Finding the Missing Link: Exploring the Role of School Leadership in Student Achievement and Well-Being (5+3), 2020-5
PhD fellowship in the field of Finding the Missing Link: Exploring the Role of School Leadership in Student Achievement and Well-Being (5+3)
The Graduate School at Arts, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, in collaboration with the Carlsberg Foundation, invites applications for a fully-funded PhD fellowship in Finding the Missing Link: Exploring the Role of School Leadership in Student Achievement and Well-Being provided the necessary funding is available. This PhD fellowship is available as of 1 September 2020 for a period of up to three years (5+3). The candidate who is awarded the fellowship must commence his/her PhD degree programme on 1 September 2020.
The PhD fellowship will be financed by the 2 parties.
The PhD fellowship is advertised within the field of Finding the Missing Link: Exploring the Role of School Leadership in Student Achievement and Well-Being.
This project explores the relationship between school leadership and student outcomes by using an explanatory mixed-methods design. Various organizational mechanisms which possibly influence student outcomes will also be investigated within the project. Quantitative part of the project will be based on two large-scale OECD studies (TALIS and PISA).
PhD student is expected to work with TALIS and/or PISA data in her/his own project, which should be related to the general framework of the main project. Therefore, advanced quantitative research skills and experience with statistical software, Stata and/or R, are necessary. Previous experience with large-scale data sets and master’s degree in social sciences with an interest in education are preferable.
The PhD fellow will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Graduate School at Arts, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, with the aim of completing a PhD degree at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University.
The PhD student will be affiliated with the PhD programme Learning and Education.
The PhD student’s place of work will be the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. In general, the student is expected to be present at the school on an everyday basis.
The PhD degree programme is expected to include a lengthy research stay at a foreign institution, cf. Description of the graduate school’s PhD degree programme.
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https://phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/open-and-specific-calls/phd-call-2020-5/