项目介绍

2026年6月18日

Job description

The Department of Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History is announcing a position as a PhD research fellow for a research talent motivated to contribute to the museum’s research on the Viking Age.

The Museum of Cultural History is Norway’s leading research museum in cultural history. We work to strengthen the connection between interdisciplinary research at a high international level and the museum’s societal mission in cultural heritage management. See our research strategy, and read about our work here for more inspiration.

The Department of Archaeology is responsible for the Museum of Cultural History’s collections of Nordic antiquities, medieval art, and runic inscriptions, and has expertise in all periods covered by our collections. The department has a large academic environment with very strong groups in, among other things, the Stone Age and the Viking/medieval periods.

The research group called Centre for Viking Age Research represents the museum’s academic environment in Viking Age studies. The position is announced openly within the field of Viking Age research. We are looking for someone who is proactive and wishes to be part of our dynamic research environment. Tailoring proposals to fit with the overall group strategy will be an advantage.

The University of Oslo encourages international collaboration, and we welcome projects that make this possible. We are looking for a candidate with a genuine interest in research dissemination and outreac.

The successful candidate will be based and supervised at the Department of Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History.

More about the position 

The appointment as a PhD research fellow is for a period of 3 years.  

PhD candidates who submit their doctoral dissertation for assessment with a written recommendation from their supervisor within 3 years after the start of their PhD position, will be offered a 12-month completion grant at the Museum of Cultural History.

The main purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. The research fellow will be enrolled in the PhD program at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo and is expected to complete the project within the three-year period. The applicants must fulfil the requirements for admission to the PhD program at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, and will be responsible for applying for admission within the given deadlines. For more information, please see Doctoral degree: PhD in the Humanities – Faculty of Humanities (uio.no) 

A final plan for the researcher education program must be approved and agreed upon no later than three months after the starting date.

Qualification requirements

• Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in Nordic Archaeology or other relevant fields, including a Master’s thesis of at least 30 ECTS. 
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in Norwegian (or another Scandinavian language) and English (see language requirements) 
• Applicants must be able to read and understand material written in a Scandinavian language 
   

In the assessment of applications, emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description (see “How to Apply”) and the relevance for the research profile at the Museum of Cultural History, including: Scientific audacity and scientific innovativeness.
The ability to mobilize our collections and the material from archaeological excavations in a broader context of research. 
Our museum is the largest museum of cultural history in Norway. This gives an extraordinary opportunity to professional dissemination. Concrete proposal for dissemination will be an advantage. Applicants who have recently graduated with excellent results may be given preference. The quality of the research proposal will also be weighted in the final decision.

Personal skills

The applicant’s academic and personal qualifications for completing the project will be emphasized in the final assessment.  Motivation for the position, good collaborations skills and ability to contributing to the museum’s overall research portfolio and strategy will also be considered important.

We need different perspectives in our work 

UiO is an open and internationally oriented comprehensive university that strives to be an inclusive and diverse workplace and academic environment. You can read more about UiO’s work on equality, inclusion, and diversity at uio.no.

We fulfill our mission most effectively when we draw upon our variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are looking for great colleagues—could you be the next one?

We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Relevant adjustments may include modifications to working hours, task adaptations, digital, technical, or physical adjustments, or other practical measures.

If you have an immigrant background, a disability, or CV gaps, we encourage you to indicate this in the job application portal. We always invite at least one qualified candidate from each group for an interview. In this context, disability is defined as an applicant who identifies as having a disability that requires workplace or employment-related accommodations. For more details about the requirements, please refer to the Employer portal (Norwegian).

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We hope you will apply for the position with us. 

We offer 

• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway’s best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Doctoral Research Fellow, position code 1017 in salary range NOK from 550 800,- to 595 800,- depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

Read more about the benefits of working in the public sector at Employer Portal.

How to apply

Your application should include:

• Application letter (motivation for the position)
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work) 
• A complete list of publications and academic works 
• Project description (approximately 14,000 characters including spaces/5 pages, references in addition). The project description must include a presentation of the given PhD-topic, the theoretical framework, methods, and any research ethics, including a detailed progress plan for the project. 
• Transcript of records of your Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Applicants with education from a foreign university must attach an explanation of their university’s grading system 
• Documentation of English language proficiency (if applicable) 
• Contact information for 2-3 referees

The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system, please follow the link “apply for this job”. 

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their university’s grading system. Please note that all documents should be in Norwegian (or another Scandinavian language) or English. Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.