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Doctoral student in Global Politics specializing in radical rhetoric

Malmö University is an innovative, urban and international institute of higher education, located in the centre of Malmö. We have around 1,800 employees and 24,000 students. Our research and education are characterised by the role we believe a university should play in an open society — to contribute to sustainability and equality in a scientifically grounded way with external partners and stakeholders. Identifying and addressing the challenges of the future are of highest priority. Our researchers and students work collaboratively to create, share and spread knowledge in order to understand, explain and develop society — both locally and globally.

Faculty of Culture and Society

The Faculty of Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes three departments: the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies and the Department of Urban Studies. The Faculty conducts doctoral studies in the following subjects: Global Politics, Interaction Design, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Media and Communication Studies and Urban Studies. The Faculty hosts two of the university’s five research centres. Read more about the Faculty of Culture and Society here.

The Department of Global Political Studies

The Department of Global Political Studies (GPS) is an interdisciplinary department, which incorporates approaches from both the social sciences and the humanities, and that undertakes research on politics, power relations and the construction of identity in local, national, international, and global contexts. Its focus is on organisations, governance, political instruments, and decision-making processes, as well as studies of international migration and migration-related social issues. GPS offers two doctoral programmes: Global Politics and International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER). The current position is in Global Politics. Read more about the Department of Global Politics here.

Doctoral programme in Global Politics

The study of Global Politics is multidisciplinary and includes approaches from the humanities as well as the social sciences. The scientific core of Global Politics is the study of transnational and international politics, both in terms of continuity and change, cooperation and conflict, power and protest, politics in and beyond the nation state, and the proliferation of actors in world politics. A key element in the research is to attempt to extend and deepen the understanding and study of the exercise of power at the global level. Global Politics includes analyses of political, social, economic, and cultural relations and networks across national boundaries.

The goal of the programme is to develop the knowledge and skills required for the doctoral student to conduct research independently and contribute to the development of knowledge within the chosen subject area. The doctoral programme comprises 240 higher education credits (equivalent to four years of full-time studies), of which 60 credits are from courses. It is completed when the doctoral student publicly defends his/her printed doctoral dissertation (180 credits).

Research Project

GPS is seeking to fill one doctoral student position as part of the European doctoral network Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism (VORTEX). The project is financed by the European Union and is a European Doctoral Network within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

VORTEX’s overarching aim is to develop new evidence-based innovative strategies to counter and prevent ideological and behavioural radicalization. The doctoral network, which is divided into 10 individual research projects, one for each doctoral student, includes Malmö University (Sweden), Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Germany), the University of Marburg (Germany), the University of Helsinki (Finland), the University of Turin (Italy), the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), the University of Oslo (Norway), and Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania). Malmö University coordinates the network and hosts two of the doctoral students. The doctoral network coordinator is Dr Kristian Steiner, Malmö University.

The appointed doctoral student is expected to formulate and conduct an independent and individual research project addressing the theme Radical rhetoric: understanding legitimating and mobilising discourses. The overarching theme concerns how secular and religious radical rhetoric legitimate violence and mobilize supporters to take part in violent actions. The objective is to contribute to an enhanced understanding of radical rhetoric: its discursive content, its legitimating and mobilising potential, its development and change, and its national and transnational proliferation.

Suitable candidates may come from a broad range of backgrounds, including but not limited to: Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Psychology, Political Psychology, Communication Studies, Political Science, Sociology, IMER, and Anthropology. Applicants able to demonstrate engagement in interdisciplinary research are preferred.

Although the doctoral student will be working on an individual research project, they will also be connected to the European doctoral network described above and will work in close collaboration with other doctoral students and senior researchers. The doctoral student is expected to spend time at universities and organizations in the project, within and outside Europe. The doctoral student will also be closely connected to the multidisciplinary environment at Malmö University.

Work duties

Those appointed to doctoral student positions shall devote themselves to their studies in the context of the above project. Whilst required to ensure their work fits broadly within the overall doctoral network by working closely with the project coordinator Dr Kristian Steiner, the doctoral student will complete independent research.

Those appointed to doctoral studentships may, however, in the last year of employment, work to a limited extent with educational tasks, research, artistic research and administration, however, duties of this kind may not comprise more than 20 per cent of a full-time post (Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Higher Education Ordinance).

The doctoral education concludes with a doctoral degree and comprises 240 credits, which corresponds to four years of full-time study. The programme consists of courses and an independent research project that is presented in a doctoral thesis.

As a doctoral student, you will be expected to play an active part in the research and educational environment and in the European doctoral network. The doctoral students will be expected to attend events organized by VORTEX, spend time at universities and organizations in the project and to contribute to a textbook and a white paper on radicalization.

Qualifications

In order to be admitted to doctoral studies, the applicant must meet the general and specific entry requirements of the subject in question. Moreover, the applicant must be deemed capable of assimilating the education.

The general entry requirements for doctoral education (HEO Chapter 7 Section 39) will be met by those who have:

been awarded a second-cycle degree
satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

The specific entry requirements for doctoral education will be met by those who have:

acquired the knowledge and skills equivalent to a second-cycle degree in Global politics or in another subject relevant to Global politics, or has the equivalent knowledge acquired within or outside the country.

Selection criteria

Selection among applicants who meet the general and specific entry requirements shall be made with regard to their capacity to assimilate the education (HEO Chapter 7 Section 41).

