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.

We are now 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)

Below is an overview of all RePIM Doctoral projects. Each title links to a full description and guidelines for applying.

Applicants may indicate interest in up to three positions. This can be done as part of a single application but this must clearly specify their first choice.

PhD project

DC1. Coping with the challenges of automated content in public interest media

University of Zurich (UZH)

Switzerland

DC2. Reinventing content for online-first public media

Charles University Prague (CU)

Czechia

DC3. Quality news bots for public service media

Aalborg University (AAU)

Denmark

DC4. Object oriented edge-casting using semantic encoding

Aalborg University (AAU)

Denmark

DC5. Digital infrastructures in the public interest

University of Stavanger (UiS)

Norway

DC6. Global logics in local contexts: Reinventing partnership strategies for Public Interest Media

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Belgium

DC7. Reconfiguring organisational structures for delivering platformised public value

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Belgium

DC8. Developing and transforming sustainability requirements for Public Interest Media

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS)

Austria

DC9. Regulating Public Interest Media in a platform world

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS)

Austria

DC10. Public support for non-public service media organisations

University of Warsaw (UW)

Poland

DC11. Reaching the unreachable

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Belgium

DC12. Audience data management and performance measurement in the cross-media landscape

Tallinn University (TLU)

Estonia

Deadline for Applications

Apply before 31 January 2026 by following the procedure detailed in each job posting.

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.
  

RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media is a four-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network dedicated to reimagining the role and future of public interest media in a data-driven, platform-dominated environment. RePIM brings together leading European universities, industry partners, and 12 Doctoral Candidates in an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral training and research programme. The network investigates how public interest media can remain relevant, sustainable, and impactful by transforming how content is produced, packaged, distributed, and supported organisationally and technologically. Through its focus on strategic innovation, organisational change, and media management, RePIM equips its doctoral researchers with advanced analytical and managerial skills to help reshape public interest media across diverse European contexts.