Stillingstittel:
PhD Research fellowship in Social Studies Education (2016/593)

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.Department of Teacher Education and School ResearchPhD Research fellowship in Social Studies Education

A position as research fellow is available at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research within the field of Social Studies Education (samfunnsfagdidaktikk). The PhD candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary research collaboration working on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This interdisciplinary project aims at developing ESD through cultivating sustainable agency drawing on competencies such as critical thinking, creativity and the ability to cope with multiple perspectives. Sustainable agency requires knowledge about physical processes as well as important areas within social studies education such as politics, representation, participation, and value systems. Communicative competencies, such as the ability to take part in discussions and deliberation are important.

The department welcomes proposals that explore social studies issues relating to ESD such as individual and collective identity formation among students regarding environmental citizenship, sustainable agency, the role of conflict and discussion in ESD, and students’ discourses on ethics and values such as justice and equity.

The project should contribute to social studies education and education for sustainable development within the Norwegian school system. Comparative perspectives are also welcome.

The Department of Teacher Education and School Research organises four research groups. It is expected that the PhD candidate is affiliated with the research group TEPEC (Teacher Professionalism and Educational Change: Practices, Purposes, Policies).

Positions as research fellows are fixed-term educational posts where the aim is that the research fellow is to complete a doctoral degree (PhD) during the period of employment. A prerequisite for employment is admission to the Faculty’s doctoral degree programme, and applicants’ formal and other qualifications for admission will therefore also be assessed. The doctoral candidate is expected to participate actively in the organized research training and in the Faculty’s research community.

The appointment is made for a period of up to four years (25 % of which is devoted to required duties, usually in the form of teaching activities).

The appointment can have a more limited scope on account of any previous employment in academic positions.

For further information, we refer to Guidelines concerning appointment to post-doctoral and research posts at the University of Oslo.

Qualification requirements

Applicants must satisfy the requirements for admission to the Faculty’s PhD program. This normally includes:

• Successful completion of a two-year Master’s degree with thesis, and with relevance to the proposed PhD. The Masters’s degree should build on top of a 3-4 year Bachelor’s degree. In special cases, the Faculty may grant admission on the basis of a one-year Master’s degree with thesis, followed by an assessment of the study programme’s scope and quality.

• Minimum grade B (ECTS grading scale) on the Master’s degree, with an explicit indication of the grade achieved on the thesis part.

Further informati

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Faculty of Educati

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år