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Postdoctoral Researcher ( Accounting & Finance)

Social Sciences/Economics

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Turku School of Economics, department of Accounting and Finance, opens a position of

Postdoctoral Researcher for fixed-term 1.6.2023-31.5.2027

The vacancy is positioned in the Department of Accounting and Finance, in the field of accounting and finance. Research and teaching in accounting and finance covers the areas of management accounting, financial accounting (including auditing) and finance. For further information, see.

Job description

The duties of the Postdoctoral Researcher comprise independent scientific research in the field of management accounting. The duties also comprise teaching and supervision of Bachelor’s thesis in the field of accounting and finance. The Postdoctoral Researcher participates in the planning of researcher projects in co-operation with other researchers, and takes part in administrative duties.

Essential requirements

By opening the position of Postdoctoral Researcher, we aim to promote the research career of persons who have recently completed their doctoral degree. Person selected for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher shall have an appropriate doctoral degree (accounting or accounting & finance), successfully completed by the end of the application period, but no more than five (5) years having passed since the completion of the degree. While counting the five-year period, maternity/paternal leaves and military service will not be taken into account.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a proven track record of independent and high-quality scientific work in the field of management accounting. Successful applicants have strong research orientation and fluency in English.

Desirable qualifications

Applicants with good methodological knowledge, previous experience on teaching in methodological courses and experience on supervision are favored.

We value equality and diversity in our working community and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for our open positions.

We offer

We offer you responsible and interesting tasks and the opportunity to develop your skills in a diverse environment. We take care of your well-being at work and your everyday life, including through our wellbeing services. Read more about us as an employer: Come work with us!

The European Commission has granted the University of Turku the right to use the HR Excellence in Research logo as a sign of the University’s commitment to the continuous improvement of the status and working conditions of researchers in line with the objectives of the European Charter for Researchers.

Salaries

The salary is determined in accordance with the university salary system for teaching and research personnel. For a Postdoctoral Researcher  the salary is at levels 5-6 on the job demands chart, where the task specific salary component is 3044,00 – 3549,72 €/month. In addition, a personal work performance component is will be paid depending on the candidate’s qualifications.

Trial Period

The position is subject to a six months trial period.

How to apply

Applications must be submitted by through the online application system on April 9th 2023 (23:59) at latest. The link to the online application system is in the beginning of this Call for Application (”Apply for the job”).

The application should include CV, publication list, degree certificates, academic portfolio following the guidelines of the University of Turku (https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/academic-portfolio), motivation letter and other possible relevant documents.

Further information

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Professor Luis Alvarez Esteban lhralv(at)utu.fi. For practical matters concerning the application process and electronic application system, please contact HR Specialist Taina Karjalainen taikar(at)utu.fi.

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Post expires on Sunday April 9th, 2023

2–4 new interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Researchers to the University of Turku thematic profile area “Human Diversity”

Contact, Humanities

2–4 new interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Researchers to the University of Turku thematic profile area “Human Diversity”

The University of Turku is an inspiring and international academic community of 25,000 students and staff in Southwest Finland. We build a sustainable future with multidisciplinary research, education, and collaboration. With us, your work will have a significant impact and relevance in the changing world.

The researchers will be part of the new University of Turku profile area Human Diversity – Evolution through Contact and Communication Networks (https://sites.utu.fi/humandiversity/). Human Diversity focuses on cutting-edge research on how human contacts, past environments and communication networks influence material and immaterial culture, genes, disease burden, transgenerational effects, evolutionary fitness of people and language and language use. We uncover the long-term legacies of the contacts by studying how the (pre)historical short-term impacts cascade to current disease risks and human diversity, and how the diversity continues to evolve in the modern digital world in the form of ideas and ideologies. These will contribute to informed decision-making among policy-makers, revised teaching strategies within UTU, increased public awareness of causes and consequences of human diversity, and better understanding of how our genomes, disease risks, and cultures and languages will change in future. Human Diversity brings together research teams in different faculties studying human diversity from complementary perspectives, constructing diverse digital datasets and developing technologies for documenting and analyzing such data. Such unique collaboration and data infrastructure enables holistic understanding of how past human and cultural diversity has evolved, transformed, and created the diversity we see now, and how ongoing migrations and communication networks are likely to affect them both in the physical and digital world.

