Doctoral student in History and Education - ,

In collaboration with the Postgraduate School in the Educational Sciences , the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies is looking for a doctoral student in History and Education, i.e. educational history and/or history teaching and learning (didactics).

The academic staff of the research group are active in international history and education networks and in the Umeå Research Centre for Social Studies Didactics. International scholars frequently visit the group and participate with their specialist knowledge in the doctoral training programme. Core parts of the doctoral programme are delivered in English, but the working language of the department and the research group is mainly Swedish.

The department welcomes innovative research proposals in educational history and/or history didactics.

Qualifications
To be admitted, the applicant must meet both general and subject specific entry requirements. 

Applicants meet the general entry requirements for doctoral programmes if they:

1. have been awarded a second-cycle qualification (Master’s),
2. have passed at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded advanced (Master’s) level, or
3. have acquired equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Applicants meet the History and Education specific entry requirements if they:

1. have passed at least 30 credits in History at second-cycle (Master’s) level that includes an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or
2. hold a teacher’s degree in History with an independent project in a relevant area worth at least 15 credits at second-cycle (Master’s) level.

Assessment criteria
Applicants will be ranked with reference to their capacity to benefit from and complete the program. The assessment criteria are prior study results, the quality of the submitted independent projects, and the quality of the research plan and its relevance for the History and Education coupled with the department’s ability to supervise the proposed research project. This assessment will be complemented with references and interviews, and additional evaluations of the main candidates.

General and subject specific entry requirements must have been met at the time of application. Applicants who wish to argue they have acquired equivalent general and/or specific entry requirements in other ways, either in Sweden or abroad, need to show this in their application to facilitate assessment of equivalence.

Terms of employment
Doctoral students will mainly devote themselves to their own education at third-cycle level. Employment as a doctoral student will be for the time deemed necessary for the completion of research studies at a normal rate of study, which corresponds to a full-time position for four years. An initial contract of 12 months is extended with up to two years at a time provided that the individual study plan is followed. A doctoral student may to a limited extent also work with teaching and administration up to a maximum of 20 percent of full-time. The period of employment may thus be extended up to a maximum of five years.
See the general study plan in History and Education: https://www.umu.se/globalassets/organisation/fakulteter/humfak/humanistik-fakultet/studieplaner-forskarskolan-eng/studieplanfoutbhistutb20160211eng.pdf.

Doctoral students are affiliated with the Postgraduate school in the educational sciences (https://www.umu.se/en/umea-school-of-education/education/the-postgraduate-school-in-the-educational-sciences/), coordinated with the doctoral training programme at the relevant department. Doctoral studies begin at the start of the autumn semester, 29 August 2022. The place of work is Umeå, and a high degree of presence is required. The entry level salary is 29 000 SEK and rises in four steps to 33 600 SEK. Doctoral students are expected to actively contribute to the research environment.

Physically the employee will be stationed at the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, where the subject-specific education and supervision will take place.

According to The Higher Education Ordinance, chapter 12 §2, a decision of appointment for a doctoral student position cannot be appealed.

An application must contain:

1. A degree certificate, transcript from the Ladok student registry, and/or equivalent attested copies of your academic transcripts proving that general and specific requirements are met.
2. Curriculum vitae, including name and contact information of two reference persons.
3. Copies of relevant BA and MA theses and other relevant publications.
4. A letter that states your motivation for undertaking research training leading to a PhD, and that specifies what expertise at the Department is needed for carrying out your research.
5. Research plan – should normally not exceed 30,000 characters including spaces – that contains a description of the proposed project’s:

• purpose and research problem
• previous research
• implementation, that is, method, material and theory
• relevance for educational history or history didactics
• time plan

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Please note: the Swedish version is the official version of this advertisement. In the case of any differences in information between this translation and the official version, the latter takes precedence and is the legally binding document.

We look forward to receiving your application!