Fully funded PhD-position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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De: "Jonathan Metzger" <jonathan...@abe.kth.se>
Fecha: 19/02/2015 17:55
Asunto: Fully funded PhD-position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Para: <BE...@jiscmail.ac.uk>
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PhD in Urban and Regional studies
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Architecture and Built Environment
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes Architecture, Industrial Management and Urban Planning. There are a total of 13,400 first and second level students and almost 1,900 doctoral students. KTH has 4,900 employees.
KTH Architecture and Built Environment focuses on future of our societies, on how our cities, buildings and infrastructure should be designed. We study growth, technology and environment, as well as ethical considerations and risks. Our curriculum and our research are based on several academic disciplines: Engineering and the Technical sciences, the Humanities, and the Social sciences.
Job description
The PhD student will be conducting research within the project Organizing sustainable cities: planning, strategy, governance, management – a cooperation between KTH and three other leading European universities. The project aims at grasping how the concept of ‘sustainable urban development’ becomes translated into practice through the networks and practice spheres of contemporary city administrations.
The conducted research will primarily involve ethnographic studies of the practical implementation of sustainable urban development policy in a number of European cities. The position is based at the KTH campus in central Stockholm, but the applicant should be aware that the research will also demand periods of field studies in other European cities.
Qualifications
Good communication skills in English as well as one additional European language (other than Swedish) are required. The applicant should at the time of commencing the position possess a master’s degree or equivalent competence within a relevant field or discipline (e.g. spatial planning, human geography, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, political science, public administration).
In addition to the above, the candidate is expected to be a curious and ambitious individual who is strongly motivated to conduct research. S/he should be used to work in a structured way and have the ability to work both individually and in teams.
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Type of employment: Temporary position longer than 6 months
Working hours: Full time
First day of employment: According to agreement
Salary: Salary that follows KTH´s salary agreement
Number of positions: 1
Working hours: 100%
City: Stockholm
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: A-2015-0219
Contact: Jonathan Metzger, Phone: +46 8 790 79 05
Published: 19.Feb.2015
Last application date: 31.Mar.2015
Jonathan Metzger, (Docent, PhD)
Associate Professor / Universitetslektor
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
Division of Urban and Regional Studies
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
e-mail: jonathan...@abe.kth.se
telephone: +46-(0)8-7907905
cell: +46-(0)70-4451593
mailing adress:
Division of Urban and Regional Studies, ABE-school, KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm, SWEDEN