Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Oslo, Norway. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Particle Detectors
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is part of the project Microfabrication of finely segmented Silicon sensors with charge multiplication for next generation LIGHt sources and particle Trackers (Si-LIGHT), funded by the Research Council of Norway. The main objective of the project is fabrication of silicon sensors with charge multiplication for next generation X-ray sources and particle trackers using the concept of low gain avalanche diode (LGAD). LGAD will enable the ultra-high spatial resolution soft X-ray imaging that is foreseen for the future X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFEL), synchrotrons and particle accelerators.
Application Deadline: 11th August 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Geography
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek candidates with the potential to contribute to the development of human geography as a discipline in the department. The fellows are expected to pursue independent research under supervision, as outlined in the submitted project proposal. We value the contribution of young scholars to the academic environment and study programmes in the department. PhD fellows are expected to participate actively in the departmental life.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Continuum Mechanics
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for a PhD position in computational continuum mechanics to develop a physical model for fluid transport and mixing in fracture networks. The objective is to better understand fluid flow and reactive transport in networks that evolve due to clogging and unclogging under the action of chemical precipitation. This dynamic phenomenon is encountered in many situations from the transport of nutrients through veins and branches in living systems to flow of chemical solutions through porous and fractured rocks in the subsurface. Applications may include the filling of vein networks on geological time scales, the formation of biominerals, the remediation of contaminants, the restoration of cultural heritage, the clogging of geothermal wells and the mineral trapping of CO2 in the subsurface.
Application Deadline: 30th July 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sociology
Summary of PhD Program:
There are 1-2 vacant positions at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography for research fellows (SKO 1017) in sociology. The positions are for a period of three years without compulsory work or four years with 25% compulsory work (primarily teaching). The department is ranked as the premier academic research institute in sociology in Norway, conducting top international research while offering high quality education for students. The department is renowned both for the breadth of topics and methodologies employed and for its highly qualified researchers.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in cardiovascular research
Summary of PhD Program:
A funded 3-year PhD-position in cardiovascular research is available in the Cardiovascular Research Group led by Professor Torbjørn Omland at Campus Akershus University Hospital (Campus Ahus), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. The Cardiovascular Research Group is a highly recognized international research group within the research fields of cardiovascular biomarker research and cardio-oncology. The PhD candidate will be funded by the K. G. Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Biomarkers for a 3 year PhD position. The candidate will be involved in studies related to cardio-oncology.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2024
6. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Law
Summary of PhD Program:
The Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo is the largest legal academic research community in Norway. The objective of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. The candidate must be qualified for admission to the PhD programme at the Faculty of Law. Read about the PhD programme here. The fellowship period is preferably for 4 years, with 25 % compulsory teaching duties. This presupposes that the fellow is able to conduct teaching in subjects where there is a need for more teaching resources at the Faculty. Alternatively, the candidate may apply for a 3-year fellowship without teaching duties.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
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7. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in ERC research project JEUX
Summary of PhD Program:
The positions form part of the ERC-funded research project JEUX – Literary Games, Poetics and the Early-Modern Novel (101087560). JEUX investigates how literary authors model their own practice creatively through play. The project goes beyond traditional metaphors of literature as gameplay and investigates an actual literary game from theoretical, historical and empirical perspectives. The project investigates representations of game-playing practices in early-modern novels, novelists’ participation in literary salons and the impact that these practices have on how the novel gets established as a genre. JEUX will explore cultural practices as a potential site for creativity, innovation and community also in the contemporary world.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in nineteenth-century Norwegian literature, especially drama and theater
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD fellowship is part of the European Research Council-funded project “Norwegian Romantic Nationalisms” (NORN), led by professor Ellen Rees. NORN seeks to interrogate literary historical accounts of nineteenth-century Norwegian literature, and a main hypothesis is that Norwegian literary historiography is in itself a national romantic project. NORN investigates how literary historical categories and concepts (periods, genres, high and low culture, etc.) contribute to processes of inclusion and exclusion. NORN encompasses perspectives from cultural studies, affect theory, critical race studies, and reception studies and combines qualitative methods taken from literary studies and history with quantitative methods from the digital humanities.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in History – Before Copyright
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for PhD research on any aspect of the history of printing privileges in the period 1500-1800. Potential candidates may wish to focus on a particular period, person, archive, or location. For example, one might consider political alliances and conflicts, but also scientific and commercial networks, media strategies and censorship, or the cultural dynamics of specific places in a globalizing world. Applicants are expected to state in their project proposal why they have chosen a particular approach and what sources they intend to use (e.g. printed literature, engravings, court records, maps, newspapers, chancellery archives, etc.). Preference may be given to projects on France and Scandinavia, and to projects dealing with the (legal) Enlightenment.