General selection criteria

Independent analysis and approach in previous work
Problem formulation and precision in the attached research plan and previous work
Methodological and scholarly maturity
Communication and cooperation skills

Doctoral programme-related selection criteria

Knowledge and skills corresponding to a social science or humanities second-cycle degree in a subject that is relevant to the field of Global Politics. For examples of relevant subjects, please see the above description of the research project.
Ability to express oneself in written and spoken English on an advanced level.
Documented experience of studying or researching any of the themes described in the individual research project above.

Project-specific selection criteria

According to the project funder’s regulations, the applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Sweden for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.
According to the project funder’s regulations, the applicants must not already be in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment.
Ability to analyse how radical groups exploit individuals’ need for acceptance and belonging in groups and their fear of rejection.
Ability to analyse how social comparison is used to enhance self-esteem and ingroup favouritism.
Ability to analyse what behaviour that improves (or jeopardizes) the individuals’ status within the group.
Ability to analyse how radical groups define an ultimate meaning, a cause beyond the self, and how its members are supposed to take part in such a cause.
Ability to understand and communicate in the language(s) relevant for the proposed doctoral research project.

Further information

For questions related to the doctoral project, contact Associate Professor Kristian Steiner, project coordinator kristian.steiner@mau.se

For questions regarding the doctoral education, contact Professor Maja Povrzanović Frykman, maja.frykman@mau.se

For other questions contact, Associate Professor Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir, Deputy Head of Department, gunnhildur.lily.magnusdottir@mau.se

Information on the project Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism (VORTEX) can be found here: https://vortex.uni.mau.se/

In our recruitment work, Malmö University has taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

Application

You may apply for this position via Malmö University’s recruitment system by clicking on the “Apply” button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is completed in accordance with the advertisement, and that it is provided to the University no later than 2023-01-16. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the University can read what is written in the application. If the application is not written in Swedish, English or any of the Nordic languages, the applicant is responsible for the application and its appendices being translated.

The application must include:

Completed application form for admission to Research Education https://mau.app.box.com/s/0729inc4c3o0d70jrv4435w4vpgcwr6d

Curriculum Vitae with up to three references (including title, affiliation, email address, phone number, and the relationship to the applicant)
Scans of diplomas, transcript of records and other certificates relevant for the position
A research plan of up to 3000 words excluding references. The research plan must contain an overall purpose, questions that the project intends to answer, an account of the theoretical framework and the methodological approach and a description of research material and the way it will be obtained.
A personal letter up to 500 words
Independent work at advanced level (including master thesis or equivalent)

Miscellaneous

Preparation of admission to postgraduate education and employment as a doctoral student take place in parallel. Only those who are or have been admitted to doctoral courses and study programmes at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral studentships (Chapter 5, Section 3 of the Higher Education Ordinance).

The doctoral studentship is a fixed-term position comprising four years of full-time studies, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 7.

Malmö University is a workplace and higher education institution that is characterised by an open and inclusive approach, where gender equality and equal terms add value to our activities. Moreover, the project will follow The European Charter for Researchers, The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, and “will not discriminate against researchers in any way on the basis of gender, age, ethnic, national or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language, disability, political opinion, social or economic condition.”

Malmö University applies salary setting for doctoral students in accordance with a local agreement on salary setting for doctoral students.

Start date

The starting date is 1st of September 2023.

Union representatives

SACO-S, Rebecka Johansson, rebecka.johansson@mau.se

OFR, Martin Reissner, martin.reissner@mau.se

PhD Student Union representative

Michel Anderlini, michel-vincent.anderlini@mau.se

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

You apply no later than 16/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

Doctoral students in Sports Science specialising in the humanities and social sciences

Malmö University is a creative, urbane and international educational institution, located in the heart of Malmö. We have about 1,800 employees and 24,000 students. Our research and our educational programmes are characterised by the role that the university has in an open society - on a scientific and academic basis and together with other stakeholders, to contribute to achieving a sustainable and equal society. Identifying and addressing the challenges of the future is a high priority. Our researchers and students want to be where things are happening and to work with others to create, share and spread knowledge, so as to understand, explain and develop society. Locally and globally.

Faculty of Education and Society

The Faculty of Education and Society is characterised by fresh ideas in the formulation of educational programmes and in its collaboration with schools, local authorities, organisations and business.

The faculty, which has about 7,500 students and 320 employees, consists of six departments: Children, Youth and Society (BUS), Sport Sciences (IDV), Society, Culture and Identity (SKI), Culture, Languages and Media (KSM), Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS) and School Development and Leadership (SOL).

The faculty has degree- awarding powers in all programmes, with bachelor and master degrees in Pre-School and Education as the goal, and in sports and educational programmes at third cycle level. There are also programmes for study and career guidance counsellors and special educational needs teachers.

The Faculty is situated in the building Orkanen, at Hjälmarkajen, next to the central station.

The Department of Sport Sciences

The Department of Sport Sciences is a broad multidisciplinary environment whose core is sport as a multifaceted societal phenomenon and knowledge area. Our programmes are characterised by a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical understanding with a well-developed action competence.

The department offers sport- related programmes on the first-, second- and third-cycle levels. Its active and successful sport science research environment comprises a variety of specialisations whose primary focus lies within the social science field. The department also has a well-developed cooperation network within sport practice.

Sport sciences specialising in social sciences and the humanities

The focus on research programmes in sport sciences specializing in social sciences and the humanities lies on the forms of sport and on their past, present and future importance to society. The education comprises a range of areas from competitive, recreational sports to physical education, including outdoor education, physical recreation, and ecological sustainability.

