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LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY
announces two positions as Doctoral student at Department of Gender Studies (Tema Genus) based at The Tema Institute, Linköping University


Linköping University (LiU) is characterized by cooperation across subject and faculty borders and by an entrepreneurial spirit in education. Since its foundation in the 1970's, the university has established itself as an innovative and modern institution in both education and research. For instance, LiU is actively engaged in becoming a gender-conscious university, through both research into gender issues, policy making, and more practical measures such as the existence of gender coordinators at each faculty. Scientific excellence and societal benefit are the two guiding principles of LiU. The university is committed not only to preparing its students for the future, but also to fostering research which will have a defining role in shaping this future. During the past decade LiU has experienced rapid growth, involving the establishment of a new campus in the twin city of Norrköping. With a student population of 25 000 and 3 500 employees, LiU is one of the major universities in Sweden.

The Tema Institute (TEMA) at LiU aims to pursue excellent research and education at undergraduate and advanced levels relevant to society. The Tema Institute aims to provide a major impetus in career development for both future researchers and those who have just entered the field of research. The profile of TEMA since the start has been founded on an interdisciplinary environment, and today there is an emphasis on integrating education and research - to see education and research as interdependent. Important assets for the Institute are the extended responsibility for co-workers and the measures brought about to support progress in education and at the same time advance interdisciplinary research. The Institute is led by a Board and has approximately 200 employees, of which 60 are PhD-students. At the levels of research, research training, post- and under graduate education, the Institute is characterized by multi- and interdisciplinary research areas where social scientists, scholars and natural scientists work together. TEMA is organized in four themes, besides Gender Studies (TEMA GENUS), there are also Child Studies, Technology and Social Change, Water and Environmental Studies.

Department of Gender Studies (TEMA GENUS) is a multi- and interdisciplinary unit of the Tema Institute committed to research, research training and under graduate education. TEMA GENUS engage with the changing patterns of gender in culture, society, economics, science, technology and knowledge production, in theory and practice, and from an interdisciplinary perspective. Gender is studied as intersected by other social categories (ethnicity, sexuality, age, etc). Five research streams are pursued as subprograms of TEMA GENUS. These are Gender and Culture (feminist cultural studies), Gender, Economic Change and Organization, Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities, and Posthumanities - which is closely allied to the fifth subprogram being developed, Gender and Knowledge Production with special reference to the Technical, Natural, and Medical Science Professions (feminist technoscience studies). In close collaboration with gender studies at Örebro University, and Department of Gender and Medicine of LiU, TEMA
GENUS coordinates an international research centre, Centre of Gender
Excellence (GEXcel). GEXcel is financed by contributions from the Swedish
Research Council. TEMA GENUS is also the host of Nordic and national Swedish research schools (like InterGender) in interdisciplinary gender studies, and works closely with the Centre for Gender Studies and Gender Equality (FORUM). TEMA GENUS is also involved in a wide range of international networks and collaborations concerning research and education.

More information on TEMA GENUS is available at http://www.tema.liu.se/tema-g?l=en

Job description

The successful candidates will pursue PhD-training in interdisciplinary
gender studies, including a final doctoral thesis project. As employees are
the doctoral students always to first and foremost dedicate themselves to
the research training tasks at hand.

Both PhD-positions will be affiliated with two interacting research groups
at TEMA GENUS:

1) The Posthumanities Hub, a research platform for studies of the divide and intra-action between nature and culture, between non-human (animal,
technology, environment) and human actors, and between the cultures of
science and popular media that aim to define them. Read more about The
Posthumanities Hub at www.tema.liu. se/tema-g/ the-posthumaniti es-hub

2) The research group affiliated with the GEXcel centre project's Theme
4-5 "Sexual health, embodiment and empowerment. Bridging epistemological gaps" which deals with gender, sex and embodiment, as seen from a cultural and a medical perspective. (See further:
http://www.genderex cel.org/node/107 )

The PhD-positions are also linked to the new interdisciplinary gender
research school InterGender, financed by the Swedish Research Council. (See further www.intergender.net)

Requirements and qualifications

Relevant educational background for the two announced positions is first and foremost a BA or MA in humanities and/or the social sciences, but other educational backgrounds may also be relevant. The applicant must have documented knowledge within gender studies, a minimum of 45 ECTS, or qualifications to the equivalent.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a good ability for independent
work and for pursuing a PhD-training program.

These requirements include good skills in academic writing, capacity to work well in teams, and excellent skills in written and spoken English as all PhD-training will be in English.

Linköping University will continue developing as an attractive and creative
working environment, characterized by gender and diversity awareness, and work therefore actively with creating equal opportunities. Many of the
PhD-students at our Institute are women, and therefore men are granted
precedence for this position in the case of equal qualifications.

Appointment time
The appointment is given for one year at a time, and will be renewed yearly subject to successful performances of duties. The programme corresponds to four years of full-time studies. Optionally, there may be further teaching and administrative commitments for 20 % of the time, which means that the time to fulfill the requirements for the PhD-exam will be five years in total.

The funding as employed doctoral student is always subject to tax and
social security deductions.

Starting date
1 April 2009, or according to agreement.

Salary
According to the present standard rate for doctoral students at the
institute.

More information
Contact Dr. Cecilia Åsberg, phone +46 (0) 13 286690, Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript ,
or Prof. Dr.Phil. Nina Lykke, phone +46 (0) 13 286661, Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript .

The trade union representatives are Örjan Lönnevik (SACO), +46 (0) 13 286634, Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript
and Agneta Andersson-Berg (OFR/S), tel +46 (0) 11363512, Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript .

Staff Manager Marita Wiktorsson, +46 (0) 13
282177, Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript , can provide information about salary and the
conditions for employment.

Application procedure
Deadline for applications: 23 February 2009.

Label your application with the reference number Dnr TEMA-2009-00007.

The application should be sent to:

Linköpings universitet
Tema/Registrator
SE 581 83 Linköping
SWEDEN

Applications should be accompanied by a CV including contra-signed diplomas etc, an essay (C-level)/ BA/MA thesis or equivalent text sample, a short self-presentation with a motivation for the application (letter of intent), and further, an idea for a doctoral dissertation (max 4 pages in English). The latter should include a few lines on how it can be related to the two interacting research groups at TEMA GENUS
1) The Posthumanities Hub (see: www.tema.liu.se/tema-g/the-posthumanities-hub) and/or
2) the research group affiliated with the GEXcel centre project's Theme 4-5 "Sexual Health, Embodiment and Empowerment. Bridging Epistemological Gaps" (see http://www.genderexcel.org/node/107).

If possible, indicate one or two reference persons.

Applications that are received too late will not be taken into account.