We, at the University of Oslo, are looking for another PhD student interested in health and/or environment in Africa and Europe.
For details on the project see: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/301933
The position is part of the Marie Curie training network HEALENÆ, led by Århus University, Denmark, together with six universities across East Africa and Europe, focusing on the anthropology of health and environment in Africa and Europe.
For details on the network see: https://healenae.eu
If you are interested, please reach out to the supervisors.
About the job:
A fully funded PhD fellowship in social anthropology is available at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. The position will be dual degree fellowship between the University of Oslo and Makerere University, Uganda.
The appointed candidate will be one of three PhDs working in Oslo as part of the collaborative EU-funded doctoral training network HEALENAE: Health and Environment in Africa and Europe. The network will consist of up to 15 PhDs that together will work and learn as an international cohort and collaborate across projects to bring together insights anchored in different sectors and countries.
The candidate will conduct fieldwork in Africa and/or Europe, participate in annual training schools and writing retreats, and complete a 6 month stay with the secondary university, Makerere University in Uganda. More information about the network can be found here: https://healenae.eu/phd-calls
The PhD research fellow will be admitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences’ PhD programme at the University of Oslo (UiO). The candidate will also be admitted to the doctoral programme of Makerere University (MU). This will require a separate registration process. The PhD research fellow will be supervised by professors at the Department of Social Anthropology and Makerere University (MU).
More about the position
The appointed candidate will work within the framework of the project on the following area:
- Political economies of epidemic or environmental harm
Read more about the areas here: https://healenae.eu/phd-calls
The candidate must develop a project description, which should be submitted as a part of the application. The description should show how the candidate’s project will contribute to the PhD project as proposed above but need not cover all the proposed objectives. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the prospective supervisors with ideas for research. See more about the requirements for the project description below. The appointment is for a duration of three years, and the candidate is expected to take part in the PhD programmes as described above and to complete the project within the set fellowship period. The successful candidate would ideally be available to start by 1 September 2026. Relocation to and residence in or close by Oslo city is required.
Note that applicants can be of any nationality. However, the candidate cannot have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies etc.) in Norway for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately prior to the recruitment date and must not hold a PhD.