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Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with over 37,000 students and about 4,700 employees. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields. Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here. At Umeå University, everything is close. Our cohesive campuses make it easy to meet, work together and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture.
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Postdoctoral fellow in social work
The Department of Social Work at Umeå university is calling for applicants for the position of postdoctoral fellow. The position is full-time for two years.
Work responsibilities and duties
The postdoctoral fellow will mainly be expected to conduct their own research. In addition to this research, the position may include a maximum of 0.2 FTE of teaching or other departmental duties.
The successful applicant will conduct research within ‘Social perspectives on school and education’, a successful research environment that currently has around 15 active researchers. This research environment is seeking a young researcher with an interest in quantitative research on issues such as educational stratification and educational system design in relation to various outcomes. The research can be based on country comparisons as well as on longitudinal analysis or time series analysis within a single country. Researchers in the environment currently work with data from PISA, HBSC, CILS4EU, EU-SILC and Swedish register data, but other data sources can also be used.
Eligibility requirements and assessment criteria
A person who has been awarded a doctorate or a foreign qualification deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate is eligible for the position of postdoctoral fellow. The qualification must have been awarded no more than three years before the closing date of the application. A candidate who has completed their degree prior to this may be considered if special circumstances exist. Special circumstances include absence due to illness, parental leave or clinical practice, appointments of trust in trade unions, or other similar circumstances.
Applicants must have a PhD in social work or another subject relevant to the research project (e.g. sociology, educational science, political science or economics). Documented skills in quantitative research methods is a requirement, and experience of quantitative comparative analysis, longitudinal analysis or time series analysis is a plus. Experience in research on schools, educational systems or stratification is also a plus.
Because teaching may be included as part of the position, documented experience of teaching at basic and advanced level and university teaching training are a plus.
Because the position of postdoctoral fellow predominately includes own research, scientific skills will weigh more heavily than teaching and educational skills in assessing the applicants’ qualifications.
Application
Your application must be submitted via the Varbi e-recruitment system, https://www.umu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/. Deadline for applications August 15, 2021.
Your application must include:
- A cover letter outlining your research experience and interests and your reasons for applying for the postdoctoral fellowship (no more than an A4 page)
- A proposition for a post-doc research project including a motivated research question, data and methods (max three pages)
- A CV detailing your research and teaching qualifications, university teaching training and documentation of past and present appointments
- A certified copy of your doctoral degree
- List of publications
- Include referenced publications (maximum of 10) with your application
- Certificate of teaching qualifications
- Contact details of two references
- Other relevant documentation that you want to include in your application
For further details regarding the position are provided by professor Mattias Strand, mattias.strandh@umu.se
For further details of the department are provided by head of the department Anna-Lena Perdahl, anna-lena.perdahl@umu.se
The Department of Social Work is expansive and currently has some 70 employees. The Department is responsible for education in the social work programme, master’s programmes in social work and a large number of independent courses and contract education. We also work with other educational programmes, such as the police training programme. Further information on our activities is available at our website, https://www.umu.se/institutionen-for-socialt-arbete/
We look forward to receiving your application.
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | Admission as soon as possible or by agreemenet |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100% |
| City | Umeå |
| County | Västerbottens län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | AN 2.2.1-627-21 |
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| Published | 06.May.2021 |
| Last application date | 15.Aug.2021 11:59 PM CEST |