Stillingstittel:
Doctoral research fellowship within the project Value Politics

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.

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 United 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 international relations’. 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
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Cult
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Hvordan søke: Annet - se fritekst
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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