Organisation/Company: University of Padova (network coordinator), Radboud University, University of Bonn, TU Darmstadt, University of Freiburg, ENS de Lyon, University of Milan
Research Field: Mathematics
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: Italy
Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Rome)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 40
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101168795
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
REMOLD is a European Doctoral Network, funded by the EU as part of the MSCA program.
REMOLD will unite the work of 9 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) under the supervision of 12 Principal Investigators (PIs) based at 7 European Universities: TU Darmstadt, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Universität Bonn (Germany), Università degli Studi di Milano, Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), ENS Lyon (France), and Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands).
To achieve REMOLD’s research goals, the network will hold regular network events at the involved universities and beyond, ranging from bringing the DCs to the state of the art concerning their working area, to soft-skill and networking aspects, and showcasing the DCs’ research at international conferences. This set of activities is rounded off by a training cooperation with a leading European quantum information company.
All DCs will gather for a special semester at the Università degli Studi di Padova (March-June 2026) and will spend at least one more semester at another university to work with specialists within and beyond the doctoral network.
Work Projects
Work Project A: Around the motivic Satake Equivalence
* DC1: Based in Padova (Italy), will work on a derived motivic Satake equivalence. Planned secondments: Nijmegen, Darmstadt.
* DC2: Based in Darmstadt (Germany), aims to construct central motivic sheaves in the context of twisted groups. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Louisiana.
* DC3: Based in Milano (Italy), aims to lift the Satake equivalence to rigid analytic motives. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Darmstadt.
Work Project B: Motives of stacks of bundles
* DC4: Based in Padova (Italy), seeks to compute the category of Tate motives on the affine Grassmannian. Planned secondments: Clermont-Ferrand, Louisiana.
* DC5: Based in Nijmegen (Netherlands), aspires to compute motives of stacks of principal bundles on curves. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Darmstadt.
Work Project C: Intersection cohomology of minimally compactified Shimura varieties
* DC6: Based in Lyon (France), will study the intersection cohomology of minimal compactifications of Shimura varieties. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Milano.
Work Project D: K-motives, Endoscopy and Soergel’s Conjecture
* DC7: Based in Bonn (Germany), works on endoscopy for K-motives on the Hecke stack. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Freiburg, Lyon.
* DC8: Based in Lyon (France), aims to develop a formalism for non-homotopy invariant K-motives. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Freiburg, Lyon.
* DC9: Based in Freiburg (Germany), will investigate representations and K-motives on Langlands parameters. Planned secondments: Padova (special semester), Lyon, Bonn.
Principal Investigators
The PhD students will be working with the following principal investigators:
Victoria Hoskins, Radboud University Nijmegen
Candidate Requirements
Students with a Master's degree who wish to pursue a PhD in the following areas: Algebraic Geometry, Arithmetic Geometry, Representation Theory.
Languages: ENGLISH Level Excellent
Additional Information
Living allowance (per month): These amounts are indicative and are subject to regulations by national law and local regulations at the host universities. For the positions in Darmstadt and Nijmegen, these regulations include a topped-up salary, and in the case of Nijmegen an extension of the PhD position to 4 years. Further information specific to the individual host universities can be requested from the Principal Investigators.
Additionally, please note the mobility allowance of €600 per month and the family allowance, which is €495 per month, if applicable.
Eligibility Criteria
Mobility rule: Doctoral Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting institution for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately preceding their date of recruitment.
Selection Process
Applications will be accepted starting on January 1, 2025. Candidates may apply for multiple positions simultaneously. The Recruiting and Career Committee of REMOLD will screen incoming applications on a regular, first-come, first-served basis and will schedule interviews with promising candidates.
The required documents include:
* a cover letter and a motivation letter;
* a CV, including a transcript of records for Bachelor’s and Master’s courses completed so far;
* copies of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (if applicable);
* Master’s thesis (or a draft, depending on your progress);
* the names of two referees who can provide recommendation letters (these letters do not need to be uploaded at the time of application).
English proficiency is required. Candidates’ language skills will be assessed during the interviews.
Offer starting date: September 1, 2025 or October 1, 2025.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 2 Company/Institute: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, Country: Italy, City: Padova
Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT, Country: Netherlands, City: Nijmegen
Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT, Country: Germany, City: Bonn
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