Doctor in Public Health Sciences

The Department of Public Health Sciences is an institution at the Faculty of Social Sciences with about 60 employees. We offer an interdisciplinary and internationally prominent research environment. At the department there are two center formations: the Center for Research on Inequality in Health (Chess) and the Center for Social Sciences Alcohol and Drug Research (SORAD). We offer training in public health science at the basic level, advanced level and doctoral level. More information about us can be found at: Department of Public Health Sciences Project description The dissertation work focuses on commercial determination factors for public health, with a focus on substances and behaviors with addictions, such as alcohol, nicotine and money games The starting point is the potential conflict between commercial actors' profit interests and public health policy objectives. In The Lancet 2023 was formulated an overall framework for Commercial Determinants of Health (CDH). Commercial players are of various kinds and act at different levels. By CDH refers to the systems, practitioners and ways that commercial actors affect health and equality.

Through mainly qualitative research methods, the doctoral student will generate research materials and, for example, analyze commercial actors 'strategies and lobbying, regulatory processes and users' experiences. It can be about how commercial strategies and norm shifts have gradually strengthened profit-balancing actors' influence over policies, national and international regulation and knowledge of health-damaged products, and how and why political systems sometimes enable rather than limit It can also be about how commercial players go by marketing restrictions, eg. on social platforms, as well as how such messages are received by the recipients. It is desirable that the project focus on Swedish conditions, while international perspectives and comparisons are welcomed.

As the research area is relatively new, the doctoral project can advantageously contain methodological and theoretical development. For example, it can be about how commercial determinants can be conceptual and measured. Comparisons of the determination factors' importance and regulation in different substances and products are of interest, since the regulation varies within and between countries.

Eligibility requirements To be admitted to postgraduate education, the applicant must have basic and special eligibility. The permission must be met no later than date of application.

Basic jurisdiction, if you have departed from advanced level, or completed course trackings on the least 240 higher education credits (HP), at least 60 HP at the advanced level, or otherwise within or outside the country acquired mainly corresponding knowledge.

For special eligibility, according to the general study plan for education at postgraduate level in public health science that the applicant has good oral and written knowledge of English. In addition, for special eligibility, the candidate has fulfilled price claims for quantitative or qualitative methods of relevance to public health science of at least 7.5 higher education credits at advanced level. The eligibility requirements can also be met by the person who, within or outside the country, acquired mainly corresponding competence. Any corresponding assessment of the authority is made by the study sector for postgraduate education in public health science, and decisions are made by the head of department.

Selection selection among the applicants is made taking into account the ability to assimilate postgraduate education. The assessment grounds applied to the selection are as follows: Subject-specific knowledge of relevance to public health science, if applicable, subject-specific knowledge of relevance to the research project where the employment includes independence in analysis and layouts in previous scientific jobs scientific

Admission scheme for postgraduate education at Stockholm University.

If the employment we offer a time-limited employment as a doctoral student according to 5 Cape. Higher Education Ordinance (1993: 100). The employment time must not be longer than that corresponds to education at a full-time postgraduate level for four years. As a doctoral student, you should mainly engage in your own postgraduate education, but in the employment work with education, research and administration can be included to a limited extent (at most 20 %).

A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, the employment is then renewed by a maximum of two years at a time.

The doctoral student is mainly expected to be present at the workplace at Stockholm University.

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Contact Additional information is provided by main supervisor Jessica Big Björk, jessica.storbjork@su.se.

For more information about postgraduate education, contact the studier sara Brolin lock man, sara.brolin.laftman@su.se.

The application you are looking for the doctoral place via the Stockholm University's recruitment system. Attach personal letter and CV and the annexes requested in the application form. You as an applicant responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is the university with the latest date of application.

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