The contribution of sport to society is studied on the basis of problem complexes such as sport regulation and normativity, state, market and civil society relation to sport, sport’s own selection mechanisms, space and place, as well as the way societal structures and social categories, such as gender, ethnicity, sexuality, dis/ability, generation and social class, affect and are affected by sport and within the school subject (PE).

The sport science research environment includes some 15 researchers as well as an almost equal number of doctoral students. The research is primarily within the humanities and the social sciences, and in regard to the research conducted at the department, sport is considered to be a multi-dimensional, societal and cultural phenomenon that includes physical activity, physical education (PE), exercise and sport performance. It also includes research on elite sport.

We especially welcome applications from the field of Sport Management, with specialization in:

Managing sport economy, sport business
Managing migration and integration through sport

Content and duties

Those who are employed as doctoral students are expected to primarily devote themselves to their own research education (located at Malmö University).

The intended degree is a PhD, which corresponds to a 4-year full-time research education. Departmental duties may amount to a maximum of 20% of fulltime employment. If so, the doctoral student is compensated with an equivalent extension of the study period.

Eligibility

The processes of admission to research education and employment as a doctoral student run in parallel. The basic eligibility for admission includes the following:

having completed a second-cycle level degree,
having fulfilled course requirements comprising a minimum of 240 higher education credits, including at least 60 second-cycle credits, ors
having in other ways, inside or outside Sweden, substantially acquired the equivalent (Higher Education Ordinance Ch. 7, section 39)

Specific eligibility

Specific eligibility applies to those having obtained the command of language required by the education as well as having presented an approved independent study within sport sciences, comprising at least 15 second-cycle credits, or having been assessed by Malmö University as possessing the equivalent knowledge.

Bases for assessment

The basis for selection among eligible applicants is their ability to benefit from the education and to reach its goal. In the assessment of eligible applicants’ ability to benefit from the education, consideration is taken to

the applicant’s independence and planning of previous work; the applicant’s previously demonstrated ability to adequately complete work adequately
the applicant’s ability to formulate research and problem areas, both in previous work and in the research plan for working with the intended dissertation
the degree of methodological and scientific maturity both in previously performed work and in the research plan, as well as the ability to communicate, both in writing and orally.

At the admission, consideration is taken to the command of language required by the education.

Information

Contact person for the Department of Sport Sciences, Head of the department Torun Mattsson, torun.mattsson@mau.se, 0709655307

Contact person for the subject of Sport Science specializing in Social Sciences and the Humanities: Director of Doctoral Studies, Professor Kutte Jönsson, kutte.jonsson@mau.se, 040-6658644

In the recruitment process, Malmö University has taken a stand on the issue of recruitment channels and marketing. Hence, any offer of advertising or recruitment help in connection with this advertisement will be declined.

Application

You apply for the position via Malmö University recruitment system by clicking the "Ansök" (‘Apply’) button.

Applications are accepted in the following languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and English. All attached documents should be in/translated to Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English.

As an applicant, it is your responsibility that the application fulfils the requirements stated in the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than 2023-01-16.

The application must include:

A letter of application describing your background and interest in the research education (max 2 pages)
A certified curriculum vitae
A brief research plan presenting the focus of the research and a dissertation proposal as well as a description of how this relates to the specific advertising (max 4 pages)
A list of independent second-cycle work
Any other publications you wish to include (a maximum of 3 research reports or academic articles or the equivalent)
Certified certificates and testimonials (e.g. diplomas, work experience)
References

Other

This is a temporary full-time position in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Ch. 5, section 7.

Malmö University is an academic workplace characterised by an open and inclusive approach, with an equality and equal opportunity policy constituting an added value for our organisation.

Access

Date of access: September 1 2023.

Union representatives

SACO Nils Andersson, nils.andersson@mau.se
Lärarförbundet Peter Persson, peter.persson@mau.se
ST Naser Eftekharian, naser.eftekharian@mau.se

We look forward to your application!

You apply no later than 16/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

Doctoral students in Science Education and Mathematics Education within the Learning in Multicultural Contexts PhD school

Faculty of Education and Society

The Faculty of Education and Society is characterised by fresh ideas in the formulation of educational programmes and in its collaboration with schools, local authorities, organisations and business.

The faculty has degree-awarding powers in all programmes, with bachelor and master degrees in Pre-School and Education as the goal, and in sports and educational programmes at third cycle level. There are also programmes for study and career guidance counsellors and special educational needs teachers

The Department of Natural science, Mathematics and Society (NMS)

The employments are located at the Department of Natural science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). The department has approximately 50 employees and conduct education, research and developmental work.

The research at NMS focus education and learning in natural science, sustainability and mathematics in preschool, school, adult education and teacher education.

Science Education and Mathematics Education (NMDI)

The research within NMDI generates knowledge about learning, teaching, subject content, democracy issues and identity development in relation to school subjects and to preschool activities in science and mathematics. At Malmö University, the subject is linked to the research environment SISEME - Studies in Science, Environmental and Mathematics Education, which primarily takes didactical, societal, and linguistic perspectives on learning and education in the mentioned subjects.

Within the PhD-subject NMDI, we are hiring two doctoral students in mathematics education. We welcome applications that focus on challenges and opportunities for school subjects and preschool activities in mathematics including applications that relate the subject mathematics to interdisciplinary approaches.

Below some areas that the research environment is particularly interested within the frame of NMDI in are listed. The doctoral positions are also open to other specializations connected to mathematics education.

