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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Criminology / Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

The main purpose of the postdoctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for higher academic positions. The fellowship period is 4 years and within the position is assigned a teaching component of 25 %. It is required that the appointed candidate takes courses to be granted certification of basic teaching skills at a university level within the 4 year period.

Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian PhD/doctoral degree. Candidates who have submitted their doctoral thesis for an evaluation at a Norwegian research institution before the closing date for the application may also apply. For candidates writing their doctorate at a foreign research institution, the doctoral thesis must be completed and approved within five months after the closing date. The doctoral thesis as well as letter of confirmation from the research institution must be submitted together with the application.

The applicant shall submit a project proposal for the planned research. This proposal shall include a plan for the progress of the research. The applicant is expected to be able to complete the project during the period of appointment. In ranking the applicants, emphasis will be on originality of thought, diversity of perspectives and an analytical approach. Quality and originality rather than quantity will be emphasised.

Applicants are requested to submit a complete overview of their education, former positions and other relevant experience, a complete publication list and up to five scholarly publications. The submitted publications must be in English or in a Scandinavian language unless otherwise specifically agreed upon.

Personal suitability and co-operation skills will receive special attention in the selection process.  Short listed applicants may be invited for an interview at the University of Oslo.

Applicants must within the closing date submit four copies of:

  • A letter of application
  • A research proposal, maximum 10 pages
  • A CV ( a complete overview of the applicants’s education, former positions and other relevant experience)
  • Copies of certificates, diplomas and recommendations (in English or Scandinavian, or with certified translations into English). Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their university’s grading system.
  • Up to five scholarly publications. If the submitted publications are co-authored, the division of work between the authors must be confirmed in the form of a co-author statement.

Contact :
The Head of the Department, Professor Kristian Andenæs, tel. (+47) 22 85 01 05, kristian.andenas@jus.uio.no, or
the Head of the Administration Turid Eikvam, tel. (+47) 22 85 01 45, turid.eikvam@jus.uio.no.

Closing date: September 1st 2010

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Doctoral Research Fellowship in Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

The Faculty has approximately 130 Ph.D. students divided into seven departments and one center:
• Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History
• Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
• Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
• Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
• Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
• Department of Media and Communication
• Department of Musicology
• Centre for Ibsen Studies
The advertised positions are open for all research fields at the Faculty of Humanities. In the actual processing of the applications, however, strategic considerations may be applied in the selection process, such as imminent need for recruitment within certain disciplines or subjects. Applicants who have recently graduated with excellent results may also be given preference.
The person who is appointed will be enrolled in the Faculty’s organised researcher training. The academic study will terminate in a doctoral thesis which will be defended at the Faculty, leading to a Ph.D.-degree. The successful candidate is expected to contribute into a research group or network, and for a professional development in the environment.

The appointment is for a duration of 3 years. Any previous employment as a research fellow or appointment to another position will in whole or in part be deducted from the appointment time.

Qualifications and personal skills:
In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the dissertation within the given time frame. The short-listed candidates may be called for an interview at the University of Oslo.

Qualifications:
A Master degree or equivalent in an area relevant to the topic of the doctoral dissertation. The masters degree or equivalent has to be achieved by the time of application.

We offer:
• Pay grade 48-55 (NOK 383 900 – 433 400 per year), depending on qualifications
• Academically stimulating working environment
• Good pension benefits under the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund scheme
• Good welfare benefits

Submissions:
Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application:
• letter of application
• list of publications
• Curriculum Vitae including grades
• project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions)
Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.
See also Guidelines for pertaining to the application asessment process for doctoral research fellowships and About the doctoral degree/PhD at The faculty of Humanities.

Admission to the PhD  programme requires that faculty has the necessary supervision capacity.
The faculty has one PhD programme with seven PhD fields. The applicant must choose which field to be associated with. Selection of field determines which PhD committee will consider the application.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Doctoral Research Fellowship within the Project Edvard Munch, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 1 Comment

Position as Ph.D. (SKO 1017) is available at the Department of Philosophy, History of Art and Classics (IFIKK) at the Faculty of Humanities and is linked to the faculty’s PhD program, the line of music and theater studies, aesthetics, art and ideas.. The position is available for a period of three years.

The Ph.D project should focus on Edvard Munch and the wider set of contexts in which his artistic production took place. It is vital that the project deliver innovative approaches that may forge new directions for research on Munch.

Several generations of scholars at the University of Oslo have made significant contributions to the research on and around Edvard Munch. The art historical department at IFIKK aims to keep this traditional alive by highlighting Munch and Modernity as one of their strategic research areas.

For years research on Edvard Munch has been dominated by biographical approaches primarily focused on the relation between Munch’s life and work.  Today, Munch research at the University of Oslo places greater emphasis on the wider range of national and international contexts in which his work was produced and received, both with respect to its relation to other modern artists as well as to various social, political and aesthetic fields. In recent years, art historians at IFIKK have increased its international exchanges connected with Munch research and have contributed to a number of publications and curatorial projects both outside and inside Norway. The Ph.D fellow will take part in IFIKK’s plans to expand and deepen its research on Munch and Munch’s modernity and should contribute to the ongoing development of an international network of researchers devoted to this field of study. Close collaboration with the Munch Museum and the National Museum of Art, Norway is also an important component in this plan of action.

The successful candidate is expected to affiliate with the existing research milieu or network and to contribute to the further development of this.

Candidates who are accepted must participate in the Faculty of Humanities’ researcher education programme (cf. regulations and supplementary provisions for the faculty’s researcher education) and must also engage in the designated research activities on a 100 percent basis. The designated aim of the project is to complete a doctoral dissertation to be defended at a public disputation for the Ph.D.-degree.

Qualifications and Personal Skills :

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the dissertation within the given time frame. The short-listed candidates may be called for an interview at the University of Oslo.

Qualifications :

A Master degree or equivalent in an area relevant to the topic of the doctoral dissertation.

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