UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
Faculty of Social Sciences / UNIFOB GLOBAL
A PhD scholarship in comparative politics is available in the EUROSPHERE project at Unifob Global. The PhD scholar will have his/her workplace at Unifob Global / Department of Comparative Politics. The duration of engagement is four years, starting from 1 September 2007.
EUROSPHERE € ¦’´Diversity and the European Public Sphere: Towards a Citizens€ ¦’² Europe€ ¦’´ is an integrated project under the EU€ ¦’²s 6th Framework Programme. It is an international collaborative project between 17 European universities. The project is coordinated by the University of Bergen / Unifob Global and funded by the European Commission. The PhD-scholar will participate in EUROSPHERE€ ¦’²s international research activities by conducting the research work which is specified in the contract between the University of Bergen and the European Commission. The PhD-scholar€ ¦’²s research tasks include data collection about think tanks in Norway € ¦’¶ and analyses of their roles in the articulation of a European public sphere either in Norway or in a comparative perspective.
The working language of the project is English. Information about EUROSPHERE is available at http://eurosphere. uib.no.
Further information about EUROSPHERE€ ¦’²s scientific objectives and project plans can be obtained by contacting EUROSPHERE Scientific Coordinator Hakan G. Sicakkan (tlf. 480 14 166, email: hakan.sicakkan@ unifob.uib. no).
Applicants must have a master€ ¦’²s degree in comparative politics or corresponding education. More information about the PhD position can be obtained from Associate Professor Jan Oskar Engene, Acting Head of Department, (email jan.engene@isp. uib.no, (phone +47 555 84116) or Senior Officer Ragnhild Hvoslef Kr€ ¦üger (email: ragnhild.kruger@ isp.uib.no, phone +47 55 583316).
Total scholarship period is 4 years. 25% of this period will be allocated to mandatory tasks at the department for university PhD-scholars. Time used in
earlier recruitment positions will be deducted from the applicants€ ¦’² total scholarship period.
The PhD-scholar will go through a 3-year€ ¦’²s approved training programme for a PhD-degree. A project description (5-8 pages) will be enclosed in the application, which should contain implementation plans for different parts of the research work. It should discuss and justify topics, research questions, and choice of theory and methods. The project description should be in compliance with EUROSPHERE€ ¦’²s scientific objectives and its overall implementation plans. Candidates are advised to contact EUROSPHERE scientific coordinator Hakan G. Sicakkan before devising their PhD-projects (email: hakan.sicakkan@ unifob.uib. no, tlf. +47 480 14 166).
The applicants must fulfil the qualification requirements for admission to the PhD-programme at the University of Bergen. It is required that the candidates have good and relevant analytical skills as well as theory and methods knowledge.
Language skills beyond Norwegian and English will be an advantage. Senior consultant Yngve Brynjulfsen (email: yngve.brynjulfsen@ svfa.uib. no, phone +47-55589068) can be contacted for more information about the PhD-programme. The successful candidate is asked to apply for admission to the PhD-program upon receipt of the job offer for this position. The application form and guidelines for applicants are available at the web-address http://www.svf. uib.no/fstyreweb /Utlysing/ Guidel-applic- stip.htm or from senior officer Gunhild Eide, email gunhild.eide@ svfa.uib. no, phone +47-55589056 The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. Salaries start at salary level 41 (code 1017/LR20) on the government salary scale (corresponding to NOK 310.700,- per year), following ordinary meriting regulations. (Wage levels 41-46). State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted a
personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position. The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions. The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time. The application must include a project plan, description of the proposed research project, a complete review of education and professional experience including copies of exams and certificates and scientific works including a list of publications (All in three copies), sorted in three identical bundles. The application should be sent to: The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen, PO Box 7802, 5020 Bergen, by 20th of June 2007. The application must be marked 7/4717
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