Migration, processes of globalization, multilingualism, language and culturally heterogenous learning spaces
Sustainability, climate change, environmental challenges, action competence within and through the subject of mathematics
Inclusion, norms, identity development, social justice
Literacy, professional development, policy studies
Digitization, digital information systems, technology use

Content and duties

Those who are employed as doctoral students are expected to primarily devote themselves to their own research education (located at Malmö University).

The intended degree is a PhD, which corresponds to a 4-year full-time research education. Within the framework of the doctoral employment, up to 20% of institutional service may occur, and the employment is then extended accordingly.

Eligibility

The processes of admission to research education and employment as a doctoral student run in parallel. The basic eligibility for admission includes the following:

having completed a second-cycle level degree,
having fulfilled course requirements comprising a minimum of 240 higher education credits, including at least 60 second-cycle credits, or
having in other ways, inside or outside Sweden, substantially acquired the equivalent knowledge. (HF 7 kap 39 §)

Specific eligibility

Specific eligibility applies to those having obtained the command of language required by the education as well as having presented an approved independent study within Science Education and/or Mathematics Education or other relevant subject, comprising at least 15 second-cycle credits, or having been assessed by Malmö University as possessing the equivalent knowledge.

Bases for assessment

the applicant’s independence and planning of previous work
the applicant’s previously demonstrated ability to adequately complete work adequately
the applicant’s ability to formulate research and problem areas, both in previous work and in the research plan for working with the intended dissertation
the degree of methodological and scientific maturity both in previously performed work and in the research plan, as well as the ability to communicate, both in writing and orally.

At the admission, consideration is taken to the command of language required by the education.

Information

Contact person for the Department of Natural science, Mathematics and Society: Head of department Ingvar Holm, +46 40 665 7983, ingvar.holm@mau.se

Contact person for the PhD-subject of Science Education and Mathematics Education: Professor Clas Olander, +46 40 665 8655, clas.olander@mau.se

Contact person for research at the Department of Natural science, Mathematics and Society: Professor Lisa Björklund Boistrup, +46 40 665 7192, lisa.bjorklund.boistrup@mau.se

Application

You apply for the position via Malmö University recruitment system by clicking the "Ansök" (‘Apply’) button.

Applications are accepted in the following languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and English. All attached documents should be in/translated to Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English.

As an applicant, it is your responsibility that the application fulfils the requirements stated in the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than 2023-01-16.

The application must include:

A letter of application describing your background and interest in the research education (max 2 pages)
A certified curriculum vitae
A brief research plan presenting the focus of the research and a dissertation proposal as well as a description of how this relates to the specific advertising (max 4 pages)
Independent second-cycle work
Any other publications you wish to include (a maximum of 3 research reports or academic articles or the equivalent)
Certified certificates and testimonials (e.g. diplomas, work experience)
References

Other

This is a temporary full-time position in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Ch. 5, section 7. Malmö University is an academic workplace characterized by an open and inclusive approach, with an equality and equal opportunity policy constituting an added value for our organization.

Access

Date of access: 2023-09-01.

Union representatives

SACO Nils Andersson, nils.andersson@mau.se
Lärarförbundet Peter Persson, peter.persson@mau.se
ST Naser Eftekharian, naser.eftekharian@mau.se

We look forward to your application!

You apply no later than 16/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

PhD student positions in Language and Literature in Education

Malmö University is a creative, urban, and international place of learning which is located in the centre of Malmö. The university has 1800 employees and 24 000 students. Our research and educational programs are characterised by the role that the university plays in an open society — namely, on scientific grounds and in collaboration with other social actors.

Research issues are not only addressed in relation to each other, but also in close connection to the community undergoing social, cultural and economic change, and with educational organisations in other areas of society. Our researchers and students want to be present where new things take place and, together with others, create, share, and disseminate knowledge that can be used to understand, explain, and develop society, both locally and globally.

The Faculty of Education and Society

The Faculty of Education and Society offers educational programs for professionals who intend to work in the school system, with education, after-school, and sports. The faculty offers one of the largest teacher education programmes in Sweden, where students can choose one of four degrees: pre-school teacher, primary school teacher, subject teacher, or vocational studies teacher.

In addition to programs for sports scientists, historians, teachers, special-needs teachers, and career and vocational guidance counsellors, we also offer Master’s degree programmes and PhD programmes as well as free-standing courses, continued education, and contract training.

The faculty embraces a new approach to the structure of its educational programmes that it offers in collaboration with schools, municipalities, organisations, and the business sector. Our research is conducted in close collaboration with the surrounding community. We are located in the Orkanen building, on Hjälmarekajen, next to Malmö’s central station.

The Department of Culture, Languages, and Media

The two PhD positions are situated within the Department of Culture, Languages, and Media (KSM) at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö University. The department has approximately 60 employees and is engaged in teaching, research, and development work. The research at KSM is focused on how knowledge and meaning are created in linguistic and cultural contexts, and how they are transmitted via different media and aesthetic modes of expression.

Our research is multi-disciplinary and is conducted in the following areas: Swedish language teaching, Swedish as a second language, Scandinavian languages, English, English and Education, literary studies, linguistics, culture and media studies, aesthetic forms of knowledge, and education. This research is conducted within the ambit of various research projects, and, in part, under the auspices of the Languages and Literature in Education (SLDI) PhD program.

Languages and Literature in Education

Languages and Literature in Education constitutes an education sciences research area which includes Swedish language education, Swedish as a second language education, and English and Education.

