There is a vacant position at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography for a research fellow (SKO 1017) in Human Geography. The position is for a period of up to 4 years with 25 % compulsory work (primarily teaching).
Job description
The position forms part of the research project "Shared Mobility for Innovative and Inclusive Green Cities (Sharming Cities)" funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The PhD fellow will be part of a research group comprising of two researchers at the Institute for Transport Economics and two-three researchers at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography. The project's empirical content will be drawn from a survey as well as register data. Empirically the project will utilize interviews and workshops with users and service providers conducted in Norwegian. More information on the project, including project description, can be obtained here.
Requirements
Applicants must have a master's degree/second-level degree in Human Geography or equivalent that might be relevant for the project, as well as skills in quantitative data analysis. The master's thesis must have been submitted before the application deadline. The successful applicant must be able to carry out interviews and workshops in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language.
The position requires that the person who is hired participates in the Faculty of Social Sciences' organised research education programme (PhD programme) and that the work results in a doctorate in Human Geography. The person who is hired will automatically be admitted to the PhD programme. If the person who is hired has a disciplinary background in a field other than Human Geography, additional courses in Human Geography might be required.
The hiring process will include an interview. In addition to an overall evaluation of the applicant's grades, particular emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project proposal and the master's thesis. Reference is also made to the applicable guidelines for appointing research fellows at the University of Oslo.
Contacts:
- Head of Administration, Inger-Lise Schwab Telephone: +47 22 85 52 55
- Head of Department, Per Gunnar Røe Telephone: +47 22 85 52 17
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