PhD-fellowship in Quantitative Social Science on Family Participation and Fertility among Men

21 hours ago

Oslo, Oslo County, Norway University of Oslo Full time

Full time PhD research fellow at the department of Psychology

PhD-fellowship in Quantitative Social Science on Family Participation and Fertility among Men

We invite applicants for a three- to four-year position as a PhD research fellow at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo. The position is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project "Health, Cognition, Family, and Employment among Men (HOMME)".

HOMME studies how men's changing family and working lives - two central domains of adult life - influence their health and cognition. Within this project, the successful candidate will be able to develop a research agenda focusing on health effects of men's participation in the family and drivers of the greater diversity in men's fertility and family experiences. The candidate will make use of a rich linkage of register data on the whole Norwegian population and larger health studies, and may include research on how gender roles, parental leave, and traditional values in communities influence men's life outcomes.

The PhD candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers with backgrounds in demography, sociology, psychology, economics and health sciences. He or she will work closely with researchers at other institutions, especially the Norwegian Institute of Public Health where the candidate will be offered part-time placement, and there are opportunities for collaboration and exchanges with international project partners in Europe and North America.

The appointment is a fulltime position for a period of three years. The employment period can be considered to be up to 4 years given addition of teaching and administrative duties (up to 25 %), depending on the competence of the successful applicant and the needs of the department.

The HUP Section conducts research and provides education in health, developmental, and personality psychology across various academic programs. The section has around 40 national and international staff members, including a dozen permanent university lecturers, associate professors and professors, with about half being women. It also includes around two dozen PhD students, Post-Doctoral and Research Fellows, and Associate Professors II.

Minimum Requirements:
  • TobeadmittedtothePhDprogramsattheUniversityof
    Oslo,the candidate must have completed a Master's degree (120 ECTS) or equivalent in in Demography, Economics, Sociology, Health Economics, Psychology, or other relevant field of study. Grade point average of A or B on the ECTS scale in their Master's degree. Applicants with a grade point of C may be evaluated on an individual basis.
  • TobeemployedasaPhDResearchFellow,admissiontoa
    doctoralprogramisrequired,ortheremustbeabindingagreementforadmission.Normally,onemustapplyforadmission
    toaPh.D.programwithin3monthsafterthestartofthe
    researchprojectleadingtothePh.D.degree.
  • GoodwrittenandoralproficiencyinEnglish
  • Good results in advanced courses and applied work in statistics preferably using Stata/R

Preferred skills:

  • A strong interest in the topic of men's family life and/or men's health, ideally demonstrated through previous engagement.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of statistics and causal inference methods / econometrics.
What are we looking for in you?
  • Good collaboration skills as well as ability to work independently.
  • Well-organised and able to structure own work.
  • Ability to think creatively within a scientific framework.

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal qualifications.

We offer:
  • Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promotes sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based social development.
  • The prospect of conducting exciting and meaningful research to increase our understanding of men's lives and health
  • The opportunity to be part of an excellent and highly ambitious interdisciplinary team
  • Access to Norwegian register data and data from health surveys of high quality
  • A stimulating and international research environment at the University of Oslo, with multiple research groups and seminar series.
  • Opportunities to work partly from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Oslo, and partly at the Oslo-based Centre for Fertility and Health, a Centre of Excellence at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
  • Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
  • A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
  • Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
  • Salary in position as Doctoral Research Fellow, position code 1017 in salary range NOK from 536.200kr to 596.100kr, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.
Application

Your application should include:

  • An application letter, stating your motivation for applying for the PhD position, and highlighting a field of interest within the HOMME project.
  • CV, including a complete list of publications (if any).
  • Transcripts and certificates.
  • Master's thesis or other example of written work.
  • Contact information for 2-3 references.

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Contact Information

Contact information regarding the position

The best qualified candidates will be invited for interviews.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is Norway's oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28,000 students and 7,000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society.

The Department of Psychology is one of seven units of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and has 75 permanent and 70 temporary members of scientific staff. Degrees are offered at bachelor and master level, plus a clinical training programme, and the PhD programme has 140 students.

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