Central to this research area are questions concerning language development, education in a media landscape, literature and media reception, language and subject education, and multilingualism. Important aspects of the research education program include studies of children’s, young people’s, and adults’ encounters with and production of texts in different situations; oral and written texts in different modalities; and the possibilities that these people have to use their collective linguistic resources as part of their linguistic-, knowledge-, and identity development.

The conditions for language development are studied from a broad perspective and includes the school subjects: Swedish language, Swedish as a second language, and English, their use in other school subjects, in higher education, and in contexts where education is not institutionally framed.

We welcome PhD-applications on “Reading practices in Swedish and/or English in Swedish primary school.” The applications should focus on Swedish and/or English reading practices in one of the following, or similar, areas:

• multilingual reading practices,
• reading as a writing tool,
• critical and creative reading,
• intercultural perspectives on reading,
• multimodal reading and writing practices,
• reading different text genres, including fiction and non-fiction texts,
• educational perspectives on the teaching of literature and literary history,
• reading and performance through music, art, and drama.

Two positions are open: one with an “English and education”-orientation, one in “Swedish and Education.”

Content and Work Assignment

PhD students are expected to primarily pursue their own research education which will take place at Malmö University. The intended degree is ‘Doctor of Philosophy’ is equivalent to four years of full-time study.

Institutional service of 20% may be performed.

Basic Eligibility

The process of being enrolled into the research education program and appointment as a PhD student takes place in parallel with each other. The applicant must fulfil the following basic eligibility criteria. The applicant must have

• an advanced degree,
• completed coursework comprising at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits are at the advanced level, or
• in any other way, within or outside the country, has obtained equivalent knowledge. (HF 7, Chapter 39 §) [Higher Education Ordinance]

Specific Eligibility

Applicants who have successfully presented an independent piece of work within Swedish language teaching, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, English, literature, Scandinavian languages, educational sciences (in an area that is relevant to SLDI) or another relevant subject worth at least 15 higher education credits at the advanced level, or exhibit knowledge that is judged by Malmö University to be equivalent are specifically eligible to apply.

Assessment Criteria

The criteria that will be used to select from the eligible applicants include an assessment of the applicants’ ability to make use of the education and achieve its goals.

In the assessment of an eligible applicant’s ability to make use of the education, attention is paid to

the applicant’s independence and planning of previous work
the applicant’s previously demonstrated ability to adequately complete work
the applicant’s ability to formulate research areas and problem areas, both in previous work and in the research plan for the intended thesis work
the level of the applicant’s methodological and scientific maturity as revealed in previous work, and in the applicant’s research plan
the applicant’s ability to communicate, both orally and in writing
the applicant’s ability to participate in the research programme in both Swedish and English

Contact

Contact person for the Department of Culture, Language, and Media: Head of Department Tanja von Dahlern, tanja.von-dahlern@mau.se, 040-665 88 28.
Contact person for the subject area, Language and Literature in Education: Director of Studies Anna Wärnsby, anna.warnsby@mau.se, 040-665 80 72

The general study plan for SLDI

Prior to the commencement of this recruitment, Malmö University had decided on the recruitment pathways and market research. We thus decline all offers concerning advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this job advertisement.

Application

You apply for the position via Malmö University recruitment system by clicking the "Ansök" (‘Apply’) button. Applications are accepted in the following languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and English.

All attached documents should be in/translated to Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English. As an applicant, it is your responsibility that the application fulfils the requirements stated in the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than 2023-01-16.

The application must include the following:

• Application letter with a description of the applicant’s background and interest in the advertised PhD position (max 1,500 words)
• Validated curriculum vitae
• A research plan which argues the research focus, research questions, theoretical and methodological choices and how these relate to the theme of this call (max 4,000 words excl. reference list)
• Copies of the applicant’s independent work at the advanced level
• Publications that the applicant wishes to have considered as part of this application (for example, research reports or scientific articles, maximum 3 examples)
• Certified copies of the applicant’s grades and other certificates (for example, degree certificates, work experience

Other

The positions are a full-time and are time-limited in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance 5, Chapter 7 §.

Malmö University is a place of work and a place of learning which is characterised by open and inclusive perspectives, where equality and equal opportunities are seen to add value to our operations.

Job Commencement

The position will commence according to agreement.

Union Representatives

SACO Nils Andersson, nils.andersson@mau.se
Lärarförbundet Peter Persson, peter.persson@mau.se
ST Naser Eftekharian, naser.eftekharian@mau.se

We look forward to your application!

You apply no later than 16/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

Doctoral student in Urban Studies: Building institutional capacity for sustainable renovation

Faculty

The Faculty of Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes three departments: the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies, and the Department of Urban Studies. The Faculty offers doctoral studies in the following subjects: Global Politics, Interaction Design, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Media and Communication Studies and Urban Studies. The Faculty hosts two of the university’s five research centres. Read more about the Faculty of Culture and Society here

Department

The department of Urban Studies is characterised by three core features: dynamic interdisciplinary research; a professional organisation; and a highly qualified faculty. The Department comprises around 95 researchers and teachers, as well as 2000 students. We have a strong emphasis on theory-driven empirical research and teaching informed by the social and behavioural sciences. Our research centres around five fields: Urban Studies, Transport Studies, Real Estate Science, Sustainable Studies, and Organisation Studies. Across these fields, we unite around cultural, economic, material, social and discursive processes of change. Furthermore, we collaborate with our well-established networks within the public sector, the corporate sector and civil society. The department offers a doctoral programme and masters programmes in Urban Studies, as well as bachelor programmes encompassing city planning, environmental studies, transport and logistics, real estate science as well as both masters and bachelor level studies in organisation and leadership. Read more about the Department of Urban Studies here.

