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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

Biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery

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

Left-behind places and population migration

International student mobility (ISM)

Urban segregation and demographic change

Glaciology, geophysics

Peatland development and recultivation of historically affected areas 

Multicomponent MHD flows

Complex heat and mass exchange

Nanomaterials, application in energy conversion and storage devices

2D Topological TMD material heterostructures: growth and electronic properties

MHD flows in a strong magnetic field

Cavitation process in liquid metal flows

Flow measurements in conducting media

Phenomenology and Its Branches: Eco-phenomenology, Philosophy of Life, Intersubjectivity, Communication, Hermeneutic Humanities, Latvian Cultural Thought, Letonica, and Human Rights Ethics 

Comparative translation history, political and aesthetical aspects. 

Contrastive analysis of phraseology.

Religion and politics.

New religious movements.

Religion in contemporary society.

Philosophy 20th century (phenomenology, hermeneutics, critique of culture/civilisation, fundamental ontology, critique of technology, modernity as a epoch)

Philosophy of German idealism and Romanticism

Baltic-German culture transfer (18th -20th Century)

Kant, Hamann, Herder reception in the Baltic

Intellectual History (Germany-Baltic States)

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Social and Cultural Transformations in the context of world relations (Philosophy and Sociology of world relations)

The Philosophical Anthropology.

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 19th century: History of political ideas and ideologies in the Baltic region since the second half of the 19th century;

History of interethnic relations in the territory of Latvia since the second half of the 19th century: History of the Baltic Germans (Deutschbalten) in the 19th –20th centuries

Participatory digital cultural heritage; Computational approaches to life writing and personal narratives; Digital folklore archiving and digital folkloristics; Citizen science in the humanities.

Livonian studies. Indigenous studies.

Language and culture revitalisation; Digital instruments and data for critically endangered and under-resourced languages and cultures

Artifical Inteligence for education

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

Inclusive higher education

Inclusive adult education

Promoting the development of intercultural competence in the study process

Teachers' 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

Criminal law, criminal procedure

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

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

Tumour microenvironment in endocrine related cancers (pancreatic, pituitary or other) and gastrointestinal cancer (gastric, other), molecular mechanisms of autoimmune disease (thyroid, IBD, UC or other)

Extraction methodologies for value-added compounds from biomass using ionic solvents

Design and synthesis of ionic liquids for porous liquids

Desing, synthesis and application of ionic liquid systems for gas separation/capture of greenhouse gases

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.

Art and culture in the Soviet period; Theoretical discourses concerning art and media studies; Performing arts; Curatorial studies

Comparative Literature; Modernist Poetry; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies

Baltic - German Culture Transfer, 16th - 19th centuries; Baltic - German Culture History, 16th - 20th centuries; The History of Latvian Literature, 16th - 19th centuries

Musicology, ethnomusicology, Romani studies, archival studies

Folklore of the regions of Latvia; Urban folklore in Latvia; Neopagan movements in Latvia; Folklore of the Latvian riflemen

Religion and nationalism; Religion in contemporary society

European Modernity and Postcolonial Studies: The Baltic Contexts; Latvian Literary Culture in the Context of Studies of Small and Periferal Literatures

Ecocriticism; environmental experience narratives; affective ecologies; rituals in transition; history and theory of folklore studies

Cold War Cultural and Literary Studies; Women's Writing in the Baltic Region; Autobiographical and Epistolary Narratives; Digital Prosopography in Literary Research