The doctoral candidate programme amounts to 240 credits. It formally ends with the doctoral candidate publicly defending his/her printed doctoral thesis. The holder of the position has as his/her primary obligation to successfully fulfill his/her third cycle education ending with a doctoral degree (PhD). Regulations concerning appointment as a doctoral student can be found in the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, 1-7 §§. The doctoral studies in this position will be related to the international research project The challenge of globalization: Technology driven foreign direct investment (TFDI) and its implications for the negotiation of International (bi and multilateral) Investment Agreements, coordinated by Professor Cristina Chaminade.
More information about the research project and the researchers can be found at CIRCLEs website: www.circle.lu.se. The position presupposes that the successful applicant is accepted as a doctoral student at the PhD-program at the Department of Human Geography. Curriculum and guidelines can be found at http://www.keg.lu.se/index.php/sv/utbildning/forskarutbildning
Eligibility/Entry Requirements
For appointment to the position, the applicant is required to be eligible for admission to the doctoral (PhD) program in Economic Geography. Candidates with other relevant social science disciplinary backgrounds than Economic Geography are also encouraged to apply (see further information below).
To be eligible for third cycle studies an applicant must
1. Have been awarded a second cycle degree
2. Have completed studies the equivalent of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits are at the second cycle level, or
3. Have acquired comparable qualifications in some other way in Sweden or abroad.
Basis of Assessment
Regulations concerning appointment as a doctoral student can be found in HF 5 Chap 1-7§§ and SFS 1998:80. The applicants will be assessed on the basis of their prospects of meeting the requirements for a doctoral degree (PhD). Particular emphasis will be placed upon the academic qualifications of the applicants. Previous experience with international studies and/or research projects will be considered a merit. Fluent English is a requirement.
Application Deadline : 1 December 2011
