项目介绍

2026年3月19日

Copenhagen Business School’s Department of Organization (IOA) invites applications for one vacant PhD scholarship in organization studies, including research areas such as organizational psychology, project management, and leadership and management studies.

Department of Organization (IOA) pursues a problem-oriented, business in society approach to understanding and intervening in organizations and institutions. Our research is driven by an interest in organization as a practical, situated, contested and changing matter. Our approach is interdisciplinary and combines social-scientific traditions such as organization theory, sociology, science and technology studies, political economy, and social psychology in the analysis of organizing processes and their outcomes. Researchers in our department draw on a range of different research methodologies encompassing both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

The department has six research groups and centers: Center for Organizational Research on Impact (CORI); Center for Organization and Time (COT; Organization, Markets and Governance (OMG); People and Organizing (PnO); Research, Innovation and Organizations (RIO); Work, Expertise, Technology and Organization (WETO).

The teaching responsibilities associated with the scholarship comprise undergraduate teaching and supervision in subjects such as organization theory, organizational analysis, and qualitative methodology.

The three-year PhD program at CBS gives you the opportunity to conduct research under the supervision of CBS’s associate professors and professors, supported by research related PhD courses. The program is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time at another research institution as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD program: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/phd-programme.

CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are in high demand.

CBS is committed to ensuring excellence, transformative and relevant teaching and research. It is expected that the applicant will show an interest in joining the department’s research environment and be physically present at the department. You can read more about the department’s research here: http://uk.cbs.dk/ioa.

Application and admission requirements
The department will give priority to applicants with high grades from their universities.

To be considered the applicant must

• have a basic education at master’s level (corresponding to the 3 + 2 Bologna process)
• have received the grade of 10 (or equivalent) for the master’s thesis according to the Danish 7-point grading scale (https://ufm.dk/en/education/the-danish-education-system/grading-system)
• have a weighted grade point average of at least 8.2 on the Danish 7-point grading scale for the bachelor’s and master’s degree combined or alternatively a weighted grade point average must be at least 9.5 for the master’s degree alone
• have an educational background in the social sciences
• have completed the master’s program before starting the PhD program at CBS
• master academic English at a high level in writing and speaking

The application (see link below) must include a five-page project description. The project description must include:

• a presentation of an original research question
• a description of the initial theoretical framework and method
• a presentation of the proposed empirical material
• a work-plan for the three years

More information can be found here: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/phd-programmes/admission.

In addition to the project description, copies of the following must be included:

• cover letter
• diploma for bachelor’s and master’s degree or other certificates at an equivalent level as well as the grade transcripts
• a concise curriculum vitae (CV)
• a list of articles and publications (if applicable)
• one example of a selected written work (e.g., master’s thesis)
• Documentation for English language skills if English is not mother tongue.

The PhD student is enrolled in the CBS PhD School. Further information about PhD scholarships and the PhD program can be found at https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/phd-programme.

For further information please contact PhD coordinator Ursula Plesner up.ioa@cbs.dk tel: +45 3815 2810. Information about the department can be found at www.cbs.dk/ioa.