PhD Fellowships in Innovation Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2 PhD fellows in Innovation Management
Unit for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management Department of Food and Resource Economics
Faculty of Science
University of Copenhagen

The Unit for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering two PhD scholarships in University-Industry Relations commencing 1st of September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Description of the scientific environment
The PhD students will be working within the Unit for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management at the Department for Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen. The researchers in this unit engage in qualitative and quantitative research aiming at contributing to theory development within innovation, entrepreneurship and management. At the same time, they try to carry out applied research to inform specific sectors with practical insights relevant to academics, practitioners and policy makers. Their research covers a wide range of topics, such as technology management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, organization studies, decision making, value chain analysis, open innovation, business models, intellectual property management, and university-industry relations.

Project description
Two PhD positions are advertised to further develop the Unit for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management’s research on university-industry relations. The Unit recently obtained a DKK 10 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation as part of their social science research program focusing on the socioeconomic impact of research in Denmark (http://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/content/three-projects-aim-create-more-knowledge-societal-impact-research). The PhD students will contribute to this project by engaging in extensive fieldwork and analysis as part of an in-depth case study of the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science (SCIENCE), which is Denmark’s largest natural science research and education institution (http://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty). There will be a large focus on inductive qualitative case study research and ethnographic methods, including interviews, observations and other primary and secondary data at different SCIENCE levels (ranging from individual to institutional). One PhD fellow will mainly focus on the general case study of SCIENCE while the other PhD fellow will specifically engage in ethnographic research of individual SCIENCE researchers. Ultimately, the research conducted in this project will lead to new theoretical insights on knowledge transmission mechanisms underlying university-industry relations, which will be published in relevant journals as well as inform relevant stakeholders in practice and policy.

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PhD Scholarship in Political Science and Public Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

The Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a three-year position as a funded PhD scholar. The position is associated with the new Rewards at the Top project, which is hosted at the Department of Business and Politics of the Copenhagen Business School.

Politicians’ remuneration is a key element in the implicit contract between politicians and the people. The project is studying how people are willing to reward politicians, by how much they are willing to reward, which rewards politicians themselves prefer, and what rewards politicians get in practice. Thus the project’s main objective is to gain an understanding of the preferences of both the population and politicians for politicians’ remuneration, as well as what drives these preferences, and a more nuanced understanding of both the positive and negative rewards linked to being a politician. Such an understanding may be relevant to future debates about the extent to which and how we should remunerate our politicians – a question that is central to democratic political thinking.

The project will commence on February 1 2017. Professor Lene Holm Pedersen is the PI of the project. Please consult the project and work package presentation here in preparing proposals. You may also consult the web-site of the project. The PhD scholarship will be within the work package on preferences for rewards at the top (WPI). We are looking for candidates with strong analytical and methodological skills as well as an interest and experience in Political Science and Public Management. Knowledge of elite studies is an advantage, but not absolutely necessary. The position requires a candidate able and eager to engage and apply quantitative methods. We use survey methods and a discrete choice experimental approach, which is widely used within a wide range of scientific fields but has only recently been introduced to the field of political science. Advanced competence in these specific methods is not required but strong quantitative skills in general are necessary. In preparing a research proposal, candidates should demonstrate their ability to contribute to and enrich the principal components of the research project, as well as intellectual independence.

To fulfil the research requirements of the position, the successful candidate is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the research activities of the Department of Business and Politics. The three-year PhD programme at CBS allows PhD students to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses usually organized through the Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies (OMS). The programme is highly international, and the successful candidate will be expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS homepage for more information about thePhD programme.

CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are increasingly demanded. One third of CBS PhD graduates go on to employment outside universities and public research institutions.

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities).

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PhD Scholarships, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen hereby announces a number of fully funded PhD positions to commence in September 2017

Founded in 1479 as one of the four original faculties of the University of Copenhagen, the Faculty of Law, situated in the heart of Copenhagen, boasts a long-standing reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The Faculty offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degree programmes in law. Through research-based education the Faculty ensures that law graduates acquire the necessary skills to succeed in their legal careers in the private or public sector both at home and abroad. With 5000 undergraduate and graduate students, over 50 PhD fellows, and an academic staff of more than 80 professors, the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen is a vibrant, diverse and intellectually stimulating academic environment.

