项目介绍

2024年11月21日

Job description

The Department of Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History is excited to announce a three-year position as PhD Research Fellow on the topic of rock art from the Bronze Age. We are looking for a talented researcher to help develop the Museum’s work on rock art. 

The Museum of Cultural History is responsible for advising on cultural heritage management questions related to rock art, and for producing knowledge on the topic. More than 60% of all known rock art locations in Norway fall within the Museum’s geographical management area. We are looking for a qualified and highly motivated candidate to contribute to our research on rock art and it’s wider contexts. The successful applicant will have a project that activates material from within the museum’s geographical reach. This includes both rock art sites and also other forms of archaeological material (objects, archaeological sites and other material from excavations) which will contribute to giving context to the rock art sites. We are primarily seeking projects founded within Bronze Age research, which seek to expand understandings of the role of rock art in Bronze Age society through novel research questions. 

The Museum of Cultural History is Norway’s leading research museum in the field of cultural history. We aim at strengthening the connections between the management of cultural heritage and interdisciplinary research to the highest international standards. See the museum’s research strategy and read about ongoing research. 

The University of Oslo encourages international collaboration, and we welcome projects that contributes to this. At the same time, we also encourage close collaboration with existing partners within our national network of rock art research. 

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

More about the position

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

For more information, please see Doctoral degree: PhD in the Humanities – Faculty of Humanities (uio.no)

At the Museum of Cultural History, all 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.

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 English (see language requirements)
• Applicants must be able to read and understand material written in a Scandinavian language

In assessing the research proposal, special emphasis will be placed on 

• The project’s scientific merit and feasibility
• Relevance to the broader thematic research area
• General research-related relevance and innovation 

Personal skills

In the assessment of applications, emphasis will be placed on the applicant’s academic and personal qualifications for undertaking the project as well as the research training. 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 offer

• Salary NOK 532 200 – 575 400 per annum depending on qualifications in a position as PhD Research Fellow (position code 1017)
• A professionally stimulating working environment
• Attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement, in addition to Oslo’s family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities

How to apply

The application must include

• Application letter describing the applicant’s research interests and motivation for the position 
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work)
• A project description (approximately 14,000 characters including spaces/5 pages, references in addition) describing how the candidate would approach the given PhD-topic, the theoretical framework, methods, and any research ethics, including a detailed progress plan for the project. See Template for research proposal. 
• 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)
• A complete list of publications and academic works
• A list of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

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.

Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview.

Formal regulations

Please see the guidelines and regulations for appointments to Research Fellowships at the University of Oslo.

No one can be appointed for more than one PhD Research Fellowship period at the University of Oslo.

According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

The appointment may be shortened/given a more limited scope within the framework of the applicable guidelines on account of any previous employment in academic positions.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results etc.

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

Contact information

For questions about the position:

Section Manager Marianne Moen, phone +47 99889630, e-mail marianne.moen@khm.uio.no

For questions about how to apply:

HR Adviser Marit Gamst Markussen, e-mail: m.g.markussen@khm.uio.no