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Five PhD student positions
in Sociology
The Department of Sociology offers a stimulating and intellectual environment with good career opportunities. The department carries on extensive research and emphasizes a work climate that enhances intellectual development.
For further information about the department see: www.umu.se/soc/
and for more information about the PhD programme in general see http://www8.umu.se/soc/forskning/forskarutb.htm.
To qualify for any of the positions you must have a degree awarded at the advanced level or have completed studies of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits were awarded at the advanced level, or have completed a corresponding programme in some other country or have equivalent qualifications. In addition you need 90 higher education credits in Sociology and 60 higher education credits in Sociology at the advanced level.
The five positions are related to different research programmes at the department. See the link for further description of the content and direction of those programmes.
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap (BIV)
ref nr 313-414-09
- General Sociology
ref nr 313-415-09
- Xenophobia and nationalism
ref nr 313-416-09
- Childhood and lifelong welfare
ref nr 313-417-09
- Education and welfare in transitions into adulthood
ref nr 313-418-09
The application should include (1) a signed letter of application (no more than one A4 page), including a personal resume, motivation for your application and area of interest (2) a verified CV (including relevant academic degrees and former positions and a list of which university courses you have taken and the grades you were given) (3) a copy of your graduate work (4) any other document that can be a merit.
For further information please contact the responsible for the PhD programme; Mikael Hjerm, Ph +46 (0)90-786 95 17 or by e-mail, mikael.hjerm@soc.umu.se
For further information about the specific programmes please contact the responsible person, see link.
Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65, SEKO, +46-(0)90-786 52 96 and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31.
The procedure for recruitment for the position is in accordance with the
Higher Education Ordinance (chapt. 12, 2 §) and the decision regarding the position cannot be appealed.
Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.
Your complete application, marked with reference number according to the list above, should be sent ot jobb@umu.se or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden, to arrive June 16, 2009 at the latest.
Decisions about the positions are expected in mid September.
We look forward receiving your application!
1. Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap (BIV)
dnr 313-414-09
Forskarutbildning i biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap bedrivs vid sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet. Forskningen är inriktad mot området vetenskaplig information och har en särskilt stark handledarkompetens inom delområdet bibliometri och kunskapsorganisation, se vidare www.umu.se/inforsk/.
Studieplanen beskrivs närmare på www.umu.se/inforsk/studieplanbivfu.pdf. Forskarutbildningen är också knuten till NORSLIS, en Nordisk/Baltisk forskarskola i informationsvetenskap, där doktoranderna kan ta del av kurser och komma i kontakt med andra forskare och doktorander, www.norslis.net.
Vidare information om doktorandutbildningens innehåll lämnas av Olle Persson, tel 090-786 56 98, olle.persson@soc.umu.se eller Rickard Danell, 090-786 95 11, rickard.danell@soc.umu.se
2. General Sociology
ref nr 313-415-09
The PhD student is free to chose her own PhD project. The only demand is that the department can provide adequate tutoring.
For more information contact Mikael Hjerm, mikael.hjerm@soc.umu.se, phone: +46 90 786 95 17
3. Xenophobia and nationalism
ref nr 313-416-09
The PhD student is relatively free to formulate her own problem around xenophobia and/or nationalism and adjacent areas of research. Possible focus is for example, explaining differences in xenophobia across countries or other geographical entities, how different forms of national identity in various countries effect the willingness to contribute to common goods, how different educational environments effect xenophobia or prejudice amongst adolescents, what consequences a developing European identity have and so on. The analyses are expected to be based on existing international survey data like the European Social Survey, the International Social Survey programme, the Eurobarometer etc, and/or existing national surveys.
For more information about the research programme contact Mikael Hjerm, mikael.hjerm@soc.umu.se, phone: +46 90 786 95 17
4. Childhood and lifelong welfare
ref nr 313-417-09
This is an opportunity for students interested in the link between family, neighbourhoods, environment and welfare outcomes. The PhD-student position is linked to the research programme ”Microdata research on childhood for lifelong health and welfare“ in which you will have the opportunity to work in a interdisciplinary research team, consisting of researchers and PhD-students from both social and medical sciences. The focus in the research programme is placed on the importance of childhood for lifelong health and welfare. As a PhD-student you will have the opportunity to study questions such as how family structure and resources influence children’s welfare outcomes and how changing preconditions on the labour market influence families everyday life, and in turn children’s life courses. You are expected to perform statistical analyses using different micro data resources available at Umeå University.
For more information about the research programme contact Karina Nilsson, karina.nilsson@soc.umu.se, phone: +46 90 786 63 11
5. Education and welfare in transitions into adulthood
ref nr 313-418-09
This PhD-position is an opportunity for students with an interest in youth and their transitions into adulthood. The project bases itself on quantitative micro data and focuses on how education systems and youth characteristics interact to shape young people’s capabilities and early life courses. Issues that can be analyzed include among other things identifying young people at risk, investigating how school characteristics, training and transfers function as a mediator for the realization of youth capabilities and identifying successful routes to adulthood for young people at risk. The PhD-student position is part of the EU-funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network “Education as Welfare - Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable youth in Europe” which involves PhD-students and researchers from nine European countries. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work within an international and interdisciplinary framework where she/he will also spend an extended period of her/his PhD studies at the University of Pavia in Italy.
For more information about the position or the Marie Curie ITN contact Mattias Strandh, mattias.strandh@soc.umu.se, phone +46 90 786 51 95
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