Work duties

Those appointed to doctoral studentships shall primarily devote themselves to their studies but may to a limited extent work with educational tasks, research, artistic research, and administration. Duties of this kind may however not comprise more than 20 per cent of a full-time post (Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Higher Education Ordinance). The doctoral education concludes with a doctoral degree and comprises 240 credits, which corresponds to four years of full-time study. The programme consists of courses and an independent research project that is presented in a doctoral thesis. As a doctoral student, you will be expected to play an active part in the research and educational environment and, when applicable, in the research programmes of the Department.

The research project will be part of the research school ASSURE - Adaptation of urban Space through SUstainable REgeneration. The research school is a collaboration between Malmö University, Lund University, Uppsala university/Campus Gotland and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden). ASSURE aims at developing practices-based research on how to renovate and adapt existing buildings and urban areas for future needs. Cities today face challenges of climate change, urbanization, and segregation, and in order to create sustainable future cities we need to use the built environment that already exists. Both buildings and neighbourhoods will need to be adapted, e.g., through energy efficiency measures, and will affect everyday life of its inhabitants.

This specific doctoral project “Building institutional capacity for sustainable renovation” will focus on conditions for institutional capacity building among stakeholders who work with sustainable renovation. The project will examine the conditions for developing mobilisation capacity through the development of relational resources. Trust and the capability to collaborate are essential to solve several of the challenges posed by some of the other doctoral projects in the ASSURE research school, e.g., how to establish circulation of material or how to make sure that neighbourhood development will reduce socio-economical vulnerability. The focus will be conditions for collaborative knowledge production between stakeholders involved in renovation and regeneration, with a certain focus on the role of entrepreneurship.

Qualifications

General entry requirements for doctoral courses and study programmes (HEO Chapter 7 Section 39) will be met by those who:

have been awarded a second-cycle qualification
have satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Specific entry requirements for doctoral courses and study programme in Urban Studies:

The specific entry requirements for the education stipulate that the applicant has acquired the knowledge and skills equivalent to a second-cycle degree in Urban Studies or in another subject relevant to Urban Studies, or has the equivalent knowledge acquired within or outside the country. In view of the multidisciplinary character of the field of Urban Studies subjects within the social sciences and humanities as well as within the technology and the arts may be relevant to meet the specific requirements.

Specific requirements for this position

Documented Swedish and English proficiency.

The following would be of benefit for the position

Documented previous knowledge about sustainability

Selection criteria

Selection among applicants who meet the general and specific entry requirements shall be made with regard to their capacity to assimilate the education (HEO Chapter 7 Section 41). The selection process will include evaluation of the written materials, interviews with shortlisted candidates and checking of their recommendations.

General selection criteria

independent analysis and approach in previous work
problem formulation and precision in previous work and research plans
methodological and scholarly maturity

An important indicator of these abilities is the applicant's research plan and the reflections on the prospective doctoral student's contribution to the programme described in the advertisement and the specified thematic areas of specialization.

Further information

For questions regarding the project contact principial investigator Professor Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson, caroline.wigren@mau.se

For questions regarding the doctoral education, contact Professor Per-Markku Ristilammi, Director of doctoral education, per-markku.ristilammi@mau.se , 040-665 73 56

For other questions contact Professor Kerstin Sandell, Head of Department, kerstin.sandell@mau.se , 040-665 73 20

Application

You may apply for this position via Malmö University's recruitment system by clicking on the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is completed in accordance with the advertisement, and that it is provided to the University no later than 23 January 2023. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the University can read what is written in the application. If the application is not written in Swedish, English or any of the Nordic languages, the applicant is responsible for the application and its appendices being translated.

The application must include:

Completed application form for admission to Research Education

Curriculum Vitae with three references (including title, affiliation, email address, phone number, and the relationship to the applicant)
Scans of diplomas, transcript of records and other certificates relevant for the position
A research plan of up to 3000 words excluding references. The research plan must contain an overall purpose, questions that the project intends to answer, an account of the theoretical framework and the methodological approach, and a description of research material and the way it will be obtained.
Independent work at advanced level (including master thesis or equivalent)
Other publications that you want to cite (research reports or scientific publications), no more than 3.

Miscellaneous

The doctoral studentship is a fixed-term position comprising four years of full-time studies, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 7.

Malmö University is a workplace and higher education institution that is characterised by an open and inclusive approach, where gender equality and equal terms add value to our activities.

Malmö University applies salary setting for doctoral students in accordance with a local agreement on salary setting for doctoral students.

Start date

1 September 2023

Union representatives

Saco-S, Rebecka Johansson, rebecka.johansson@mau.se

OFR, Martin Reissner, martin.reissner@mau.se

PhD Student Union representative

Michel Anderlini, michel-vincent.anderlini@mau.se

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

You apply no later than 23/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

Doctoral student in Urban Studies: Renovations and the transformation of neighbourhoods

Faculty

The Faculty of Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes three departments: the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies, and the Department of Urban Studies. The Faculty offers doctoral studies in the following subjects: Global Politics, Interaction Design, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Media and Communication Studies and Urban Studies. The Faculty hosts two of the university’s five research centres. Read more about the Faculty of Culture and Society here.

