The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a PhD Fellowship in Just Energy Systems at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Media and Social Sciences.
This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development through a PhD education leading to a doctoral degree.
You will be admitted to the PhD program in Social Sciences. The education includes relevant courses amounting to about six months of study, a dissertation based on independent research, participation in national and international research environments, relevant academic communication, a trial lecture and public defence.
The position is vacant from January 1st 2025, and the appointment is for three years with research duties exclusively.
Duties of the position
The objective of this specific Ph.D. position is to explore and understand the social justice and fairness issues that emerge when consumer flexibility is incentivised and facilitated in the energy system. This includes issues such as the exclusionary divide between those who are affluent enough to avoid flexibility and those who are forced by economic necessity to be flexible, shifting the burden onto those already in energy poverty.
The project is expected to uncover emerging energy justice issues that are still poorly understood and have been overlooked or ignored in research and policymaking. Through in-depth ethnographic study, the candidate will provide a better understanding of both existing and emerging issues, including an identification of the issues most likely to provoke resistance against consumer flexibility. Results will be transformed into actionable knowledge, enabling the design of energy consumption policies better suited to safeguarding social justice and fairness.
The position includes periods of secondment with project partners Stavanger Municipality and TU Delft, with supervisors and mentors from both UiS, Stavanger Municipality and TU Delft.
As an applicant, you must prepare a preliminary project proposal for a doctoral project within the subject area, which explains the problem, relevance, theoretical and methodological approach. Your preliminary project proposal will be included in the application assessment.
The proposal must be a maximum of five pages. Applications without a project proposal will not be considered.
During the first three months of the employment period, the project proposal and progress plan will be further developed in cooperation with your supervisors and completed for the final plan for the PhD-project. A project proposal template can be found here.
Required selection criteria
- We are looking for applicants with a strong academic background who have completed a five-year master degree (3+2) within social sciences or humanities, preferably acquired recently; or who possess corresponding qualifications that could provide a basis for successfully completing a doctorate.
- Candidates cannot have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Norway for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Furthermore, candidates cannot hold a doctoral degree.
- To be eligible for admission to the doctoral programmes at the University of Stavanger both the grade for your master’s thesis and the weighted average grade of your master’s degree must individually be equivalent to or better than a B grade.
- Applicants with an education from an institution with a different grade scale than A-F, and/or with other types of credits than sp/ECTS, must attach a confirmed conversion scale that shows how the grades can be compared with the Norwegian A-F scale and a Diploma Supplement or similar that explains the scope of the subjects that are included in the education.
Benefits
- a PhD education in a large, exciting and societally important organisation
- an ambitious work community which is developing rapidly. We strive to include employees at all levels in strategic decisions and promote an informal atmosphere with a flat organisational structure.
- colleague-based guidance programme (NyTi) if teaching is a part of your position
- access to Lifekeys, a digital service for the preservation of personal mental health and well-being
- salary in accordance with the State Salary Scale, l.pl 17.515, code 1017, NOK 532 200 gross per year with salary development according to seniority in the position. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
- additional Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions contributions, including mobility allowance and, if applicable, family allowance and special needs allowance
- automatic membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which provides favourable insurance- and retirement benefits
- favourable membership terms at a gym and at the SIS sports club at campus
- employment with an Inclusive Workplace organisation which is committed to reducing sick leave, increasing the proportion of employees with reduced working capacity, and increasing the number of professionally active seniors
- “Hjem-jobb-hjem” discounted public transport to and from work
- as an employee in Norway, you will have access to an optimal health service, as well as good pensions, generous maternity/paternity leave, and a competitive salary. Nursery places are guaranteed and reasonably priced
- a relocation programme providing assistance when moving to Stavanger, Norway
Organisation/Company –University of Stavanger
Research Field – Anthropology (Social anthropology) , Ethics in social sciences, Geography (Human geography), Sociology
Researcher Profile -First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country – Norway
Application Deadline –20 Oct 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Oslo)
More information: EUROAXESS
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