See the call here: helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html The University of Helsinki invites applications for 2 DOCTORAL STUDENT POSITIONS in the Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change for a 1–4 year period starting from 1.1.2015. The Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change includes disciplines and institutions of three faculties of the University of Helsinki. The participating disciplines are as follows: The Faculty of Social Sciences, the Department of Political and Economic Studies Development Studies Economic and Social History Political History Political Science (3 specialisation options: Administration and organisations; Politics; World politics). The Faculty of Arts, the Department of World Cultures Area and Cultural Studies (6 specialisation options: European Studies; Latin American Studies; Nordic Studies; North American Studies; Russian and East European Studies; East Central European, Balkan and Baltic Studies). Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, the Department of Economics and Management Consumer Economics The program includes a multidisciplinary faculty and departmental cross-national research units: The Doctoral Programme for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) is an internationally renowned nationwide network of experts, researchers and students. The PhD students of the Programme will be integrated to the research of the Aleksanteri Institute as well as to the activities of the Centre of Excellence in Russian Studies. The Programme is open for all PhD students of the city centre campus faculties. See: helsinki.fi/vie-tutkijakoulu/english/index.html Centre for Nordic Studies ( CENS) Network for European Studies (NES) More information on the Doctoral Programme and the participating units: helsinki.fi/socialsciences/research/postgraduate/doctoral_programmes/dp_psrc.html Duties and eligibility of a doctoral student The duties of a doctoral student are to work on his or her own doctoral thesis and to complete his or her postgraduate studies. The duties also include teaching and other tasks. A doctoral student applicant must hold a second-cycle degree and have an approved research proposal. Other requirements include the ability and motivation, as demonstrated through previous degree studies or otherwise, to pursue postgraduate studies and a doctoral degree according to the study plan and research proposal. The appointee must have the right to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Helsinki by the start of the appointment. Applicants are required to have excellent command of written and oral English. The University of Helsinki offers a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience. The salary is based on levels 2–4 of the job requirement scheme for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee shall be paid a salary component based on personal work performance. The salary is EUR 2043–2994 per month, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and work experience. The appointment starts with a probationary period of four months. Evaluation criteria Applications received in time and fulfilling the general application requirements are evaluated according to the following criteria: Quality of the research plan and its connection to the profile of the doctoral programme (e.g. the disciplines and/or fields of research represented in the programme); Success in previous master-level studies; Academic merits (e.g. publications, awards, conference presentations) and success in doctoral-level studies, where relevant. Application period and submission of applicants The application period starts on 1 September 2014 and closes on 30 September 2014 at 16:00 (Finnish local time, + 2 GMT). Only applications received by this deadline are considered given that they meet the requirements set for the applications. The applications are submitted electronically by filling in an application form: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/53007/lomake.html and attaching to it a PDF single document containing the required materials: 1) Research plan 2) Curriculum vitae 3) Letter of motivation Those who do not hold the right to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Helsinki should add also 4) Official information on the curriculum and course contents of your Masters degree 5) A copy of your Masters Degree Diploma See more detailed instructions: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/53007/lomake.html (the form will open 1.9.2014) Time table for decision making The names of the persons selected for the doctoral student positions will be published by the end of November 2014. For further information on the doctoral schools, please see helsinki.fi/doctoral-schools/index.html. For further information on the doctoral student positions, please contact [email protected] +358 50 359 47 87 helsinki.fi/university
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