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The Department of Business and Sustainability at the University of Southern Denmark in Kolding invites applications for a PhD scholarship\u00a0as of April 1st 2026, or as agreed. For more information about the department, please visit the\u00a0website.<\/p>\n
Be part of a large-scale international project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n We are looking for a talented and motivated PhD student for the EPHEMERAL research project. EPHEMERAL \u2013 Entrepreneurship and Place: How Entrepreneurs Manage Evolving Relationships Across the Life-cycle is a Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) funded under Horizon Europe. The project aims to train a new generation of researchers to advance rural development theory and practice through entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n EPHEMERAL explores how entrepreneurs shape rural places over time, considering life-cycle dynamics, evolving local contexts, and structural societal changes. The network includes five European universities and several non-academic partners, offering interdisciplinary supervision and training with a focus on rural entrepreneurship and development.<\/p>\n The PhD position will focus on the topic of \u201cLeft-behind places and entrepreneurial mobilization\u201d. The objective of the PhD project is to contribute to the question of how structural changes at the societal level change the emergence of opportunities and resources in rural places through the specific empirical phenomenon of left behind places as a new political narrative and category. The project thus seeks to identify new forms of entrepreneurial agency leveraging local and extra-local resources around notions of left behindness, geographical discontent and spatial justice.<\/p>\n Your contribution to the project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of entrepreneurship, sociology, and rural development in an international and interdisciplinary research project. As our new PhD student, you will\u00a0play a central role in:<\/p>\n Who are we looking for<\/strong><\/p>\n We are looking for applicants possessing personal qualities such as curiosity and a strong desire to understand and solve societal challenges. You should be able to work independently and, in consultation with your PhD supervisor, prioritize the different aspects of your work. Finally, you are expected to have good interpersonal skills, be interested in engaging with the national and international research community (your supervisor and the department will support you in this), be present and take part in the daily academic and social environments in Kolding.<\/p>\n Applications are invited from applicants with a relevant master\u2019s degree\u00a0within social sciences (e.g. business, political science, sociology or related disciplines).\u202fMoreover, we expect applicants to:<\/p>\n\n