Södertörn University is a higher education institution in Stockholm that conducts education, research, and collaboration for sustainable societal development. We have around 14 000 students, 80 programmes and 300 courses, and we conduct education and research in the humanities, social sciences, technology and natural sciences. The university also offers police education and teacher education with an intercultural profile. A great deal of our research relates to the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. We combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences, and are worldminded, curious and questioning, searching for surprising syntheses, challenges and development.
The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) is tasked with stimulating and developing Södertörn University’s multidisciplinary research and doctoral (third‑cycle) education focusing on the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. CBEES’ objective is to increase the national and international impact of Baltic and Eastern European research conducted at Södertörn University, as well as achieve recognition of the university’s status as a knowledge hub. CBEES is a point of contact, not just within the university but also for other research environments and the surrounding community. CBEES organises Advanced seminars, international conferences, summer schools, lectures, workshops, doctoral student meetings, and courses, and also publishes the Baltic Worlds journal and the yearly CBEES State of the Region Report. The research centre consists of professors, visiting researchers, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, and research coordinators. The working language at CBEES is English.
We are now recruiting a postdoctoral researcher, with a starting date no later than 1 September 2026. The field of research for this position is historical studies, which includes, among others, History, History of Ideas, Archaeology, Ethnology, and the Study of Religions. The application must demonstrate a clear connection to research on the Baltic Sea and East European region, and the applicant must show how the proposed project will contribute to the academic work at CBEES.
The application deadline is 27 February 2026 (23:59, Stockholm time).