Örebro University and the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences are looking for two doctoral students for the doctoral programme in sociology. The programme, which concludes with a doctoral degree, will start on 15 August 2023.
Project description
The sociology department at Örebro University is part of the Division for Gender Studies and Sociology at the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. The department has the main responsibility for the Personnel Work Programme and the Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes in Social Analysis. It also contributes to several other programmes, such as the Master’s Programme in Public Planning for Sustainable Development. Research at the department is mainly conducted within two strategic specialisations: Work, Family and Intimate Relations, and Environmental Sociology. One of the two doctoral studentships is linked to Environmental Sociology and the other to either Work, Family and Intimate Relations or Environmental Sociology. Both the school and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences are host to interdisciplinary collaborations and research environments, such as CESSS (Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science Research), and faculty-wide doctoral courses and workshops.
Supervision: The doctoral student will be supervised by a principal supervisor and an assistant supervisor. These will be appointed following admission to fit the doctoral student’s profile.
The programme and the doctoral studentship
The doctoral programme consists of courses and an independent research project that you will present in a doctoral thesis. The programme concludes with a doctoral degree and comprises 240 credits, which corresponds to four years of full-time study.
The place on the programme is linked to a full-time doctoral studentship for the duration of the study programme (corresponding to four years of full-time study). More information on doctoral studentships, part-time studies and part-time doctoral studentships can be found in the Regulations Handbook. The initial salary for a doctoral studentship is SEK 29,100 a month.
Entry requirements and selection
For admission to doctoral studies, applicants are required to meet both general entry requirements and specific entry requirements. In addition, applicants must be considered in other respects to have the ability required to benefit from the programme. For a full account of the entry requirements, refer to the admissions regulations as well as to annex 2 to the general syllabus for sociology
Applicants meet the specific entry requirements for doctoral studies in sociology if they have received a passing grade on courses of at least 90 credits, including an independent project at the advanced course level in sociology. A person who has acquired substantially corresponding knowledge, in Sweden or abroad, also meets the specific entry requirements.
A person with credits or qualifications from undergraduate programmes under the previous higher education system corresponding to the entry requirements in the previous paragraph will also be eligible.
Information
For more information about the programme and the doctoral studentship, contact Head of Subject Jenny Alsarve tel. +46 19 30 13 99, email: jenny.alsarve@oru.se or Head of Division Sverre Wide, tel. +46 19 30 34 59, email: sverre.wide@oru.se.
At Örebro University, we expect each member of staff to be open to development and change, take responsibility for their work and performance, demonstrate a keen interest in collaboration and contribute to development, as well as to show respect for others by adopting a constructive and professional approach.
Örebro University actively pursues equal opportunities and gender equality as well as a work environment characterised by openness, trust and respect. We value the qualities that diversity adds to our operations.
Application to the programme and for the doctoral studentship
The application is made online. Click the button “Apply” to begin the application procedure.
For the application to be complete, the following electronic documents must be included:
- The form Application for/decision on admission to research studies
- CV
- Certificate on completed higher education courses and study programmes, and if applicable a degree certificate
- Degree project/independent project
- Copies of relevant course/degree certificates and references verifying eligibility and criteria met
- Description of research interests, including, if applicable, theoretical and methodological approaches (2–3 pages). The description should also specify to which of the two research specialisations your research interests relate.
You can also, in addition to your degree project, submit other written independent projects. As a main rule, application documents and attachments are to be written in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, or English. Documents in other languages must be translated by an authorised translator to Swedish or English. A list of authorised translators can be obtained from Kammarkollegiet (the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency), www.kammarkollegiet.se/engelska/start.
When you apply for admission, you automatically also apply for a doctoral studentship. More information for applicants can be found on our career site.
The application deadline is 2023-03-27. We look forward to receiving your application!
As we have already made our choices in terms of external collaboration partners and marketing efforts for this recruitment process, we decline any contact with recruitment agencies and advertisers.
As directed by the National Archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet), we are required to deposit one file copy of the application documents, excluding publications, for a period of two years after the appointment decision has gained legal force.