The Faculty offers the following fully funded PhD positions:

The PhD Programme
The goal of the PhD Programme is threefold: to prepare candidates for a continuing career in teaching and research; to educate a new generation of scholars to produce high-quality independent research; and to equip them with the analytical and problem-solving skills required for a successful career in both the public and private sectors.

Qualifications

  • Applicants must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Master of Laws or equivalent qualifications (see http://studyindenmark.dk/study-options/admission-requirements ). Applicants must have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2 or above at the Master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale (for Danish scale, see http://studyindenmark.dk/study-options/the-danish-way-of-teaching-1/the-danish-grading-system ) Applicants for the integrated 3+5 PhD programme must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Bachelor of Laws (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualifications.
  • Applicants may submit their application before they have completed their Master’s degree (or, for applicants for the integrated 3+5 PhD programme, before they have earned the Bachelor’s degree), however, they should have submitted the final evaluation for their course before 1 June 2017.
  • Applicants must document an aptitude for research through the meritorious assessment of their final thesis, publications or academic recommendations in order to show that they are capable of undertaking the demanding task of writing a PhD thesis.
  • Applicants must have excellent language skills in English and have excellent communications skills. Applicants must be able to teach at an academic level in Danish or English and to follow PhD courses in English.
  • Documentation of English level can for instance be documented by an excellent IELTS or TOEFL test. http://jura.ku.dk/phd/english/applicants/language-requirements/

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PhD Scholarships, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 16 PhD scholarships starting 1 September 2017 for a period of up to three years.

Application deadline: 22 January, 2017 at 23.59 (11.59 pm) (CET).

The applicant’s qualifications for the scholarship are evaluated by taking into account the applicants’ general educational and academic background such as the applicants’ grade average, thesis grade, language competencies, publications and other academic activities given by the curriculum vitae as well as the duration of study especially during the applicants’ MA programme.

In addition, the proposed PhD project and study plan will be evaluated by taking the following into consideration; originality, choice of theory and method, disciplinary relevance, and prospects for completion within the required timeframe of 36 months.

Furthermore, applicants are encouraged to reflect on how their projects are related to the research activities and the academic profile of the department in which they wish to be affiliated with.

The PhD projects must be related to a research area in one of the following departments:

  1. SAXO Institute
  2. Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
  3. Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
  4. Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS)

A short description of the research areas and departments of the Faculty of Humanities is available at their website via the links above.

Please note that applications which do not fall within the research areas of the above mentioned departments will not be taken into consideration for a PhD scholarship.

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Academic Excellence PhD Scholarship in Advanced and Applied Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark

A 3-year PhD scholarship is available at DTU Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark. DTU Chemistry has an application oriented research strategy and currently employs 60 PhD students in an ambitious and international environment.

The Department of Chemistry offers a talented student with a MSc degree the opportunity to launch a career in a topic within the research areas of the department. The selected candidate should preferably start during the first six months of 2017.

Scientific areas

  • Organic chemistry
  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Biophysical chemistry

The candidate will be selected based on academic achievements, research experience, academic references, and interviews.

Responsibilities and tasks
The PhD project should be formulated by the candidate and endorsed in writing by a member of the Department’s Faculty. The project must be highly challenging and focus on problems that are not addressed by larger strategic national programs.

Qualifications
Candidates should have a M.Sc. or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or related fields with  excellent grades.

Candidates should have ability to work independently, to plan and carry out complicated tasks, and to be a part of a dynamic research team. Good communication skills in both written and spoken English are expected.

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PhD Scholarship in Electrocatalytic Materials, Technical University of Denmark

DTU, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Materials and Surface Engineering (MTU) has an open PhD posion in the field of Electrocatalytic Materials. The Section of Materials and Surface Engineering performs research in the field of materials science and engineering involving theoretical, experimental and numerical approaches. The research themes pursued in the section can be broadly described as:

  • Materials design and surface engineering
  • Microstructure evolution and phase transformations
  • Materials performance and degradation

The research is multi-disciplinary and involves aspects of physics, mechanics, chemistry, and manufacturing technology.

Responsibilities and tasks
The aim of this PhD is to develop, design and construct an electrocatalytic gas cleaning apparatus. The technology is completely new, and thus, several parameters have yet to be described and investigated. It is expected, that during this PhD, the most important parameters will be found and described for the process. Furthermore, an optimal design should be formulated on these findings.

