Vacancy: Postdoc in Economic History (2-3 yr; Linköping University, Sweden) – deadline 25 May 2026

The Division of Economics in the Department of Management and Engineering of Linköping University is earching for a postdoc researcher in Economic History for a period of 2-3 years.

The position is linked to the research project ‘Birthing Inequity: Legacies of Colonial Maternal Health and Child Welfare Services in Africa’, funded by the Swedish Research Council. The project investigates the long-term impact of British colonization on maternal and child health in former colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa. It bridges the colonial and post-colonial periods in two phases: (1) mapping colonial-era investments in maternal and child welfare services, training of local health personnel, and policy variation across colonies using archival sources; and (2) measuring the persistent and dynamic effects of this historical health infrastructure on contemporary maternal and child health outcomes, drawing on microdata from IPUMS-DHS and the like. The project combines qualitative and quantitative methods and contributes to economic history, historical demography, and the history of global health.

Applications should be submitted ultimately by 25 May 2026 via the application portal of Linköping University (see button at bottom of full text on LU’s website).