The doctoral student should focus primarily on the research training. However, a doctoral student may engage, to a limited extent, in teaching, research and administration, such work is limited to a maximum of 20 percent of full-time.
Requirements and qualifications
To be hired as PhD student formal admittance to research education is required.
Urban infrastructure transformation from an STS perspective: Translating visions of Smart and Sustainable Cities
Terms such as “Smart Cities”, “Smart Infrastructures” or “Eco-Cities” are increasingly employed to describe future visions of urban development and urban infrastructures and to design related policies or research programmes at national and European level. However, the question remains how such visions are actually translated into socio-material practices of infrastructural change. Do they give rise to new actor coalitions in cities? How are they used strategically by different actor groups? How do such ideas congeal into concrete projects of infrastructural change – at the level of technology, governance, institutions and practices? The aim of this PhD project is to explore these linkages and translation processes in a very small number of case studies of Swedish cities in a comparative perspective.
The PhD candidate should preferably have a background in sociology, political science, urban planning, or other social science disciplines. Existing expertise in science and technology studies would be of advantage.
Equal opportunities
Linköping University continues to develop as an attractive and creative workplace characterized by equal opportunities, and actively promotes diversity and gender equality.
A majority of doctoral students within the department are women, which is why precedence will be given to men in cases where qualifications are deemed otherwise equivalent.
Appointment time
The appointment will be until further notice for a maximum of one year at a time. A doctoral student may not be employed during a period not exceeding eight years. The total time of appointment must not exceed the equivalent of four years´ full time research training.
Starting date
By agreement.
Salary
According to the present standard rate for doctoral students at the department.
More information
Contact head of department Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Technology and Social Change, phone +46 13 28 29 70, claes-fredrik.helgesson@liu.se, coordinator for doctoral studies Jenny Palm, Technology and Social Change, phone +46 13 28 56 15, jenny.palm@liu.se. The union representatives are Örjan Lönnevik (SACO), +46 13 28 663 4, orjlo@ifm.liu.se and Gabriel Thott (OFR/S), phone +46 11 36 31 71, gabriel.thott@liu.se. Human Recourse Manager Camilla Junström Hammar, phone +46 13 28 21 20, camilla.junstrom.hammar@liu.se, can provide information about salary and employment conditions.
Application procedure
In order for your application to be appraised by Linköping University the following conditions must be met:
1 Your application and the documents you wish to refer to must reach Linköping University at the latest 2013-04-08 in the way specified in 2-4 below.
2 Late applications or documents will not be considered.
3 Your application shall be made electronically – apart from monographs (scientific documents in book form) – and shall be sent in MS Word or pdf to registrator@tema.liu.se. This applies also for complementary documents that are sent within the time of application. Monographs are to be sent within the time of application in one printed copy to Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies/Registrator, SE-581 83 Linköping, SWEDEN
4 Your electronic application shall contain
• The name of the position you are applying for and the Registration numberTEMA-2013-00038.
• Your Curriculum Vitae (the template http://www.liu.se/jobba/cv?l=en shall be used)
• A detailed letter of intent specifying the applicant’s research interests and ideas (max 1500 words)
• A list of publications
• Other documents you may wish to refer to
• A maximum of ten Publications/Scientific work (monographs excluded)
•Please state reference persons
Your application should preferably be written in English.
Documents that are sent electronically must be in MS Word (.doc/.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
Applications received after the date above will not be considered.
In the event of discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.
Application Deadline : 8 April 2013
Sweden : PhD student in Technology and Social Change
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