The Department of Organization invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship in Organization and Management of Science with a particular focus on Scientific Social Responsibility.

The scholarship is part of a collective research project on Scientific Social Responsibility which is investigating how scientists and research managers meet the challenge of enhancing social acceptability of their research. The PhD project is intended to focus specifically on how bench scientists make sense of issues of social responsibility, and how these issues influence their research practice and their contribution to the research organisation. It is planned to be conducted as in-depth case studies of two different laboratories, employing ethnographic methods including observations and interviews. The project should particularly focus on 1) how different actors make sense of the various activities and considerations covered by the concept of social responsibility, and 2) whether considerations of social responsibility make a difference for the process and organisation of science itself.

The research project on Scientific Social Responsibility is funded by the Danish Social Science Research Council and headed by Associate Professor Maja Horst.

For the scholarship, the department will give priority to applicants who demonstrate competencies within relevant theoretical frameworks as well as methods of empirical analysis, and who show an interest in both joining the department's research environment and functioning as a link to the relevant external partners. An educational background in the social sciences is necessary.

Research and teaching at the Department of Organization focus on the managerial and organizational processes in private, public, voluntary and other organizations. Please visit the department's profile ( http://uk.cbs.dk/research/departments_centres/institutter/ioa ) and please consult the general information on the CBS PhD Programmes ( http://uk.cbs.dk/research/phd_programmes )

Closing date: 16th August at 12.00 noon.

Further information can be obtained from Associate professor Maja Horst, please phone +45 3815 2826, e-mail mho.ioa@cbs.dk. Potential applicants are encouraged to make contact well in advance of the closing date in order to obtain the full project description of the SSR project.

General information:
To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student in the Doctoral School of Organization and Management Studies (OMS). To be considered for enrolment in OMS, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD school furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description (approx. 5 pages), usually prepared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used.

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a Master's degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master's thesis).

All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year's work (840 work hours).

The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance's collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project proposal, including an evaluation of the applicant's ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winner of the scholarship.

Please find compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral School of Organization and Management Studies at: http://uk.cbs.dk/research/phd_programmes/admission

The application must be submitted to:

Copenhagen Business School
Department of Organization
Kilevej 14A, 4
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

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Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration.

All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.

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