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Doctoral students in Economic History

The Unit of Economic History is a research-intensive unit that employs about 15 persons, including professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, researchers, Ph.D. candidates and technical/administrative staff. The Graduate studies in economic history at Umeå University are partly organized together with other economic history departments in Sweden. Research is regularly published in international peer reviewed journals. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are used. The Unit of Economic History has well developed research collaborations on local, national and international levels, reflecting strong international publication in the following research areas: business history, environmental and energy history, financial history, economic growth and structural change, political economy and agricultural history. More information is available at the Department’s research website: https://www.umu.se/enheten-for-ekonomisk-historia/forskning/

Assigned duties
Those appointed to doctoral studentship shall primarily devote their time to doctoral studies, aimed to result in a doctoral degree. Work carried out during the studentship consists of own research as well as participation in postgraduate courses (third-cycle studies). Those appointed to doctoral studentships may also work, to a limited extent, with educational tasks and administration at the Unit of Economic history. However, duties of this kind may not comprise of more than 20 per cent of a full-time post. If so, the period of employment will be extended from four to five years.

Eligibility / Admission requirements
A person meets the general admission requirements for third-cycle courses and study programs if he or she has:

• Been awarded a second-cycle degree; or
• Satisfied the requirements for courses comprising of at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
• Acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

(Högskoleförordningen 7 kap, 39 § - Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)

Specific admission requirements for doctoral studies in each subject are specified in the relevant general syllabus, available at: https://www.aurora.umu.se/globalassets/dokument/enheter/samfak/regler-och-riktlinjer/forskarutbildning/allmanna-studieplaner/fn--beslut-ekonomisk-historia.pdf

Other requirements
A proficient level of English is required in both written and oral communication.

Basis of assessment
Admittance of a doctoral student is based on an assessment of the candidate’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies.

The applicant’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies and research will be assessed with reference to the selection criteria stated in the relevant general syllabus for third-cycle studies, available at https://www.aurora.umu.se/globalassets/dokument/enheter/samfak/regler-och-riktlinjer/forskarutbildning/allmanna-studieplaner/fn--beslut-ekonomisk-historia.pdf

 The following will be considered:

• Quality and content of previous written work, such as a master’s thesis.
• Ability to participate actively in the department’s research environment.
• Ability to perform independent work.
• Dissertation plan
• Written and oral communication.
• Relevant educational background and grades/grade average.
• Relevant work experience.

Project
The PhD position is carried out as an independent work within your own topic of choice. Therefor large consideration is paid to the attached Dissertation plan.

Terms of employment
Fixed-term employment, maximum four years (fulltime studies).

Only those admitted to third-cycle courses and study programmes at a higher education may be appointed to graduate studies in economic history.

For regulations concerning employment of doctoral students etc, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.

For regulations concerning admission to third-cycle courses and study programs, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 34-41.

Application procedure
The application is to be submitted on the University recruitment system August 31, 2020, at the latest.

Your application

The application should contain:

• Personal letter in which the applicant gives a short description of him/herself and his/her research interests (max three pages).
• A dissertation plan (max three pages)
• Curriculum vitae.
• Grade transcripts.
• Master thesis or similar degree projects.
• If appropriate, documented language skills relevant for third-cycle studies.
• Other documents that the applicant wishes to submit.

The applicant is encouraged to name a maximum of two references with full contact details. We do not encourage or consider recommendation letters submitted together with the application.

Contact person for the call
Fredrik Olsson Spjut: +46 (0)907866034 e-mail: fredrik.olsson-spjut@umu.se

Welcome with your application!