Topics

These doctoral contracts are intended to support research projects in the computational humanities and social sciences and in cultural evolution, involving the following approaches in particular: 

• Modelling and analysis of the transmission of texts, ideas and cultural products
• Computational analysis of corpora of texts, images or objects.
• Processing of massive or semi-massive data.
• Artificial intelligence and heritage data 

Eligibility

• The thesis supervisor must be a member of CultureLab. 
• The proposed projects must be in line with CultureLab's research areas.
• Previous experience in computational methods applied to the humanities and social sciences is an advantage. 

Laboratories and members of CultureLab authorised to supervise theses: 

Centre Jean-Mabillon (ENC-PSL) 

  Jean-Baptiste Camps ; Frédéric Duval ; Katarzyna Kapitan 

Institut Jean-Nicod (ENS - PSL and CNRS) 

  Nicolas Baumard, Roberto Casati, Paul Egré, Alda Mari, Hugo Mercier, Olivier Morin 

Centre de Recherche en Mathématiques de la Décision (Dauphine-PSL) 

  Madalina Olteanu, Fabrice Rossi 

Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques, Cognition (ENS - PSL, CNRS, and Sorbonne Nouvelle) 

Pascal Amsili, Sophie Prévost, Thierry Poibeau, Frédéric Landragin 

SYRTE (Observatoire de Paris - PSL and CNRS) 

  Matthieu Husson 

DRM (Dauphine-PSL) 

  Christophe Benavent 

Archéologie and Philologie d’Orient et d’Occident (ENS–EPHE-PSL and CNRS) 

  Marc Bui, Peter Stokes, Anne-Marie Turcan-Verkerk 

UMRS938 CRSA (EPHE section SVT) 

  Daniel Stockholm 

• 49 days of annual leave
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage
• 50% employer contribution to supplementary health insurance
• Subsidized meals
• 75% reimbursement of public transportation costs
• Access to professional development programs through PSL’s internal training school
• Access to sports facilities and activities via PSL Sport
• Access to PSL’s health center
• Dedicated support from the Welcome Desk for international researchers

• The thesis supervisor must be a member of CultureLab. 
• The proposed projects must be in line with CultureLab's research areas.
• Previous experience in computational methods applied to the humanities and social sciences is an advantage. 

Laboratories and members of CultureLab authorised to supervise theses: 

Centre Jean-Mabillon (ENC-PSL) 

  Jean-Baptiste Camps ; Frédéric Duval ; Katarzyna Kapitan 

Institut Jean-Nicod (ENS - PSL and CNRS) 

  Nicolas Baumard, Roberto Casati, Paul Egré, Alda Mari, Hugo Mercier, Olivier Morin 

Centre de Recherche en Mathématiques de la Décision (Dauphine-PSL) 

  Madalina Olteanu, Fabrice Rossi 

Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques, Cognition (ENS - PSL, CNRS, and Sorbonne Nouvelle) 

Pascal Amsili, Sophie Prévost, Thierry Poibeau, Frédéric Landragin 

SYRTE (Observatoire de Paris - PSL and CNRS) 

  Matthieu Husson 

DRM (Dauphine-PSL) 

  Christophe Benavent 

Archéologie and Philologie d’Orient et d’Occident (ENS–EPHE-PSL and CNRS) 

  Marc Bui, Peter Stokes, Anne-Marie Turcan-Verkerk 

UMRS938 CRSA (EPHE section SVT) 

  Daniel Stockholm 

Application Process

1. Applicants are invited to contact a research supervisor and, with his or her agreement, submit an application including:

• A detailed CV including a list of publications (2 pages).  
• A research project (maximum 2 pages, excluding bibliography).  
• A letter of support from the future thesis supervisor, stating that he/she is prepared to supervise the candidate and explaining why the thesis project is promising. 

• A letter from the director of the future unit, in which the latter undertakes to host the doctoral student during the period he/she will be preparing his/her thesis.  

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2. Applications must be sent before 30 May 2026 to recrutement@chartes.psl.euas well as to jean-baptiste.camps@chartes.psl.eu and olivier.morin@ens.psl.eu.