Two PhD-positions at the department of informatics - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan

The Department of Informatics is now looking for a PhD student for a limited-time employment for four years starting in autumn 2024 or as agreed.

Department of Informatics
At the Department of Informatics, research and education is conducted with a focus on digitization of society, organizations and interaction. Digital technology has become an enabler for changed ways of living and conducting business. In our research, we study these changes and change processes and we study the interaction between humans and technology to understand technology's possibilities and its limitations. In our studies of digitization, we move in many contexts such as the public sector, media, games, entertainment, financial companies, entrepreneurship, IT companies, manufacturing industry and trade.

Those who are employed as a doctoral student must primarily devote themselves to their own research training that is intended to result in a doctoral degree. The work includes both own research and participation in postgraduate courses. You will be part of the department's research work where you work closely with researchers at the unit. The doctoral work for this position is expected to focus on digitization for societal benefit and we would like to see the doctoral student do studies in the surrounding society. In your application, you can formulate the direction and research question yourself. The doctoral internship is carried out as independent work within the chosen field together with a supervisor. Therefore, great importance is attached to the attached research plan. To a certain extent, the employment may include some teaching or other institutional service (maximum 20%). In that case, the employment period is extended to a corresponding extent.

The doctoral position is linked to the MIT graduate school, where the doctoral student takes part of his courses and participates in doctoral conferences at other universities. The position is also linked to the research environment Swedish Center for Digital Innovation (www.scdi.se) located at the Department of Informatics. The research at the center is largely carried out in collaboration with partners from business, research institutes and other universities and colleges.

Do you want to know more about what it means to be a doctoral student at our doctoral program? Read more here

About the employment
You will be employed by and accepted as a PhD student at the Department of Informatics, Umeå
University. The employment runs for four years on a full-time basis and means that you complete your doctoral studies within the department's operations with a doctoral degree as the goal. Salary is paid according to established ladder for doctoral position, and is raised in line with study progress. Entry date is autumn 2024 or according to an agreement. Placement is at Umeå University, the department of Informatics and we are looking for a PhD student who will be present and part of our daily operations.

Eligibility
For employment as a doctoral student, admission to doctoral education is required. The basic eligibility to be admitted to postgraduate education is for those who have completed an advanced level degree in informatics or equivalent. The department's complete eligibility for admission to our phd programme can be read here - Syllabus for the PhD programme in informatics. In order to fulfill the requirement for special eligibility, it is required that the applicant has basic university education in informatics of at least 90 higher education credits, as well as 60 higher education credits at advanced level in informatics (master's level) or other education of equivalent scope and depth.

Other qualifications
Because the doctoral student will be part of a multicultural department, it's preferable if the candidate is able to communicate well in both Swedish and English. When selecting eligible applicants, great importance is placed on the thesis plan and ability to assimilate the education and previous study results. Otherwise, reference is made to provisions for employment as a doctoral student can be found in regulation SFS 1993:100 (Högskoleorordningning ch. 5).

Application
Your application must include:
• A letter of introduction/personal letter (1 page)
• A draft thesis plan and description of research interest (2 pages)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Copies of previous thesis/work (MSc/MA and/or BSc/BA)
• Copies of academic transcripts including documentation of completed academic courses and grades
• Copies of published own research (if any)

The application must be complete in order for it to be considered in the recruitment process. The application must be made via the recruitment system Varbi. Apply today as we may conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.