At the Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) there are 2-3 doctoral fellowships and 2-3 post doctoral fellowships available.
The Centre was launched in January 2003 as a result of the Norwegian Research Council’s initiation of Centres of Excellence (CoE). The centres are devoted to long-term, basic research on a high international standard. In 2005 CMS/NCMS was launched as a Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) as a result of the Nordic Research Council’s initiation.
CMS/NCMS is an interdisciplinary centre, and its principal research objective is to identify formative characteristics of the Europeanization of Europe, in particular through relations between the periphery, i.e. Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, and the core, i.e. Western and Southern Europe.
For the doctoral fellowships:
Applicants for the doctoral fellowships must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent education from abroad by the application deadline. Education must be relevant for PhD-studies in the specialties of the Centre’s research programme. The fellowship is intended to lead to a Ph.D. degree and qualify the successful applicant for a career in academic research. The research fellow must take part in the University’s approved PhD program leading to the degree within a time limit of three years.
Applicants are welcome to submit proposals which fall within the Centre’s research programme. For more information and the Centre’s research programme, see the following website http://www.uib.no/cms/en/research/research-plan or contact director Sverre Bagge, by e-mail: post@cms.uib.no or phone (+47) 55 58 23 25.
Under similar circumstances, projects within archaeology, church history or theology will be given priority. Following from the overall aims of the CMS, the projects should preferably have a comparative perspective, either Nordic or European.
Appointment to a doctoral fellowship will normally be for a period of three years, during which the fellow will take the University's doctoral programme and conduct his/her own research.
Salary will be paid in accordance with level 45 (code 1017/20.3) on the Norwegian government salary scale (currently NOK 355.400,-). A compulsory 2% contribution to the State Pension Fund (Statens Pensjonskasse) will be deducted from gross salary.
For the post doctoral fellowships:
Applicants are welcome to submit proposals which fall within the Centre’s research programme. For more information and the Centre’s research programme, see the following website http://www.uib.no/cms/en/research/research-plan or contact director Sverre Bagge, by e-mail: post@cms.uib.no or phone (+47) 55 58 23 25.
Under similar circumstances, projects within legal history, archaeology, church history or theology will be given priority. Following from the overall aims of the CMS, the projects should preferably have a comparative perspective, either Nordic or European.
The main purpose of appointments to Postdoctoral positions at universities and colleges is to enable one to become qualified for a high-level academic position. A postdoctoral position is a fixed term appointment. The term of employment for this position is 2,5 - 3 years during which the fellow will conduct his/her own research. It is not possible for any person to work under more than one fixed term appointment as postdoctoral fellow at the same institution.
Applicants must have achieved a Norwegian doctorate or equivalent education from abroad, or have presented the dissertation for assessment by the closing date for applications. It is a prerequisite that the dissertation has been approved before appointment is granted.
Salary will be paid in accordance with grade 57 (code 1352/pay framework 24.1) on the Norwegian government salary scale, currently NOK 438.700 gross p.a. In the case of particularly highly qualified applicants, a higher salary may be considered. A compulsory 2% contribution to the State Pension Fund (Statens Pensjonskasse) will be deducted from gross salary.
State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. We have therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.
The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions. Information about the applicant may be made public even when the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. In such cases the applicant will be notified.
The successful applicant will be expected to relocate to the University of Bergen and conform to the regulations that apply to the position.
Please apply electronically via the link “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” (following the link jobbnorge below), and enclose the following documents:
For the doctoral fellowships:
1. Dissertation proposal (maximum 10 pages)
2. Bibliography for the dissertation proposal
3. Time schedule for the completion of your project
4. Summary of your master thesis (maximum 3 pages)
5. All diplomas achieved in higher education from university/college (scanned version)
6. List over academic publications (if any)
For the post doctoral fellowships:
1. Cover letter.
2. Project proposal, max. 10 pages
3. Progress plan with time schedule for your project
4. Dissertation abstract, max. 3 pages
5. All diplomas achieved in higher education from university/college (scanned version)
6. List of representative publications or a writing sample (preferably in English).
7. Names and contact information of three referees.
In order for your application to be evaluated, all fields that are marked with a star must be filled in. Other fields are not obligatory but are helpful for the evaluation of your application.
Please do not send paper copies of diplomas and publications.
Enclosures may be in Word or pdf-format.
Application deadline: 21 February 2010
Please mark your application: 10/928 (doctoral fellowships), resp. 10/927 (post doctoral fellowships)
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