Doctoral Student in Science or Technology Education, Sustainable Development - ,

We are looking for you who want to study educational issues in science or technology, focusing on education for sustainable development, by completing a research education. 

In collaboration with the Postgraduate School in the Educational Sciences at Umeå University and the Arctic Graduate School with a focus on Sustainable Development, we are looking for a doctoral student in science or technology education. The position is located at the Department of Science and Mathematics Education, which focuses on pre-service teacher training as well as research and development in educational sciences. The teachers and researchers at the department are mainly active within science education, technology education, mathematics education, and assessment for learning.

Read more about doctoral education at the department here.

Tasks
As a doctoral student in science or technology education you will be part of the research environment Umeå Science Education Research (UmSER). In this position, you will investigate emotion-related challenges and opportunities for learning for sustainable development in and about Arctic environments. In addition, a power perspective will be used to examine the role of emotions in actualizing, reinforcing and/or challenging structural injustices in the Arctic. Your research project may, for example, investigate questions such as: What role do emotions play in science education in the Arctic? How do emotions arise and how are they handled in interaction between teachers, pupils/students, local communities and the Arctic nature? How can emotions promote science learning in Arctic education about climate change and human welfare?

The applicant is asked to describe their research interests, that is, what you want to investigate and find out in your research as a doctoral student. Research interests must be within or in relation to the questions described above.

Qualifications
To be admitted to education at the postgraduate level, the applicant must have basic qualifications through a degree at advanced level or completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits are at advanced level, or equivalent foreign education or other equivalent qualifications.

Doctoral students can be admitted to postgraduate studies in science/technology education via two different syllabuses: educational work or subject matter education, both with a focus on science or technology. In addition to the basic qualifications, special qualifications are required that are different for the two postgraduate syllabuses.

To meet the requirement of special qualifications to be accepted in the postgraduate program of educational work with a focus on science or technology, besides meeting the basic qualifications, the applicant needs to have a teacher's degree or pre-school teacher’s degree and at least one year of professional experience. The degree must include a degree project.

To meet the requirement of special qualifications to be accepted in the postgraduate program of subject matter education with a focus on science or technology, besides meeting the basic qualifications, the applicant needs to have at least 90 higher education credits in either science and science education combined, or technology and technology education combined. The degree must include a degree project. 

To be accepted, it is also required that the applicant can communicate well in English, both orally and in writing, as well as any other skill necessary to take advantage of the education.

Conditions of employment
Doctoral students will mainly devote themselves to their own education at the postgraduate level. Employment as a doctoral student is given for the time necessary for the completion of research studies in normal study time, which corresponds to a full-time postgraduate education for four years. At the first stage, the employment lasts for maximum one year, and it is then renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, provided that the individual study plan is followed. A doctoral student can, to a limited extent, work with teaching and administrative work equivalent to no more than twenty percent of full working hours. As a consequence, the term of employment can be extended to a maximum of five years. In addition, the term of employment can be extended further if there are special circumstances, such as parental leave or sick leave.

As a doctoral student, you will participate in The Postgraduate School in the Educational Sciences and the Arctic Graduate School with a focus on Sustainable Development, which is coordinated with regular postgraduate education at the department. The studies start on August 29, 2022. The workplace is Umeå University. Postgraduate education is a campus-based education and cannot be organized as distance education. The doctoral student is also expected to participate actively in the department’s research environment. The salary is decided based on a local agreement of salaries for doctoral students.

According to the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance (Chapter 12, Section 2), the decision on employment as a doctoral student cannot be appealed.

More information can be found in the general syllabuses (bottom of the page).

Other information
More information about postgraduate studies is given by Tomas Bergqvist, tomas.bergqvist@umu.se, phone +46 (0)90 786 65 19.

More information about science and technology education is given by Christina Ottander, christina.ottander@umu.se, phone +46 (0)90 786 71 24 or Mikael Winberg, mikael.winberg@umu.se, phone +46 (0)90 786 69 73.

Application
All documents to be included in the application are described in the e-recruitment system. Contact us if you have any questions, in particular regarding documents to submit, since the systems and types of documents are different in different countries. If you are applying for several positions with different reference numbers, you must submit a complete application for each position.

Welcome to submit your application on 28 March 2022 the latest.