Qualifications
Candidates should have a master’s degree in engineering or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master’s degree in Engineering.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

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PhD Scholarship in Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

The Department of Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the overall field of Business and Politics. The phd project should focus on one of the 4 research themes of the Department:

The recruited PhD candidate will be attached to the Department of Business and Politics, which emphasizes international and comparative research on states, economies, corporations, and other organizations that are involved in the governance of political and economic matters. The position is open to political science and sociology disciplinary backgrounds and a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD program. General information on the Department and its research activities can be found here.

The faculty of the department primarily teaches within the following degree programs: Bachelor in Business Administration and Sociology and Bachelor/MSc in International Business and Politics. In addition, the successful applicant would contribute to the teaching of the MSc in Public Administration and Social Development that takes place in the context of the Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (SDC) in Beijing, China.

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programs. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organization of this type. .

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PhD Scholarship in Modelling for Wind Turbine Rotors, Technical University of Denmark

DTU Wind Energy at the Technical University of Denmark has a vacancy in the Aerodynamic Design Section” at DTU Risø Campus.

The section (AER) focuses on aerodynamic and aero-acoustic modeling and experimental research for airfoil and blade design and optimization and implements the research in cooperation with industry, in software tools and in courses.

The research includes CFD and fluid-structure coupling for Aeroelastic design of wind turbines in wind farms including effects from wakes and terrain, experimental investigations in wind tunnels and full-scale and aerodynamic noise modelling.

Responsibilities and tasks
The objective of the proposed PhD study is to combine existing measurements of laminar/turbulent transition from the DAN-AERO Exp. and other available measurements from wind tunnels with the modeling capability of the EllipSys3D to investigate details of the transition process for modern large scale rotors, and further validate the computational approach.

Qualifications
Candidates should have a master’s degree in engineering or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master’s degree in engineering.

A good knowledge of aerodynamics, prior experience with CFD and Fortran programming is preferred.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

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PhD Scholarship in Cardiac Arrhythmia, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
A 3-year PhD scholarship is available at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Heart and Circulatory research with starting date August 1, 2016.

The PhD project will be carried out in the Ion Channel Group under supervision by associate prof. Bo Hjorth Bentzen and Nicole Schmitt. The main focus of the study is to investigate epigenetic changes in atrial fibrillation.

Desired qualifications within at least some of the following areas:

  • Large animal models of cardiac disease
  • Epigenetics
  • Molecular biology (whole-exome sequencing data analysis, Sanger sequencing, in situ hybridization, cell cultures, and quantitative RT-PCR)
  • Cardiac arrhythmia

We offer stimulating working conditions in an international research environment and close collaboration with  other academic environments as well as with private companies.

Motivated candidates are encouraged to apply. The candidate must hold a relevant Master degree or its equivalent.

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PhD Scholarship in Biodiversity, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD Scholarship: Using citizen science to examine behavior, resource use, biodiversity, and distributions of ants in Denmark

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The PhD candidate will start as soon as October 1, 2016 and be enrolled for three years.

Project description
The PhD project is part of a newly funded citizen science project called Ant Hunt, which will engage children in Danish schools in discovering ant biodiversity in Denmark. The project will rely on data collected by the public, as well as data collected by the students, the research team, and other collaborators in Europe and elsewhere around the world. This project is part of a larger study led by Rob Dunn (see here and here) and Nate Sanders (see here) that tests hypotheses about the macroecology, community ecology, resource use, and behavioral ecology of ants, while engaging and encouraging the public to participate in the scientific endeavor. The student will not only get a chance to develop and ask and address exciting questions at the forefront of biodiversity science, but she will also have the opportunity to engage in public outreach within the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

PhD supervisors
Rob Dunn and Nate Sanders.

Qualifications and competences
Successful applicants will have completed a Masters Degree or equivalent in ecology, entomology, or biology by September 30, 2016. The strongest applicants will have (1) experience working with insects (preferably ants), (2) at least an awareness of quantitative analyses within the R statistical environment, and (3) enthusiasm for field work and working with the public. It is expected that the strongest applicant will have strong skills in written and spoken English; ability to speak and write in Danish is not a requirement for this position. Experience working with the public will be seen as a plus, as will enthusiasm for participating in conferences and outreach activities at the museum and elsewhere.

Job description
The position is available for a 3-year period and your key tasks as a PhD student at SCIENCE are:

  • To manage and carry through your research project
  • Attend PhD courses
  • Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
  • Teach and disseminate your research
  • To stay at an external research institution for a few months, preferably abroad

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