The University of Oslo, PhD Research Fellowships in Social Anthropology Scholarships For Rwandan students

Faculty
of Social Sciences

Department
of Social Anthropology

PhD
Research Fellowships in Social Anthropology

Job
Description

The
Department of Social Anthropology invites candidates to apply for up to 3 Ph.D.
Research Fellowships, with starting

date in January 2016.

The
Department wishes to recruit up to three Ph.D. candidates with excellent
research qualifications within Social Anthropology. Applicants should relate to
one or more of the Department’s core research areas. Information about the core
areas can be found on the Department’s website http://www.sv.uio.no/sai/.
The successful candidates are expected to strengthen the research area(s) they
relate to, and to contribute to and participate in research activities at the
Department. Each position is for four years and will include 25% teaching,
supervision and examination.

Requirements

Applicants
must have at least five years higher education including a two-year master’s
degree or equivalent in social anthropology. The successful candidates must
participate in the research training organised by the Faculty of Social
Sciences (the PhD programme) and undertake research that will lead to the award
of a PhD in social anthropology. Applicants are referred to the Guidelines for
appointment as a PhD candidate at a university or university college. The
candidates who are offered the phd positions will automatically be accepted for
the PhD programme.

Applicants
must have good spoken and written command of a Scandinavian language and/or
English.

Applicants
must provide a detailed project description outlining the work to be undertaken
for their proposed project (recommended total length, including the list of
references: 7-10 pages; 10 pages is an absolute maximum). The project
description must include the theme of the project, issues to be examined, the
chosen theoretical and methodological approach and a progress plan. The
successful candidates are expected to complete their projects before expiry of
the PhD position.

We
offer

Pay
grade 50 – 57 (NOK 430 500 – 483 700 per annum)
Academically
stimulating working environment
Good pension benefits under the Norwegian Public Service
Pension Fund scheme
good welfare benefits

Evaluation
of the application

When
evaluating the application, emphasis will be given to the project description,
as well as the applicant’s academic and personal prerequisites to carry out the
project. A good match between the candidate’s proposal and the Department’s
activities and areas of competence is a main selection criterion along with the
quality of the proposal and the qualifications of the candidate.

Interviews
will be held during the appointment process.

The
application must include:

Application
letter
Project
description for the work to be undertaken during the course of the term of
appointment, including the theme of the project, issues to be examined,
the chosen theoretical and methodological approach and a progress plan
(recommended total length, including list of references: 7-10 pages; 10
pages is an absolute maximum)
CV
(complete list of education including grades,
positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other
qualifying activities)
A
complete list of publications
Names
and contact details of 3 persons for references

Note!
Actual academic works should not be included at this time. After the first
stage of the review process an expert committee will invite the most
appropriate candidates to submit up to three academic works that the applicant
wishes to have considered in the assessment process.

Copies
of educational certificates and letters of recommendation may be required from
the shortlisted candidates, but should not be included in the application. The application/CV must include a list of education, with
grades. International applicants must attach an explanation of their
University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in
English or a Scandinavian language.

Please
also refer to the regulations pertaining to the conditions of employment forresearch fellowship positions.

The
University of Oslo has an Acquisition of Rights
Agreement for all employees for the purpose of securing intellectual
property rights to research results etc.

According
to the Norwegian Law “Offentlighetsloven §25.2 ledd”, information
about the applicant can be published although the applicant has requested not
to be included in the public list of applicants.

The
University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender representation in the
workforce and to recruit individuals with immigrant backgrounds.