项目介绍

2026年2月5日

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship in Technology and Society at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC). The expected start date is 1 September 2026. 

MSC carries out multidisciplinary research on the relationship between business and society. Its faculty explores the conditions and practices of responsible management, organisation and governance in a globalising world, sharing a particular concern with culture, communication and context as lenses to understand the interaction and interdependencies of business and society. MSC’s contribution to the study of responsible business and governance is organised around various research environments.

Further information is available here: https://www.cbs.dk/research/department-management-society-and-communication.

The central objective of this PhD scholarship in Technology and Society is to advance our understanding of how digital transformations are reshaping work, organization, and society. The project should explore how new technologies and emerging modes of working in the digital economy influence experiences, management practices, and forms of knowledge production across different empirical contexts. 

Possible areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to:

• Emerging modes of organization, creative labor, and cultural and communicative work in digital environments
• The role of technologies, automation, and algorithmic management in transforming organizational structures and labor relations
• The societal, political, and geopolitical implications of AI and related technologies
• The governance and regulation of AI, including questions of sustainability, responsibility, and democracy
• The diffusion and consequences of AI in the Global South, and its implications for inequality and development. 

These focus areas are indicative rather than exhaustive, and applications proposing other innovative approaches within this broad theme and the scope of the department are welcome. 

Applicants are required to develop a theoretically grounded research proposal with a clear empirical focus. We welcome applicants from across the social sciences and humanities, including but not limited to organisation and business studies, communication studies, cultural studies, education, anthropology, sociology and political science. We particularly encourage proposals that include non-Western perspectives or Global South empirical contexts. 

The successful PhD applicant will be a member of the Technology and Society Research cluster. It is required that the applicant indicates how the planned PhD research can contribute to this research environment. 

About the PhD programme

The three-year PhD programme 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 programme 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 programme, 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. Candidates who wish to join us must be interested in working in an organisation of this type and it is expected that the applicant shows an interest in joining the department’s research environments. You can read more about the department’s research here: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/department-management-society-and-communication.

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://ufsn.dk/english/education/recognition-and-transparency/)

• 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. If the grade point average is not met, documentation for being in the top 40% of the class is also accepted. In rare cases, the grade requirement can be waived.

• have a relevant educational background in the social sciences

• have completed the master’s programmebefore the application deadline

• be in command of master academic English at a high level in writing and speaking

 It is not possible to get CBS’s assessment of whether individual candidates are eligible to apply before submission.

Each applicant may only submit one application for this PhD scholarship.

The application must include a five-page PhD 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:

• diploma for bachelor’s and master’s degree or other certificates at an equivalent level as well as the grade transcripts
• documentation for being in the top 40% of the class (if grade requirements are not met)
• a concise curriculum vitae (CV)
• If relevant, a list of articles and publications (if applicable)
• one example of a selected written work (e.g. master’s thesis)
• documentation of English language skills is not required for the application but may be requested if the applicant is shortlisted for interviews.

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

For further information about the call, please contact PhD Coordinator and Associate Professor Thilde Langevang, email tla.msc@cbs.dk, and specifically for administrative matters, HR Coordinator Rikke Petersen, email rpe.msc@cbs.dk