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تاریخ اعـتبار: ۰۳-۰۷-۱۳۹۳
Doctoral research fellowships in Politics and Society in the Middle East at University of Oslo
Two PhD Research Fellowships in Politics and Society in the Middle East are available at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
The persons appointed will be affiliated with the Faculty’s organized research training. The academic work is to result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended at the Faculty with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. The successful candidates are expected to join the existing research milieu or network and contribute to its development. They will be linked to the research project The New Middle East – Emerging political and ideological trends (NewME) (see: http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/new-middle-east/index.html), and are expected to present a project relevant to the research agenda of NewME.
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The appointment is for a period of three years and the doctoral thesis is expected to be completed within the given time frame.
Qualifications
A Master’s degree or equivalent in Middle East Studies or in a relevant discipline within humanities or social science, provided the topic of the Master thesis deals with an issue in Middle East society or politics. The Master’s Degree has to have been achieved by the time of application.
Qualifications and personal skills
In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on:
The applicant’s estimated academic and personal ability to complete the project within the time frame
The applicant’s ability to complete research training
Good collaboration skills and an ability to join interdisciplinary academic communities
The project’s scientific merit, research-related relevance and innovation
Mastery of Arabic, Persian, Turkish or Modern Hebrew language
Applicants who have recently graduated with excellent results may be given preference.
We offer
salary level 50- 56 (NOK 429 700-474 500, depending on qualifications)
a professionall stimulatinging working environment
Submissions
Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application, preferably in pdf format:
letter of application
Curriculum Vitae
list of publications (if applicable)
transcript of records of your Master’s degree. Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their university’s grading system
project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Template for project descriptions {Click Here})
Our electronic recruitment system will ask you to upload the attachments in the above mentioned order. Transcript of records should be uploaded as ‘Attachment’ under ‘Other’. Please note that all documents must be in English or a Scandinavian language.
Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.
See also Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities.
Short-listed candidates will be called in for an interview at the University of Oslo or we will arrange for an interview on Skype.
The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.
Following the Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) § ۲۵, Chapter 2, information about the applicant may be used in the public list of applicants even if the applicant opts out from the entry in the public application list.