Apply for a doctoral position at the SEAL polar research school
Doctoral positions are now available at the national polar research school SEAL - School of Excellence in Arctic and Antarctic Learning. The research school is funded by the Swedish Research Council and will start in the fall semester of 2026. Apply now to a world-leading interdisciplinary educational environment spanning the natural sciences, technology, law, and the humanities. We look forward to receiving your application!
Open positions
The School of Excellence in Arctic and Antarctic Learning, SEAL, is a collaboration between Uppsala University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Chalmers University of Technology, and the University of Gothenburg. You apply for doctoral positions through the respective university'' announcement.
- Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences
PhD student in physical geography with focus on ice sheet modelling (reference number UFV-PA 2026/490)
Contact: Ward van Pelt, ward.van.pelt@geo.uu.se - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Doctoral student in the history of polar governance in the national polar research school (reference number PA-2026-0252)
Contact: Kati Lindström, kati.lindstrom@abe.kth.se - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences
Doctoral student in Physical Oceanography (reference number PAR 2026/182)
Contact: Anna Wåhlin, anna.wahlin@marine.gu.se - University of Gothenburg, Department of Earth Sciences
Doctoral student in Natural Sciences, specializing in Physical Geography (dendroclimatology/remote sensing/isotope analyses), reference number PAR 2026/230
