Stillingstittel:
Research Fellow in Emergency Management and Societal Safety

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

The University of Stavanger (UiS) has about 10,100 students and 1,530 employees. The University is located in the third largest urban region in Norway, with a dynamic labor market and exciting cultural and leisure activities. We are the only Norwegian member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities. The university has high ambitions. We will be a driving force in the development of knowledge in the region, and an international research university with an emphasis on innovation. Together with our staff and students, we will challenge the well-known and explore the unknown.

Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology. The department carries out research and offers study programs at all levels within Risk Management and Societal Safety, Industrial Economics and Development and Urban Design. Risk Management and Societal Safety are priority areas of the university. Our goal is to be an international leading research environment in the field. The department participates in SEROS - Centre for Risk Management and Societal Safety, which is an interdisciplinary research center in the field. There are currently 45 employees including research fellows and postdocs, and 290 students at the department.

Jobbnorge ID: 121151

Closing date of application February 29th, 2016.

 

The University of Stavanger invites applications for a doctorate scholarship in Risk Management and Societal Safety at the Faculty of Science and Technology in the Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning.

 

This is a trainee position that will mainly give promising researchers an opportunity for professional development leading to a doctoral degree.

 

The research fellow will be appointed for three years. The position is vacant. The appointee will begin work at the university when he/she is admitted to the PhD program in Risk Management and Societal Safety with an agreement to complete the doctorate within the duration of the scholarship.

 

The areas of research for the position are Emergency Management and Societal Safety; with the title; "Scenario modelling combined with geographic information systems (GIS) as a basis for the design of emergency response systems". The work presupposes that the candidate is familiar with GIS and has his or her major competence area in emergency management and crisis response. The position requires insight into techniques for risk analysis and performance analysis of emergency preparedness and response measures.

 

Applicants must have a strong academic background with a master's degree within risk management, societal safety or similar, preferably of recent date. Candidates with other master's degrees that provide a basis for successfully completing a doctorate within the above mentioned fields of research will also be considered. Both the grade for the master's thesis and the weighted average grade of the master's degree must individually be equivalent to or better than a B grade.

 

When rating applicants, emphasis will be placed on the applicant's potential for research in the field, strong practical experience within the field of GIS and emergency management, as well as individual prerequisites for research education. The application must include a project proposal, see below.

 

The appointee must be able to work independently and as a member of a team, be creative and innovative.

 

The research fellow must have a good command of both oral and written English. The doctorate will be carried out at the University of Stavanger but it also assume strong collaboration with actors in the field. A period of study abroad at a recognized and relevant centre of research is part of the research plan.

 

The position is salaried ac

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Stavanger

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 4036 STAVANGER

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Rogaland

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år