracy, AI and political will, Europe, crisis

History of Philosophy, History of Ideas, History of Sciences, Intellectual History

Philosophy, Sociology, Philosophical Anthropology

Language policy and management in multilingual settings

Participatory digital cultural heritage

Computational approaches to life writing and personal narratives

Digital folklore archiving and digital folkloristics

Citizen science in the humanities

Religion in contemporary society

History of interethnic relations in the territory of Latvia since the second half of the 19^th century: History of political ideas and ideologies in the Baltic region since the second half of the 19^th century

History of the Orthodox Old Believer community in Latvia: between the preservation and transformation of religious, social, and cultural practices

The Baltic region in 1914–1922: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland

Comparative translation history, political and aesthetical aspects

Contrastive analysis of phraseology

Livonian studies, Indigenous studies

Language and culture revitalisation

Digital instruments and data for critically endangered and under-resourced languages and cultures

The history of textiles and clothing, traditional craft skills, including dyeing with natural dyes, and their use in the modern cultural environment.

History of the disciplines of ethnology and ethnography, knowledge creation in the ideological system of the Soviet occupation.

Environmental philosophy Environmental humanities

Innovative approaches in archaeological pottery technology studies

Social transformations and cultural interactions in the Viking Age in the Baltic Sea region

History of interethnic relations in the territory of Latvia since the second half of the 19^th century.

German - Latvian culture transfer during the periods of Enlightenment and National Awakening

Lyrics: poetical analyses.

Teacher Education, Inclusive Education, Adult Education, Language Acquisition

Artifical Intelligence for education

Technology enhanced learning and instructional design

Knowledge construction and evaluation in technology enhanced learning environment

Music in preschool, comprehensive school and higher education

“Flourishing for friendship” – research on the interplay between deep friendship and moral development

Holistic sexuality education for promoting family formation values and competence

Values and virtues in education.

Comparative Study of Teacher Education Programmes: Enrolment, Models and Modules, and Qualification Procedure

Teachers’ capability to deliver transformational learning in classroom practice

Advancing work-related VET curricula for a sustainable future of companies

Comparative Study of Teacher Education Programmes: Enrolment, Models and Modules, and Qualification Procedure

Criminal law, criminal procedure

Civil law, risk regulation, consumer protection law, insurance law, intellectual property law

Molecular mechanisms of gastrointestinal tumours

CO2 capture via electrosoprtion

Catalysts for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

REE production

Dual-atom-site catalysts

Design of polymeric ionic liquid systems for sustainable upgrading of crude gas mixtures

Development of luminescent materials for optical sensor design

Systems genetics of complex human diseases: biomarker discovery, risk prediction and biological interpretation

Discovery of molecular markers for sustainable breeding of agricultural animals in Latvia

Livestock genomics for biomarker discovery in disease resistance

Yeast physiology and biotechnology, development of biophotonics methods for microbiology, waste valorisation

Application of microfluidic organ-on-chip (OoC) models for drug sensitivity and toxicity testing, and establishment of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models for rare disease research.

Assessment of occupational health and safety policy for workers in Latvia

Muscle-heart-kidney axis in type 1 diabetes

Invisible hazards: challenges in assessing indoor air contaminants in homes and workplaces.

Application of crystal engineering principles for enantiomer separation of pharmaceutical compounds;

Design of molecular materials with switchable luminescent properties using crystal engineering principles;

Development and analysis of novel drug dosage forms

Study of the genetic structure of rare and protected plant populations for conservation and restoration.

Investigation into intraspecific genetic diversity and population genetic structure of different fish and bird species in the context of habitat degradation, climate change and anthropogenic disturbance.

Innovative approaches to patient and public involvement in biobank-based research

Ethical challenges in citizen science for biomedical research

Informed consent for AI-driven mental health risk predictions

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Plant genetics and biotechnology. Development of genome editing techniques for crop plants. Biosafety assessment of genomically edited organisms. Basic research on plant stress tolerance mechanisms.

Feminism and Writing

Religious studies

Folklore studies

Latvian Roma: a community in transition

Latvian traditional music and its interpretive overlayers

Latvian literature; Baltic literatures; Cold War literary studies; international relations; literary developments and biographies of the 1960s¬–1990s

Environmental humanities, posthumanism, ecocriticism, performing arts

Folk and Vernacular Religion, Contemporary Spirituality and Folk Healing Traditions, Folk Music, Visual Ethnography

History of performance art in the Baltic States

16^th -19^th cnt. culture history of Latvia (literature); Baltic German culture (literature)

Cold War cultural and literary studies. Women’s writing in the Baltic region. Autobiographical and epistolary narratives. Digital prosopography in literary research.