Doctoral Student in Psychology

The department has operations on campus Sundsvall and Campus Östersund. The business is training and researching pedagogy, psychology and social work.

Tasks

The research project is in the intersection of social psychology and socio-rise and investigates how accents work as social signals. The focus is social perception, attitudes, emotions and behaviors in relation to foreign accents.

The research deals with issues of stereotypes, discrimination and social inclusion from a Swedish and international perspective, with a through gender perspective. The project is interdisciplinary and has links to work and organizational psychology, political science, gender research and research on integration and belonging.

Methodsically, the project primarily builds on experimental studies and psychometric approaches, with the opportunity to apply neuroscientific methods.

The work is placed on the subject of psychology, which is characterized by a personal and close environment with college support between employees. The doctoral student will be part of an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented research environment and work closely with supervisors, while being placed on developing independence in planning, implementation and scientific communication. In the latter part of the dissertation work, there is room for the doctoral student to design a separate sub study within the framework of the project's overall themes.

Own doctoral education including research (80 %) and teaching and administrative work (20 %). The tasks consist mainly of conducting research that leads to a doctoral thesis. The work also includes completion of 60 higher education credits in doctoral courses and participation in seminars and other activities within the subject and department.

Permissions

Basic eligibility for postgraduate education has the person who has depicted a degree at advanced level, completed course claims on at least 240 higher education credits, at least 60 High school credits at advanced level, or in any other way within or outside the country acquired in For special eligibility, at least 90 higher education credits in psychology or in any other way within or outside the country, the country has acquired corresponding knowledge.

Other requirements

In addition to basic eligibility, good ability is required to express themselves in English, both in speech and writing. Good knowledge in Swedish or another Scandinavian language (Norwegian or Danish) is more advantage.

Furthermore, the applicant is powered and independent, analytical, initiative, collaborative and development oriented and persistent.

Merit for the employment is college studies at advanced level in psychology and previous experience in the project's research area. Also experience of development or validation of psychometric tools, work with EEC / ERP or other neuroscience methods, as well as knowledge of tools such as R, Matlab or Python is merit. Scientific publication or manuscript during work can be seen as merit, especially if the publication or manuscript relates to the project's research area.

Criteria

Selection among eligible applicants is based on an overall assessment of the applicant's ability to assimilate doctoral education. In the assessment, particular attention will be placed on the scientific quality of independent degree projects and the project plan that the applicant submits to the application, personal qualities and understanding and interest in the project's research area.

Processing

The preparation of the employment follows the forms specified in the Higher Education Regulation (1993: 100) 5 Cape. and continues in accordance with the Mid Sweden University's employment scheme.

Employment and access

The doctoral student is an employment that corresponds to five years and is expected to lead to a doctoral degree. In addition to postgraduate studies that include 80 % of full time, teaching and administrative work on 20% will be included in the employment that then corresponds to full-time service. If the study rate in postgraduate education changes changes the employment time corresponding to the corresponding extent.

A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, the employment may then be renewed by a maximum of two years at a time. Provisions regarding employment as a doctoral student is in 5 Cape. 1-7 §§ Higher Education (1993: 100).

Access:2027-01-15 or as agreed.

Anställningsort: Östersund

Salary: According to the center university's salary staircase for doctoral students.

Information

Further information is provided by prefect Ulrika Danielsson, ulrika.danielsson@miun.se or 010-142 84 90 or project manager Marie-France Champoux-Larsson, marila@miun.se or 010-142 85 38

Application

Application documents must be in Swedish or English.

Personal letter, CV, certificate on departed degree, essays at the undergraduate and advanced level, project plan and any scientific publications / manuscripts during work are attached to the application.

The project plan (CA 2 – 3 Pages with simple line spread excluding references) shall present a possible research project within the framework of the call for research and shall contain a background to the research area, one or more research issues, a description of methods and research designs and a short discussion The project plan does not correspond to the final dissertation project, but aims to provide the applicant the opportunity to show the ability to scientific reasoning, research design and critical thinking.

Merits invoked in the application must be substantiated.

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