PhD project in Quantum Chemistry on Quantum Computers

 The Department of Chemistry invites applicants for one or two PhD fellowship in Quantum Chemistry. The project is part of the research project “Hybrid Quantum Chemistry on Hybrid Quantum Computers”, which is financed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Start date is 1 August 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The project

The project will be part of the Hybrid Quantum Chemistry on Hybrid Quantum Computers” project, which has the goal to develop quantum chemistry methods and software that will run on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. The present project will be concerned with the development of algorithms for the calculation of molecular properties both in the form of ground state expectation values and linear resonse functions for correlated wavefunctions.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of Quantum Chemistry and of Quantum Computing. Applicants can have a background from Quantum Chemistry with particular emphasis on the development of ab initio response theory methods using correlated wave functions or from Quantum Information Science with particular emphasis on the development of algorithms for NISQ quantum computers as e.g. the variational quantum eigensolver algorithm.

Our group and research- and what do we offer?

The “Hybrid Quantum Chemistry on Hybrid Quantum Computers” project is at the border of quantum computing and quantum chemistry. It is a joint effort of the research groups of professor Stephan P. A. Sauer at the Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen (UCPH), professor Sonia Coriani at the Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and professor Jacob Kongsted at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Although this opening is for a position at the Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen, the position involves close collaborations with postdoctoral researchers and PhD students at DTU and SDU as well as at our industrial partners, which will work jointly on different parts of this common project. The focused research project thus provides a vibrant scientific environment.

The group is a part of Department of Chemistry, Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen. We are located in Copenhagen.

We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.

Principal supervisor is Professor Stephan P. A. Sauer, Department of Chemistry, sauer@chem.ku.dk, +45-35320268

The PhD programme

Depending of your level of education, you can undertake the PhD programme as either:

Option A: A three year full-time study within the framework of the regular PhD programme (5+3 scheme), if you already have an education equivalent to a relevant Danish master’s degree.

Option B: An up to five year full-time study programme within the framework of the integrated MSc and PhD programme (the 3+5 scheme), if you do not have an education equivalent to a relevant Danish master´s degree – but you have an education equivalent to a Danish bachelors´s degree.

Option A: Getting into a position on the regular PhD programme

Qualifications needed for the regular programme
To be eligible for the regular PhD programme, you must have completed a degree programme, equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (180 ECTS/3 FTE BSc + 120 ECTS/2 FTE MSc) related to the subject area of the project, e.g. chemistry or quantum information science or nanoscience or physics or mathematics. For information of eligibility of completed programmes, see General assessments for specific countries and Assessment database.

Terms of employment in the regular programme
Employment as PhD fellow is full time and for maximum 3 years.

Employment is conditional upon your successful enrolment as a PhD student at the PhD School at the Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

The position is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.

Option B: Getting into a position on the integrated MSc and PhD programme

Qualifications needed for the integrated MSc and PhD programme

If you do not have an education equivalent to a relevant Danish master´s degree, you might be qualified for the integrated MSc and PhD programme, if you have an education equivalent to a relevant Danish bachelor´s degree. Here you can find out, if that is relevant for you: General assessments for specific countries and Assessment database.  

Terms of the integrated programme
To be eligible for the integrated scholarship, you are (or are eligible to be) enrolled at one of the faculty’s master programmes in chemistry or quantum information science or nanoscience or physics.

Students on the integrated programme will enroll as PhD students simultaneously with completing their enrollment in this MSc degree programme.

The duration of the integrated programme is up to five years, and depends on the amount of credits that you have passed on your MSc programme. For further information about the study programme, please see: www.science.ku.dk/phd, “Study Structures”.

Until the MSc degree is obtained, (when exactly two years of the full 3+5 programme remains), the grant will be paid partly in the form of 48 state education grant portions (in Danish: “SU-klip”) plus salary for work (teaching, supervision etc.) totalling a workload of 150 working hours per year.
A PhD grant portion is currently (2023) DKK 6.587 before tax.

When you have obtained the MSc degree, you will transfer to the salary-earning part of the scholarship for a period of two years. At that point, the terms of employment and payment will be according to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State (AC). The position is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.

Responsibilities and tasks in both PhD programmes

• Complete and pass the MSc education in accordance with the curriculum of the MSc programme

 (ONLY when you are attending the integrated MSc and PhD programme)

• Carry through an independent research project under supervision

• Complete PhD courses corresponding to approx. 30 ECTS / ½ FTE
• Participate in active research environments, including a stay at another research institution, preferably abroad
• Teaching and knowledge dissemination activities
• Write scientific papers aimed at high-impact journals
• Write and defend a PhD thesis on the basis of your project

We are looking for the following qualifications:

• Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD project
• Relevant publications
• Relevant work experience
• Other relevant professional activities
• Curious mind-set with a strong interest in quantum chemistry and quantum information science
• Good language skills

Application and Assessment Procedure
Your application including all attachments must be in English and submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include: 

1. Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
2. Your motivation for applying for the specific PhD project
3. Curriculum vitae including information about your education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position
4. Original diplomas for Bachelor of Science or Master of Science and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
5. Publication list (if possible)
6. Reference letters (if available)

Application deadline:

The deadline for applications is 15 March 2023, 23:59 GMT +1.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process
After deadline, a number of applicants will be selected for academic assessment by an unbiased expert assessor. You are notified, whether you will be passed for assessment.

The assessor will assess the qualifications and experience of the shortlisted applicants with respect to the above mentioned research area, techniques, skills and other requirements. The assessor will conclude whether each applicant is qualified and, if so, for which of the two models. The assessed applicants will have the opportunity to comment on their assessment. You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews with selected candidates are expected to be held in week 18-19.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact the principal supervisor.

General information about PhD study at the Faculty of SCIENCE is available at the PhD School’s website: https://www.science.ku.dk/phd/.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the surrounding community and invites all regardless of personal background to apply for the position. 

 

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Part of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), and among Europe’s top-ranking universities, the University of Copenhagen promotes research and teaching of the highest international standard. Rich in tradition and modern in outlook, the University gives students and staff the opportunity to cultivate their talent in an ambitious and informal environment. An effective organisation – with good working conditions and a collaborative work culture – creates the ideal framework for a successful academic career.

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Application deadline: 15-03-2023

Employment start: 01-08-2023

Working hours: Full time

Department/Location: Department of Computer Science

Doctoral student in Urban Studies

 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

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.

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.

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.

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:

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 English proficiency.

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 program described in the advertisement.

Further information

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

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 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 

• Meritförteckning inklusive tre referenspersoner (referenserna skall innehålla titel, anställning, e-postadress, telefonnummer och relation till den sökande)
• 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

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.

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

Doctoral 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.

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Doctoral student in Global Politics specializing in the function of radical ideology

 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

The Department of Global Political Studies (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 The function of radical ideology for acceptance, status, and meaning. The overarching theme concerns how radical ideology is used to demarcate acceptance into a group, relationships to outgroups, ingroup hierarchies, and a group’s purpose. The objective is to contribute to an enhanced understanding of how radical ideology is used to define inclusion and exclusion, relationships to outgroups, ingroup hierarchies, and group purpose.

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

Doctoral 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.

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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.

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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.

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

 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.

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 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 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 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

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)
• 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.

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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.

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