Doktorand inom arbetshälsovetenskap

The Academy of Health and Work, Department of Health, Psychology and Sports Science at the University of Gävle is hereby announces a research place at postgraduate level (240 High school credits) with a doctoral degree as a final goal. The postgraduate student is linked to the exemming state of health-promoting working life and is adopted in the postgraduate education topic Occupational Health Science. Within the research environment, research students within the postgraduate subjects care science, industrial economy and social work will also be involved.

You are welcome to seek this training site in the project: between changing rooms and boardrooms - about gender equality, identity and work, for a sustainable professionalized sports sector.

Tasks

The doctoral student should primarily engage in implementing scientific projects and undergoing courses on least 60 higher education credits. The training also includes writing a scientific summary thesis corresponding 180 higher education credits. The doctoral student must also work with teaching and administrative work. Such service extends the training time to the same extent. Such work may, before the doctoral degree, not comprise more than 20 percent of full working hours. The doctoral student is expected to perform the absolute majority of its work in Gävle and regularly participate in the Academy's activities.

The overall purpose of the present graduate project is to investigate how gender equality, identity and work interact among coaches and sports managers in the Swedish sports sector, and to develop knowledge about how sustainable and equal work practices can be promoted in organizational sports The research will contribute to knowledge of health promotion, including and sustainable working life in sport. The doctoral project will consist of four articles. The main supervisor for the doctoral project is Åsa Bäckström.

Qualifications

In order to be admitted to postgraduate education, basic eligibility is required under the Higher Education Ordinance (chapter 7, § 39), which means:

Degree at advanced level (Master's degree) or equivalent in the project relevant topic at least 240 High school credits, at least 60 at advanced level, or equivalent knowledge

The authorization must have been reached by the latest date as the last date of application.
The tasks require a well-developed ability to work independently and together with others in teams and a good communication skills in Swedish and English, both in writing and orally. As a graduate student, you should have a desire to seek new knowledge and be able to discuss and explain the research, even with people who are not active in their own topic both nationally and internationally. For this research place at postgraduate level, it is particularly qualifying with competence about the structures of sport, including working life and / or identity, and merit with experience of both qualitative and quantitative method. Mastering the Swedish language is a requirement.
Selection is based on an overall assessment of the applicant's ability to assimilate education.

Information about admission and employment:

Only the one who has been adopted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total employment period must not exceed the corresponding four-year full-time studies. A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, after which the employment can be renewed by a maximum of two years at a time.

Read more about postgraduate education and our admission and assessment grounds here.

Other information and contact details

The application to the field of education must be accompanied by the resume, document that confirms your basic eligibility, a list of reference persons and copies of previous work (eg degree project, any scientific publication) and other documents you wish to invoke.
For applicants with degrees from foreign universities: Authorized translation into Swedish or English of all documents must be attached, unless they are designed in Norwegian, Danish or English.

The employment is a doctoral student, see Higher Education SFS 1993: 100, Chapter 5, For more information.

Contacts

Zahra Ahmadi
Head of Department
070-181 12 48
zahra.ahmadi@hig.se

Pelvic
Associate professor
026-64 85 34
asa.backstrom@hig.se

Jennie Jackson
Associate professor
026-64 82 93

jennie.jackson@hig.se