Stillingstittel: Research fellowship position - Shyness

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.Research fellowship position - Shyness

A position as a research fellow is vacant at the Department of Special Needs Education, within the subject area of “Social and emotional difficulties”. The position is linked to the project “Supporting Shy Students: A National Study of Teaching Practices”.

The Department of Special Needs Education at the University of Oslo is one of the three departments at the Faculty of Educational Sciences. The department focuses on basic and applied research and education of bachelor-, master- and doctoral level candidates within the field of special needs education in Norway. One central topic within special needs education concerns social and emotional difficulties, with shyness as one of several themes. Social and emotional problems are focused both in bachelor and master programs as well as in research at the Department.

The project “Supporting Shy Students” is an international study in two phases exploring teaching practices. The announced position will mainly concentrate on phase one in the project where observations and interviews in schools will be conducted. The research fellow will be expected to conduct a study as a part of the main project, focusing on students’ experiences of teaching practices in the classroom and of the psychosocial environment in schools. International researchers are involved in the project and the successful applicant will have the possibility to take part in networks meetings and research collaboration abroad. It is expected that the research fellow takes part in collaboration in the project as a whole.

As a part of the project, the research fellow will participate in the research group “Inclusion and diversity – from a special education perspective” http://www.uv.uio.no/english/research/groups/inclusion-and-diversity-from-a-special-education/

Positions as research fellows are fixed-term educational posts where the aim is that the research fellow completes a doctoral degree (PhD) during the period of employment. A prerequisite for the employment is admission to the Faculty’s doctoral degree program, and applicants’ formal and other qualifications for admission will therefore also be assessed. Research fellowship positions are defined as recruitment posts and represent an important instrument in the sector’s work of generating qualified applicants for other academic posts at universities and university colleges in the long-term perspective. 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 within the framework of the applicable guidelines on account of any previous employment in academic positions.

We refer also 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 includes:

• Successful completion of a Master's degree with thesis, or equivalent qualifications, with sufficient relevance to the announced research field.
• Minimum grade B (
  
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  Maksimal lønn: 0
  
  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Spec
  
  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
  
  
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