Recruitment
RePIM Doctoral Network
RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media – is a four-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network dedicated to reimagining how Public Interest Media can remain relevant, sustainable, and impactful in a rapidly changing, data-driven and platform-dominated environment.
The network unites leading European universities, Public Interest Media organisations, and industry partners to train 12 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) working across media content innovation, infrastructure transformation, organisational change, audience analysis, and policy development. RePIM offers an interdisciplinary, international, and cross-sectoral training environment, including secondments, summer/winter schools, scenario-building workshops, and close collaboration with non-academic partners.
The project is in the process of recruiting 12 fully funded PhD researchers, each employed for 36 or 48 months (project-dependent) at one of the participating universities across Europe.
All positions are full-time, fully funded according to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network regulations, including living allowance, mobility allowance, and, when applicable, family allowance.
Eligibility (MSCA-DN Requirements)
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Not already hold a doctoral degree.
- Not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in the host country for more than 12 months in the 36 months before the recruitment date (MSCA mobility rule).
General Requirements
- You hold a Master’s degree in a relevant field
- You are motivated to pursue a doctoral degree through an individual research project
- You are open to international mobility, in line with the MSCA-DN framework, and are willing to relocate to the host university’s country, as well as attend international trainings, internships, and academic exchanges
- You demonstrate a strong academic track record
- You have a solid scientific background, possibly with prior relevant research experience
- You are proficient in written and spoken English.
Open PhD Positions (12 Doctoral Candidates)
We have reopened the applications for DC12, see details below.
| PhD project |
|---|
| DC1. Coping with the challenges of automated content in public interest media University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland Applications closed |
| DC2. Reinventing content for online-first public media Charles University Prague (CU), Czechia Applications closed |
| DC3. Quality news bots for public service media Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Applications closed |
| DC4. Object oriented edge-casting using semantic encoding Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Applications closed |
| DC5. Digital infrastructures in the public interest University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway Applications closed |
| DC6. Global logics in local contexts: Reinventing partnership strategies for Public Interest Media Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium Applications closed |
| DC7. Reconfiguring organisational structures for delivering platformised public value Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium Applications closed |
| DC8. Developing and transforming sustainability requirements for Public Interest Media Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS), Austria Applications closed |
| DC9. Regulating Public Interest Media in a platform world Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS), Austria Applications closed |
| DC10. Public support for non-public service media organisations University of Warsaw (UW), Poland Applications closed |
| DC11. Reaching the unreachable Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium Applications closed |
| DC12. Audience data management and performance measurement in the cross-media landscape Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia Deadline for applications: 29 June 2026 |
Deadline for Applications
Applications have reopened for the DC12 position. Deadline for applications is 29 June 2026.
What RePIM Offers
All DCs will benefit from:
- Employment at a leading European university with full social security coverage
- A competitive salary in accordance with the MSCA Call 2025 regulations for Doctoral Researchers, paid from the relevant monthly gross allowances: living allowance, mobility allowance, family allowance (only if applicable)
- International secondments at partner universities
- Paid internships at relevant media organisations
- A comprehensive training programme including three Summer Schools (Brussels, Copenhagen, Salzburg), three Winter Seminars (online), and cross-sector training in research skills, data management, ethics, policy, management and leadership
- A final RePIM Scenario-Building Symposium & Career Days in Brussels
- Close supervision by world-leading academics and Public Interest Media experts
- A vibrant interdisciplinary research community spanning content, infrastructure, organisation, audiences and policy.
Recruitment in RePIM follows the principles of equal opportunities and non-discrimination and is conducted in an open, transparent and merit-based manner under the institutional policies of each host institution.