The postdocs recruited will work within and between the Human Diversity associated research groups that are presented in the web pages https://sites.utu.fi/humandiversity/. The postdocs will use and combine the diverse datasets collected within the Human Diversity teams – or suggest new datasets – capitalizing on cross-disciplinary synergies within the Human Diversity. Possible research questions include, for example: How landscape and cultural factors between local populations affect migration decisions, spread of diseases and exchange of cultural and linguistic traits? How has genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity arisen through population divergence and encounters? How have epidemics spread by human contacts affected the demography and human gene pool, especially in relation to immunity genes? How have concepts and ideas spread in the written literature and in the digital world across time and languages? How do genetic and epigenetic mechanisms influence transgenerational transmission of health and disease and how is the transmission affected by the environment or cultural environment?

The persons chosen to the positions are expected to participate in the research conducted according to the Human Diversity research plan and to realize their own research projects related to the topics. Work tasks include some teaching responsibility (5% of the working time at the maximum) and participating actively in the multidisciplinary team building. Human Diversity researchers are expected to interact with the teams involved in the profile area. 

Requirements

We invite applications for 2-4 postdoctoral researcher positions for a fixed term period for 24 months (with an option for extension subject to funding availability). The postdocs are expected to begin their employment 1st of May 2023 or as soon as possible according to agreement. Successful candidates have a background combining at least two of the following fields of research: Archaeogenetics, Computational sciences, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary genomics, Evolutionary medicine and epidemiology, Digital humanities, General, Digital, or Computational Linguistics, or Finnish or Finno-Ugric languages, Landscape studies, Machine learning, Mathematical modeling, Migration studies, Natural Language Processing, Network science, Population genetics, Population health research, and Scientific archaeology. They have strong skills in quantitative methods and experience in using large and complex datasets, the ability to conduct independent scholarly work and work in an interdisciplinary team. Successful applicants have published research on interdisciplinary topics and have strong research orientation and fluency in English.

The applicant is required to have a PhD degree in a relevant field of science, completed before the application period ends. The eligibility criteria for the positions are defined in the rules of procedure of the University of Turku  (Section 37).

We value equality and diversity in our work community and encourage qualified applicants, regardless of background, to apply for our open positions.

Salaries

The salary for the position is determined in accordance with the university salary system for research personnel. For the postdoctoral researcher salary follows the levels 5-6 of teaching and research staff (3044,00-3549,72 EUR/month). In addition, a personal work performance component will be paid. The personal work performance component is 6-50% of the task specific salary component. The starting salary is ca. 3500-3600€.

Trial period

The position starts on 1.5.2023 or as soon as possible according to agreement. The trial period will be six (6) months.

How to apply

Applications must include a motivation letter, an example of research plan indicating the fields of interest and potential study methods of the candidate (2-3 pages), CV, list of publications, degree certificate, contact details of 2-3 referees, and other documents that can be relevant for filling the post.

The application should be submitted no later than Friday 14.4.2023 (23:59; UTC+2) at the University’s electronic recruitment system at https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/open-vacancies.  A link to the application form can be found at the beginning of this notice (‘Apply for the job’).

Further information

For more information, please contact Heidi Viitaniemi, humandiversity@utu.fi

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Post expires on Tuesday April 11th, 2023

Postdoctoral researcher / Project researcher fixed-term position at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO

Physical sciences/Math

The University of Turku is a world-class multidisciplinary research university which offers interesting challenges and a unique vantage point to national and international research and education.

Postdoctoral researcher / Project researcher fixed-term position

Postdoctoral researcher / Project researcher fixed-term position at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher / project researcher position at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA). FINCA is a national research institute that takes care of Finnish co-operation with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), practices and co-ordinates high quality astronomical research, and technological development work related to ESO; participates in researcher training; and promotes co-operation of Finnish universities in astronomy.

The successful applicant will join the Academy of Finland -funded project lead by Dr. Talvikki Hovatta.

The start of the employment is negotiable, but preferably as soon as possible. The appointment is until the end of August 2024, with a trial period of six months.

Job description:
You will participate in the development of an FPGA-based prototype backend for enabling polarimetric observations with the 14-m telescope at Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory. The main part of the project is the implementation of RF-direct sampling, ultra-wideband signal receiving and processing using the Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research  (CASPER) toolflow with RFSoC advanced signal-processing technology. You will work to design, develop and implement this next-generation digital signal processing prototype backend.

