Roberto Svaldi | 2-year postdoc position in UniMi

2-year postdoctoral position in algebraic geometry. Deadline for application: November 13th 2025.

A 2-year postdoctoral position is available in the Algebraic Geometry group at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Milan.

Research topics

The position is funded by the university on the themes of the project “Birational geometry and moduli spaces of algebraic varieties and foliations” that is coordinated by Luca Tasin and myself.
We are looking for candidates whose research interests are related to one or more of the following topics (all intended in the widest possible sense): birational geometry, geometry of varieties with trivial canonical bundle, algebraic foliations, boundedness problems.

Deadline for application

November 13th 2025 at 11h59 (am) Italian time (aka CET).

All informations on the selection process are available at this link, in Italian.

We have a prepared an informal translation in English of the formal job opening and rules for the hiring process which is available here. Please, do notice that our translation does not hold any legal validity, and all official information can be only checked in the original document.

Starting date and duration of contract

The duration of the contract is 2 years.

The starting date is no later than January 1st, 2026, due to the nature of the funding. Unfortunately, this date is non-negotiable, due to constraints related to the funding for the project. However, if it poses a serious issue, please feel free to contact us to discuss possible arrangements.

Salary

The gross salary for the position is €28.283,94/year. That amount should roughly correspond, after taxes, to about €1600/month (over 13 monthly payments). Do notice that this is an estimate and the correct amount may depend from personal circumstances (family situation, etc.).
For those that, at the start of the contract, will have been working abroad (i.e., outside of Italy) for at least the previous 3 years, it will be possible to claim a tax benefit that should increase the salary to about €1900/month (over 13 monthly payments).

Research in AG at University of Milan

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Milan currently has a large research group in Algebraic Geometry currently featuring 14 permanent members, 2 assistant professors, 3 postdoctoral researchers, and 2 graduate students.
Research themes represented in the group cover a wide range of topics in modern AG: e.g., birational geometry, algebraic foliations, hyperkaehler varieties, stability conditions and moduli spaces, Hodge theory, derived categories, K-theory, and many more.
We organise a weekly seminar and reading groups during each semester, and we invite many academic visitors.
More information on the group and its members are available here.

Application requirements

Holding a doctoral degree at the time of application is not a requirement for applying.
If not already held at the time of application, you will need to obtain your doctoral degree within 6 months of the date of posting of the call for the position, i.e., by April 13th 2026. Moreover, if you are in this situation, and you are still pursuing your PhD, you must be enrolled in the 3rd year of a doctoral program: this may seem a strange requirement, but it is due to how the law has been (not very smartly) written.

Those already holding a doctoral degree obtained outside of Italy will have to obtain the formal recognition of its equivalence to an Italian degre (equivalenza or equipollenza). Do not worry about that, we can help you with it.
The same rule apply to those that will obtain their doctoral degree by the deadline indicated above: in that case, the procedure for obtaining the formal recongition of the foreign degree will have to be initiated right after the awarding of the degree. Again, we can help with that.

For all the relevant information, about criteria and modality for application, please consult the official document of the call which is available at the official page of application (here the unofficial English translation).

Application procedure

To access the application system, click here.
Set up an account and then access the system.
We have written a document to explain how to complete the application procedure which is available here.

You shall need to upload the following documents:

Curriculum Vitae in in the form of a pdf file (according to the template provided in ALLEGATO A, see for example page 6-7 here. You can take some freedom and use a different template as long as the relevant info a the start of the file is there);
a research statement (max 3 pages);
up to 3 (accepted) publications of the candidate's choice in the form of a pdf file;
copy of a valid form of ID
signed list of publications;
if you are a non-EU citizen, you will need to upload copies of your PhD diploma (if you already have one), and master's and bachelor's diploma-- alternatively, you can upload copies of the certificates issued by the competent universities declaring the awarding of the titles.

No letter of recommendation is required as part of the application procedure.

Further info

If you wish to obtain further information on the position, or for help with the application process, please do not hesitate to contact Luca Tasin, or myself.