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Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Project Value Politics at University of Oslo in Norway

Othuke Andrew Akpeli9 years ago6 years ago07 mins

Department
of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages

Doctoral
research fellowship within the project Value Politics

Description

A
PhD Research Fellowship is available at the Department of Culture Studies and
Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo. We seek to recruit a candidate
with excellent research qualifications who will investigate the role of religion
in human rights discourses in fora at the Uni

ted Nations or national discourses
on UN conventions.

The
person appointed will be affiliated with the Faculty’s organized research
training. The academic work is to result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended
at the Faculty with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. Read more about the
doctoral degree.

The
appointment is for the duration of three years.

Thematic
focus

The
successful applicant will address the issues identified in the main project, ‘Value Politics: The role of religion in internationalrelations’. Value Politics addresses the construction of religion in
relation to the United Nations, both in terms of the new emphasize on religion
from the 1990s onwards as well as a broader historical approach to religion at
the United Nations. The project aim is to delineate what counts as ‘religious’
and trace the changing meaning and scope of religion as it is construed within
political discourse and put to practice in local settings around the world.

The
applicant will design a project based on work with United Nations archives
and/or interviews in New York, Geneva or relevant national contexts. The
project should explore how new conceptions of religion are negotiated in
relation to one of the following three particularly controversial topics:
freedom of religion; family policy or women’s rights.

The
successful candidate will join and take active part in the project’s research
community, joining collegial meetings and seminars.

Requirements

A
Master’s degree or equivalent in history of religions or other relevant
disciplines.
The
Master’s Degree has to have been awarded by the time of application.
Candidates who have already obtained a PhD degree or submitted a PhD
thesis in a similar field will not be considered for this fellowship.

Qualifications
and personal skills

In
assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on:

The
project’s scientific merits and creative potential
The
project’s relevance to the research focus of Value Politics
The
applicant’s academic and personal qualifications
The
applicant’s ability to complete the project and research training within the
time frame
The
applicant’s collaboration skills and ability/willingness to join an
interdisciplinary academic community

Applicants
who have recently graduated with excellent results may be given preference.

Short-listed
candidates will be called in for an interview at the University of Oslo or we
will arrange for an interview on Skype.

We
offer

salary
level 50 – 56 (NOK 430 500 – 475 400, depending on level of expertise)
a
professionally stimulating working environment
attractive welfare benefits

Submissions

Applicants
must submit the following attachments with the electronic application,
preferably in pdf format:

letter
of application
Curriculum
Vitae
list
of publications (if applicable)
transcript
of records of your Master’s degree. Foreign applicants are advised to
attach an explanation of their university’s grading system
project
description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5
pages, see Template for project descriptions)

Educational
certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the
application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works
later.

The
University of Oslo has an Acquisition of Rights Agreement for the purpose of
securing rights to intellectual property created by its
employees, including research results.

The
University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the
workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

Following
the Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) § 25, Chapter 2, information
about the applicant may be used in the public list of applicants even if the
applicant opts out from the entry in the public application list.