Application Deadline: 4th August 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI Democracy
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD candidate will be associated with the interdisciplinary research group AI Democracy – How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) change political participation and democracy? (uio.no) The research group is funded by the initiative UIO:Democracy and will commence in the fall of 2024. We desire the PhD candidate to utilize knowledge, methods, and perspectives from social sciences and humanities to better understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially generative AI and large AI models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, and Dalle, can influence and alter the foundations of political engagement and democratic participation. Applicants are requested to develop a project description related to the AI-Democracy theme, describing theory, research questions, and methodology.
Application Deadline: 25th August 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in affiliated to the research initiative Eco-Emotions
Summary of PhD Program:
The main aim of the project is to discuss how humans affectively deal with environmental change, as represented in and through literature, from the past and today, in the North and globally. The current environmental crisis has made us aware of the pressing need for new insight, pertaining to the deeper emotive structures of humanity and the cognitive mechanisms that condition our relationship to the environment. The two main research questions of the project are: (1) How does literature represent and describe affective responses to environmental change? (2) What effect does literature have on our emotions and thoughts, and how can it contribute to sustainability in times of environmental transformations? By discussing these research questions, the project will harvest the yet unexploited potential of powerful, large-scale narratives from the past and today, which have the potential to activate new ways of thinking about and relating to our environment.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Philosophy of Science – “AssemblingLife”
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position will be specifically associated with one of two research strands in AssemblingLife: (1) One strand considers how the understanding of genetic causation may be transformed by bringing in current knowledge about self-assembly processes. One possible route would be to investigate genetic material as “nudgers” of self-assembly processes. (2) A second strand will be an investigation of self-assembly in the context of philosophy of causal and/or mechanistic explanation across fields and scales. A central question will be to what extent self-assembly processes challenges existing philosophical frameworks of scientific explanation. The candidate´s proposed doctoral research need not address these topics exactly as described here. Candidates should, though, in their research description and application address how their proposed research relates to one of the research strands described.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design Studies – Designing with/out Extractive Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate will work primarily on the main project’s work package 1, Mining Modernity. The application’s project proposal should explore how the exploitation of extractive materials was designed into the material culture of the “mined modernity” of the second industrial revolution (late 19th and early 20th century). A watershed in the organization of manufacturing, this period ushered in the role of the designer and the process of designing in their modern-day configurations, a key component of which is the specification of materials (which types of materials, in which quantities and qualities). The PhD project will trace the flow of extractive materials during the second industrial revolution, with an emphasis on how their exploitation and consumption became an integral feature of modern design practices and material cultures.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Political Science
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Political Science is recruiting 1 – 3 PhD Research Fellows (SKO 1017). We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science, including public policy and administration, comparative politics, political theory, international relations and research methods. The appointment is for a fixed, non-tenured term of 4 years, and has a 25% teaching component. The Department teaches in all the sub-fields mentioned above, and directs study programmes in Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Studies, and Public Administration and Leadership. The successful candidate will be part of the Faculty’s PhD programme. The work is expected to lead to a PhD in political science.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