Department

Doctoral programme in Urban Studies

As a doctoral student at the department, you are part of the postgraduate subject Urban Studies, which can be defined as the scientific study of the content, form, planning and transformation of urban areas together with environmental, economic, and organisational aspects on urban development. The subject is positioned in a field of tension between social and cultural practices and the material world of global resource flows, manufactured landscapes, buildings, infrastructure, and everyday objects. Urban Studies is of major substantive breadth and treats several aspects of urban conditions, which requires that it is multi-and interdisciplinary and pluralistic in terms of research methods. Urban Studies is based on a multi-and interdisciplinary foundation with roots in engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. More information about doctoral studies at Malmö University here.

Work duties

Those appointed to doctoral studentships shall primarily devote themselves to their studies but may to a limited extent work with educational tasks, research, artistic research and administration. Duties of this kind may however not comprise more than 20 per cent of a full-time post (Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Higher Education Ordinance). The doctoral education concludes with a doctoral degree and comprises 240 credits, which corresponds to four years of full-time study. The programme consists of courses and an independent research project that is presented in a doctoral thesis. As a doctoral student, you will be expected to play an active part in the research and educational environment and, when applicable, in the research programmes of the Department.

The research project will be part of the research school ASSURE - Adaptation of urban Space through SUstainable REgeneration. The research school is a collaboration between Malmö University, Lund University, Uppsala university/Campus Gotland, and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden). ASSURE aims at developing practices-based research on how to renovate and adapt existing buildings and urban areas for future needs. Cities today face challenges of climate change, urbanization, and segregation, and in order to create sustainable future cities we need to use the built environment that already exists. Both buildings and neighbourhoods will need to be adapted, e.g., through energy efficiency measures, and will affect everyday life of its inhabitants.

This specific doctoral project, Renovations and the transformation of neighbourhoods, will focus on the transformation of neighbourhoods in which renovations have been implemented. Renovations may affect neighbourhoods through several different channels, such as locational decisions of firms and households. Analysing the socio-economic transformations of neighbourhoods, and consequences for firms and households, is therefore an integral part of the project. Part of the research school aims at developing methodological approaches using building-specific data, individual and household data, as well as geodata. Methods used in this project are primarily quantitative and include statistical and GIS analysis.

Qualifications

General entry requirements for doctoral courses and study programmes (HEO Chapter 7 Section 39) will be met by those who:

have been awarded a second-cycle qualification
have satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

As the official language of the University is Swedish and since most of our bachelor education is in Swedish, we expect the doctoral student, if not already fluent in Swedish, to learn Swedish within two years.

Specific entry requirements for doctoral courses and study programme in Urban Studies:

Specific requirements for this position

Documented English proficiency.

The following would be of benefit for the position

Documented previous knowledge in statistics
Documented previous knowledge in GIS analysis
Documented Swedish proficiency.

Selection criteria

General selection criteria

independent analysis and approach in previous work
problem formulation and precision in previous work and research plans
methodological and scholarly maturity

Further information

For questions regarding the project contact principial investigator Associate Professor Helena Bohman helena.bohman@mau.se

For questions regarding the doctoral education, contact Professor Per-Markku Ristilammi, Director of doctoral education, per-markku.ristilammi@mau.se , 040-665 73 56

For other questions contact Professor Kerstin Sandell, Head of Department, kerstin.sandell@mau.se , 040-665 73 20

Application

The application must include:

Completed application form for admission to Research Education
Curriculum Vitae with up to three references ((including title, affiliation, email address, phone number, and the relationship to the applicant)
Scans of diplomas, transcript of records and other certificates relevant for the position
A research plan of up to 3000 words excluding references). The research plan must contain an overall purpose, questions that the project intends to answer, an account of the theoretical framework and the methodological approach, and a description of research material and the way it will be obtained.
Independent work at advanced level (including master thesis or equivalent)
Other publications that you want to cite (research reports or scientific publications), no more than 3.

Miscellaneous

The doctoral studentship is a fixed-term position comprising four years of full-time studies, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 7.

Malmö University is a workplace and higher education institution that is characterised by an open and inclusive approach, where gender equality and equal terms add value to our activities.

Malmö University applies salary setting for doctoral students in accordance with a local agreement on salary setting for doctoral students.

Start date

1 September 2023

Union representatives

Saco-S, Rebecka Johansson, rebecka.johansson@mau.se

OFR, Martin Reissner, martin.reissner@mau.se

PhD Student Union representative

Michel Anderlini, michel-vincent.anderlini@mau.se

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

You apply no later than 23/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.

Postdoctoral Researcher in physical and colloidal chemistry with focus on molecular aspects of the skin barrier

Department

The Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, offers a program leading to a professional qualification, Biomedical Scientist (first cycle, 180 credits), and a Masters' program, Biomedical Surface Science (second cycle, 120 credits), as well as first and second cycle freestanding courses. The Department negotiates the multifaceted intersection between biology, chemistry, medicine, physics, and technology and the interdisciplinary approach to research and education aims to further the theoretical and practical understanding of the complex subject matter. Drawing on the balance between pure and applied research, the Department has been successful in attracting funding from regional, national, and international research funding bodies.

The research at the faculty is also linked to the research center Biofilms - Research Center for Biointerfaces, which combines biomedical science with clinical and translational research in medical, dental, food and environmental application areas in close collaboration with regional industry.

Work duties

We are offering at least one position as postdoctoral researcher

The research activities will be conducted in a network of academic, industrial, and clinical partners within a newly funded project entitled Biobarriers - Health, Disorders and Healing. The general vision of the research project is to improve health and healing of biological barriers by modernizing clinical treatments and products based on molecular level knowledge. In particular, the aim of this project is to investigate how molecular and biophysical aspects of the skin barrier are influenced by excipients and/or formulations. Based on this knowledge, the candidate should be able to relate obtained findings to clinical treatments and industrial products aiming at improving skin health and/or preventing defects and disorders of the skin barrier.

