Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender Research

Social Sciences/Economics

Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender Research

Job description

Applicants are invited to apply for a position as a postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Gender Research (STK). The position is not thematically limited, but the project description must have a clear gender perspective. Applicants from all disciplines are welcome. A multitude of theoretical approaches and methods can be relevant.

The position is preferably a position for four years with 75% research and 25% duty work. Here we will evaluate our teaching needs at the centre and what the candidate can offer, or look at the ability to take on other tasks beyond the postdoctoral project. The teaching language at the centre is predominantly Norwegian, but our MA-program is in English. As an alternative we can offer a three-year contract without duty work.

A successful candidate must be able to work independently and structured. We are looking for people who cooperate well, help us develop the field, disseminate well, and with an expressed wish to foster a good work environment.

Employees at the centre have backgrounds from the humanities, social science, law, and theology.

Evaluation criteria

All applications must attach a project description elaborating on the theme, its importance and relevance for gender research, theory and method, contribution to existing research, publication plan, potential ethical issues, and a timeline.

Projects with a direct relevance for, or that expands on, existing research at the centre will be preferred. We want the applicant to explicitly show how their project can contribute to strengthening the centre research, and how the candidate place themselves in relation to other research at the centre. We will value a project that has an up-to-date relevance both scholarly and societally.

If candidates and their projects are neck and neck in quality, someone with a background from the Humanities can be selected over others in this call.

The scholarly evaluation will primarily look at the documented scientific production and the project description. In addition, the applicants scholarly and personal perceived ability to carry out the project, cooperate with others, and contribute to a cross-disciplinarity university environment be given weight in the final evaluation and ranking. We will also evaluate whether the applicant can contribute to teaching at the centre (if duty work is considered).

The initial evaluation is done by an expert committee which will rank the applicants based on the criteria above, then an interview committee will call the top ranked candidates for an interview. Should the number of applicants be high, we may also use a sorting committee before it goes to the expert committee to make a rough sorting of candidates. The university hiring committee will make the final decision.

The centre has made an instruction to the expert committee, where we also say something about how we evaluate the candidates.

Qualification requirements

  • Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree relevant to the project. A doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation by the closing date of this call.  An appointment is dependent on a completed degree with a public defence of the doctoral thesis.

  • Good command of the English language, both orally and written. Knowledge of Norwegian/Scandinavian will be an advantage.

  • A project that has a clear gender perspective

Applicants with good oral and written knowledge of Norwegian or Scandinavian languages will be stronger when evaluation a position that has duty work. Our need for duty work can be given extra weight in the final ranking of candidates. Norwegian/Scandinavian will also be an advantage in daily life in this position as the successful candidates is expected to be at the centre and contribute to developing the scholarly environment. We expect the employee in time to learn enough Norwegian to get by in meetings that may be only in Norwegian.

Applicants with a documented competence in gender research in the form of a clear gender perspective int the doctoral dissertation will be given extra weight.

We offer

  • Salary between 585.000 and 660.000 depending on competence

  • A nice and inspiring cross-disciplinary work environment

  • Access to Norway’s excellent public services and welfare schemes, including generous parental leave provisions and affordable and accessible childcare (including the university’s kindergartens)

  • Good welfare arrangements

How to apply

The application must include

  • cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing scientific work and research interest. Relevance for research at the centre.). Max 2 pages

  • CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience, and other qualifying activity)

  • Project description, including progress plan (max. 3000 words including references)

  • copies of educational certificates (academic transcripts only)

  • a complete list of publications

  • PhD dissertation. If the dissertation is not in English or a Scandinavian language, an English resume needs to be attached.

  • list of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

Upload documents in this order with a descriptive file name. Do not upload documentation as one single file.

An application with attachments must be sent in via our recruitment portal. For education outside Norway, we require a description of the grading system. Should that not be included we might disqualify the application. All documentation needs to be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Formal regulations

Please see the guidelines and regulations for appointments to Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oslo.

No one can be appointed for more than one Postdoctoral Fellow period at the University of Oslo.

According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results etc.

The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

Contact information

Professor Inger Skjelsbæk, Centre Director, +47 93802492, inger.skjelsbak@stk.uio.no

Head of Office Andrew Feltham, +47 90520426, andrew.feltham@stk.uio.no

About the University of Oslo 

The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society.

Centre for Gender Research (STK) at the University of Oslo (UiO) is the largest centre in Norway for gender research and among the leading gender studies institutes of its kind in the Nordic region. STK is a stand-alone research unit within UiO that cooperates closely with other faculties, departments and institutes at UiO. 

Deadline: 2024-02-25 at 23:59
Unit: Social Sciences/Economics

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