Applications will initially be assessed by CERGU's steering group, which will then produce a

list of top candidates for the advertised positions. After consultation with the specific
departments/subject areas, and taking into account their assessment, the steering group will
decide on the two
Three doctoral studentship in Peace and Development Research
Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 4 years
Extent: 100 %
Location: School of Global Studies, Gothenburg
First day of employment: 1 September 2016
Reference number: UR 2015/1096
Peace and Development Research at the University of Gothenburg is a leading site of
interdisciplinary and action-oriented enquiry. The 50 researchers in the subject group take a
broad range of approaches to peace and development, including but not limited to conflict
research, critical security studies, gender analysis, human rights, global political economy,
regional studies, and resistance studies. While proposals in any of these areas are welcome,
for the 2016 studentships we are particularly interested to recruit researchers with interests in
questions of development and/or global political economy.
Job assignments
The aim of doctoral studies is to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct
autonomous research within the field of peace and development. The studentship culminates
in the production of dissertation which makes a significant original contribution to
knowledge. The acquired knowledge and skills should be further applicable in postdoctoral
research or other professional work.
The doctoral studentships begin September 2016 and cover four years (full-time equivalent,
fixed term). The position holder may undertake departmental duties corresponding to up to
20% of full-time. In this case, the duration of the appointment will be extended accordingly.
The studentships cover tuition costs plus salary as an employee of the University of
Gothenburg.

Assessment
According to the Higher Education Ordinance Ch.7, applicants will be assessed based on
their estimated ability to benefit from the study programmes and on the Department?s
supervisory resources. To this end, applicants must submit the following documents with
their application:

1.papers, degree projects and other relevant works, which will be assessed in terms of ability
to formulate, delimit and analyse research tasks and present research results.
2.a project draft stating the applicant?s research interest(s) and planned focus area of his/her
doctoral thesis. In addition, the project draft must demonstrate familiarity with previous and
current research as well as an ability to formulate scientific problems. Maximum 2000 words.
3.The selection process may include interviews.
Admission to third-cycle studies may also be granted within a framework where the
University of Gothenburg does not serve as employer (external position, so-called
samverkansdoktorand). The assessment process for these applicants is the same as for other
applicants. A special agreement will be developed in these cases.
The Head of Department is in charge of all admission decisions at the third-cycle level.
Decision cannot be appealed.
Additional information
Prior to the recruitment procedure, the University of Gothenburg will have determined the
recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request that contact with media
sellers, recruitment sites and the like be avoided.
For questions regarding the handling of the application portal or technical problems, please
contact rekrytering@gu.se

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Doctoral student European Social Law
The Faculty of Law is seeking to fill a full-time vacancy for a doctoral student
in the area of European Social Law
Job description
You prepare a doctoral thesis on the topic How can EU law contribute to
the European Unions policy objective of combating poverty and social
exclusion?, under the supervision of Prof Herwig Verschueren and Prof

Bea Cantillon. This research project is funded by the Flanders Research

Foundation (FWO).
The fight against poverty and social exclusion is a policy objective that is
high on the political agenda of the European institutions. This is reflected
in policy initiatives such as the Europe 2020 Strategy and supported by
provisions in the EU Treaties as well as in the EU Charter of
Fundamental Rights. However, these policy objectives and general legal
provisions do not have a direct impact on legal claims for financial or
other support by persons faced with poverty or social exclusion. This
reveals the ambiguity between the EU policy objective of fighting
poverty and social exclusion on the one hand and the very modest or even
marginal implementation of it in legally binding instruments of EU law
on the other. The main objective of this research is to examine how this
ambiguity can be lifted, and how EU legal instruments can be improved
or developed in order to make more and better contributions towards the
realisation of these policy objectives.
You contribute to research in the research group Social Competition and
Law of the Faculty of Law.
Profile and requirements

You hold a master degree in Law;

You can submit outstanding academic results;

Students in the final year of their degree can also apply;

Your academic qualities comply with the requirements stipulated in the universitys
policy;

You are quality-oriented, conscientious, creative and cooperative;

We offer

A doctoral scholarship for a period of two years, with the possibility of renewal for a
further two-year period after positive evaluation;

The start date of the scholarship will be not later than 1 September 2016;

A gross monthly grant ranging from 2.189,88 2.334,46;

A dynamic and stimulating work environment.

How to apply?

Applications may only be submitted online, until the closing date 26 February 2016;

A pre-selection will be made from amongst the submitted applications. The remainder
of the selection procedure is specific to the position and will be determined by the
selection panel;

The interviews of the preselected candidates will take place in the week of 21 March
2016.

More information about the application form can be obtained from Myra De Munck
(Tel. +32 (0)3 265 32 24);

For questions about the profile and the description of duties, please contact Prof
Herwig Verschueren (herwig.verschueren@uantwerpen.be; tel. : +32 (0)477 293032)