Requirements:
– PhD or Master’s degree in astronomy, signal processing, or a closely related field
– Extensive background in RF digital signal processing
– Solid knowledge of RFSoC and FPGA technologies
– Strong background in using MATLAB, Vivado, Vitis, and related products
– Experience with the CASPER toolflow or ability to quickly learn a new toolchain
– Knowledge of radio-astronomy concepts and astronomical signal processing
– Familiarity with the hardware platforms supported by CASPER
– Familiarity with high-speed data transport (10+ Gbit/s)
– Experience in systems design, digital signal processing, systems integration and testing
– Familiarity with embedded processing, high performance computing architectures
– Professional-level communication and presentation skills in English
– Self-motivated and able to work independently
– Ability to document the work and write technical reports
– Ability to train other staff on the implemented system

The qualification requirements of the position are stated in the University of Turku Rules of Procedure: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/organisation. In the case the selected candidate does not have a doctoral degree, the title of Project researcher will be used.

Salary:
The salary is determined in accordance with the university salary system for teaching and research personnel. For a postdoctoral researcher, the salary is at levels 4-6 on the job demands chart, where the task specific salary component is 2628,85 – 3549,72 €/month. In addition, a personal work performance component at a maximum 50 % of the task specific salary will be paid. Depending on qualifications, the starting gross salary for Postdoctoral researcher is typically within the range of 3300-4000 € per month and for Project researcher 2500-3150 € per month.

Included Benefits:
The contract includes a paid annual leave, occupational health care coverage, retirement and social security benefits. Support for participation in conferences and research visits is available.

Applying:
Applications must be submitted by 11 April 2023 (23:59) at the latest via the electronic application form of the University of Turku but we will start reviewing and interviewing candidates immediately. However, all applications will be reviewed and the decision will be made after the application period has ended. The link to the electronic application system can be found at the beginning of this announcement (Apply for the job).
This job announcement can be found from the University of Turku recruitment page: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/open-vacancies

Applications in English must include as attachments a CV, a list of relevant publications, and  motivation letter (statement on qualifications for the position, max. 2 pages), which should be uploaded via the electronic application system. Letters of recommendation from at least two referees familiar with the applicant’s work must be arranged to be sent directly to Saija Marjasto, saija.marjasto(at)utu.fi.  We encourage applications from candidates irrespective of nationality, gender, or background.

For more information on the position, contact Dr. Talvikki Hovatta, talvikki.hovatta(at)utu.fi.

For more information on the application process, contact HR-specialist Saija Marjasto, saija.marjasto(at)utu.fi.

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Post expires on Tuesday April 11th, 2023

Doctoral researcher’s/Project researcher’s fixed-term position at Department of Computing

Engineering/it

The University of Turku is a world-class multidisciplinary research university which offers interesting challenges and a unique vantage point to national and international research and education.

Department of Computing at the Faculty of Technology, University of Turku, is looking for 1 Doctoral researcher / Project researcher to the CLISHEAT project. In this project research efforts are targeted towards the developing trajectory algorithms for detection of disease in wearable device data. The 3-year research project is funded by Academy of Finland. The selected candidate will have opportunity to develop algorithms on wearable device data as a part of multi-disciplinary research group with both clinical/hospital and international collaboration, pursue their own ideas, participate on other interesting side projects and carry out international research visit, and will have access to unique datasets and good possibilities for research career advancements.

The position is fixed-term starting as soon as possible based on mutual agreement and ending 31.12.2025.

Requirements for Doctoral researcher / Project researcher

  • MSc from a relevant field

We appreciate

  • programming, signal processing and machine learning skills
  • experience from interdisciplinary research (medicine) and working in projects
  • research experience
  • experience from designing medical measurement systems and embedded systems

The qualification requirements of the positions are stated in the University of Turku Rules of Procedure: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/organisation

For a doctoral researcher / project researcher the salary will be on the job demands chart on levels 2-4, where the task-specific salary component is 2108,40–2628,85 euros per month. In addition a personal work performance component will be paid. The personal performance component is a 6% – 50% of the task-specific salary component.

A six (6) month trial period applies to the position.

Applications must be submitted at the latest on Monday, April 3, 2023 (23:59) using the electronic application form of the University of Turku on the following address: https://www.utu.fi/careers
The link to the application system is at the beginning of this announcement (“Apply for the job”).

Applicants should enclose with their application a CV, short cover letter including a short description of applicant’s relevant skills and knowledge, degree certificate(s), list of publications and other documents that may influence the filling of position.

We welcome you to our multicultural working community. In case you are not familiar with Finland as a place to live and work, we offer you orientation support.

For further information about the position, please contact Health Technology Laboratory, Dr. Matti Kaisti, mkaist@utu.fi. Regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR Specialist Nina Reini (nina.reini@utu.fi).

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Post expires on Monday April 3rd, 2023