The outermost layer of the skin organ is called the stratum corneum (SC) and is responsible for the skin barrier, which effectively restricts both inward and outward diffusion of most molecules and thus upholds the water balance and protects us from harmful substances entering the body. The SC is normally exposed to dry and cold climate of the external environment. Therefore, it is not surprising that the natural moisturizing factor (NMF) is produced spontaneously in the skin barrier. These molecules are known to be beneficial for dry skin and certain skin diseases, such as winter xerosis and atopic dermatitis, and therefore used in commercial skin care products. We have previously shown that addition of this kind of molecules to the skin alters the molecular mobility of the SC lipid and protein components by retaining the dynamical properties associated with a more hydrated SC membrane at dehydrating conditions. Thus, by retaining the fluidity of the SC components on a molecular level, at reduced hydration conditions, NMF molecules can potentially act to maintain a healthy, soft, and pliable skin barrier.

This hypothesis will be investigated in more detail by investigating a selection of scientifically and commercially relevant excipients and/or active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The main goal is to clarify the relationship between:

the permeability behavior of topically applied excipients/APIs at specified concentrations and characterization of their concentrations in the SC, and
the effect of excipients/APIs on the molecular/biophysical properties of the SC components (e.g., molecular mobility and structural arrangements of keratin filaments and extracellular lipids).

The foreseen knowledge obtained in this project is important for understanding what kind of mechanisms that are important for maintaining an intact skin barrier and how to avoid factors leading to a defective barrier. With increased understanding, it will be possible to explore the beneficial effects of excipients and/or APIs in a scientifically robust manner.

The work is expected to include both in vitro and in vivo methodology where pig or human skin is used as in vitro models, while examination of human skin in vivo is conducted on healthy or diseased human subjects after granted ethical permission. Documented writing and approval of ethical permissions is therefore a valued benefit for applicants. Further, considering that the project requires collaboration between academic, industrial, and clinical partners, it is expected that the applicant actively communicates and collaborate within this context. Documented project management and leadership abilities are therefore valued.

Apart from carrying out research within this project, the applicant is expected to take responsibility for the maintenance of the instruments involved and to be active by supervising graduate and postgraduate students and fellow scientists in the techniques and participate in teaching at graduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, the applicant will be expected to take part in applications for external funding to support research activities.

Qualifications

Candidates must have demonstrated scientific competence corresponding to a doctoral degree. The ideal candidate holds a master’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, or chemical engineering, and has completed a doctoral education focusing on the skin barrier and/or topical or transdermal drug delivery. Hands-on experience in some of the following methods is highly valued: in vitro permeability studies with Franz cells or similar, characterization of the skin barrier in vivo (e.g., TEWL, corneometry, tape-stripping, electrochemical measurements, etc.), solution or solid-state NMR, small- and wide-angle X-ray diffraction/scattering, HPLC with spectrophotometry and/or mass spectroscopy detection, electrochemical measurements and sensing. The candidate should also have the ability to work in a team and collaborate with people in complementary disciplines, both from academia and industry. In particular, the candidate will be responsible for organizing and lead monthly meetings with academic and industrial collaboration partners.

Assessment criteria

Accordning to the Appointment Rules at Malmö University, the assessment crieteria for a position as Postdoctor are:

The quality and focus of the doctoral thesis
Research activities within fields relevant to the appointment in question
Documented ability to independently conduct research of a sufficient standard
Reflective presentation of their own pedagogical outlook and practices
Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with actors in other parts of society with a connection to education and research

Further information

Sebastian Björklund, +46 (0)40 6657891, Sebastian.Bjorklund@mau.se

Application

You may apply for this position via Malmö University's recruitment system by clicking on the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is completed in accordance with the advertisement, and that it is provided to the University no later than 2023-01-23. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the University can read what is written in the application. If the application is not written in Swedish, English or any of the Nordic languages, the applicant is responsible for the application and its appendices being translated.

Recruitment is ongoing, so we strongly suggest you apply as soon as possible.

The qualifications should be documented with guidance from Qualifications portfolio for lecturers/researchers at Malmö University.

The application must include:

Cover letter with a motivation for applying to this position
A brief summary of scientific, teaching (e.g., developed teaching materials), and other qualifications relevant to the position
Attested copies of certificates
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
List of scientific publications and a written text specifying the applicant’s role in each publication
Copy of doctoral dissertation or equivalent
Copies of three of your most relevant scientific publications
At least two references with names, titles/positions, relation to you, and contact information.

Miscellaneous

This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of one-year position.

The position can be prolonged beyond the first year. At Malmö University, individual salary negotiations apply.

The period of employment is determined in accordance with the agreement “Avtal om tidsbegränsad anställning som postdoktor” (“Agreement on fixed-term employment as a post-doctoral fellow”) between Swedish Agency for Government Employers, SACO-S, OFR/S and SEKO, dated 4 September 2008.

Malmö University is a workplace and higher education institution that is characterised by an open and inclusive approach, where gender equality and equal terms add value to our activities.

Malmö University applies individual salary setting.

Start date

Starting as soon as possible

Union representatives

SACO-S: Ann-Mari Campbell, ann-mari.campbell@mau.se

Lärarförbundet: Peter Persson, peter.persson@mau.se

OFR/S (ST): Naser Eftekharian, naser.eftekharian@mau.se

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

You apply no later than 23/01/2023 by clicking the apply button.