Ph.D fellowship in Societal Safety

jeunes March 6, 2020 Uncategorized 1 Comment 232 Views

The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a Ph.D fellowship in Societal Safety at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Safety, Economics and Planning.

The position is vacant from 01.10.2020 and is funded by the Research Council of Norway within the programme SAMRISK (Security and Risk). The University of Stavanger is the project owner and cooperates with NORCE, the University of Stockholm, Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of Utrecht.

This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development leading to a doctoral degree.

The appointment is for three years with research duties exclusively.

The Ph.D candidate will be working within project RISKSEC2.0 Local climate change adaptation: from risk governance to securitisation strategies?

This project uncovers how climate change adaptation can be framed through risk governance logic, with a focus on accommodating everyday risks, or through securitisation logic, by which extraordinary measures and particular agents are required. While the securitisation of climate change is well-documented at national and international levels, the way securitisation affects local level governance and adaptation is much less known.

The project will reveal opportunities for complementary between international, national and local adaptation efforts, by pinpointing positive (shared understandings and coherent action) and negative (conflicting perspectives and local disempowerment) dynamics.

Knowledge-based policy results will inform more effective risk decision making at all levels of governance and will offer a nuanced picture of what kinds of transformational changes in climate change adaptation are most suitable for local communities.

The overall aim will be reached by answering the following questions:

What are the characteristics of multilevel risk governance and securitisation processes?
To what extent do local (mainly Norwegian) pathways of climate change adaptation follow national and international priorities within the multilevel risk governance context?
What are the challenges in using digital solutions for enhancing local (mainly Norwegian) climate change adaptation?

The Ph.D candidate is expected to focus his/her project on addressing issues from the last question. However, the Ph.D candidate will participate in all work packages and contribute in data collection and in developing theory and methods in general.

Qualification requirements

We are looking for applicants with a strong academic background who have completed a five-year master degree (3+2) within Social Science, preferably acquired recently; or possess corresponding qualifications that could provide a basis for successfully completing a doctorate.

To be eligible for admission to the doctoral programmes at the University of Stavanger both the grade for your master’s thesis and the weighted average grade of your master’s degree must individually be equivalent to or better than a B grade.

If you finish your education (masters degree) in the spring of 2020 you are also welcome to apply.

Applicants with an education from an institution with a different grade scale than A-F should attach a confirmed conversion scale that shows how the grades can be compared with the Norwegian A-F scale.

Emphasis is also placed on your:

motivation and potential for research within the field
ability to work independently and in a team, be innovative and creative
ability to work structured and handle a heavy workload
having a good command of both oral and written English. It is also preferable that you have sufficient skills in a Scandinavian language as much of the documentation / written data is only available in Norwegian

We offer

varied duties in a large, exciting and socially important organisation
an ambitious work community which is developing rapidly. We strive to include employees at all levels in strategic decisions and promote an informal atmosphere with a flat organisational structure
salary in accordance with the State Salary Scale, l.pl 17.515, code 1017, NOK 479.600,- gross per year with salary development according to seniority in the position
automatic membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which provides favourable insurance- and retirement benefits
favourable membership terms at a gym and at the SIS sports club at campus
employment with an Inclusive Workplace organisation which is committed to reducing sick leave, increasing the proportion of employees with reduced working capacity, and increasing the number of professionally active seniors
“Hjem-jobb-hjem” discounted public transport to and from work
as an employee in Norway, you will have access to an optimal health service, as well as good pensions, generous maternity/paternity leave, and a competitive salary. Nursery places are guaranteed and reasonably priced
relocation programme in event of moving to Norway, including support and language courses for spouses

Other information

See “Regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment for the posts of post-doctoral research fellow and research fellow, research assistant and resident” at the University of Stavanger.

The appointee will be based at the University of Stavanger, with the exception of a period in Sweden and/or the Netherlands.

It is a prerequisite that the appointee has a residence which enables him or her to be present at/available to the academic community during ordinary working hours.

The University currently employs few female research fellows within this academic field, and women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply.

The position has been announced in both Norwegian and English. In the case of differences of meaning between the texts, the Norwegian text takes precedence.

Contact information

More information on the position and a project description can be obtained from project manager, Claudia Morsut, email claudia.morsut@uis.no, telephone +47 51831331, or from Professor Ole Andreas Engen, email ole.a.engen@uis.no, telephone +47 51831858.

Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR advisor Margot A.Treen, tel: +47 51831419, e-mail: rekruttering@uis.no.

Application

To apply for this position please follow the link “Apply for this job”. Register your application and CV including relevant education and work experience. In your application letter you must show your research interests and motivation to apply for the position.

The following documents must be uploaded as attachments to your application in separate files:

certificates/diplomas
references
list of publications
other documentation that you consider relevant

The documentation must be available in either a Scandinavian language or in English. If the total size of the attachments exceeds 30 MB, they must be compressed before upload. Information and documentation to be taken into account in the assessment must be submitted within the application dealine.

Please note that information on applicants may be published even if the applicant has requested not to be included in the official list of applicants – see Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act.

UiS only considers applications and attachments registered in JobbNorge.