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Up to 6 Phd Fellowships within legal research is available at the Faculty of Law.

The Faculty of Law is the leading educational and research institution in law in Norway, with some 90 PhD students. For more information: http://www.jus.uio.no/english/research/phd/

Applicants are asked to write a PhD project description of 5-10 pages outlining the research issues, as well as the choice of scientific theory and method. The candidate is expected to complete the project within the fellowship period as determined.

Applicants are also asked to set out how their research issues relate to the departments' priorities and to the priorities of the research groups.

The Fellowships are for a period of up to 4 years, with teaching constituting 25% of the workload. Alternatively they are for 3 years without any teaching duties. The Fellowship period may be reduced within the framework of pertaining regulations based on previously held research fellowship positions.

The selected candidates will automatically be admitted to the faculty’s approved PhD programme. The purpose of the Fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

Requirements

• The PhD candidate must hold a Norwegian master degree in Law or its equivalent.
• The candidate’s grades, the project description, and the applicant’s professional and personal qualifications will be taken into consideration in the evaluation of the applications. Candidates with research interests related to the faculty’s scholarly programmes may be preferred. Applicants may be called for an interview.

We offer

• Salary based on salary level 48-55. (NOK 391 300,- - 440 900,- per year)
• A inspiring and friendly working environment
• Favourable pension arrangement
• Attractive welfare arrangements

The application should include

• A letter of application
• Project description (5-10 pages)
• Curriculum vitae with documentation of education, former positions, and academic work.
• Certified copies of certificates, diplomas, and recommendations. Foreign diplomas (Master, Bachelor, and the like) must be provided in the original language as well as in an English or Scandinavian translation.
• Up to 3 scholarly publications. If the publications are written by more than one author, a declaration of authorship and of the contribution of the applicant should be submitted.

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in an English or a Scandinavian language.

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

The University of Oslo has a goal of recruiting more women in academic positions.
Women are encouraged to apply.

The University of Oslo also has a goal of recruiting ethnic minorities to Norway in academic positions. Ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply

Further Information

Application Deadline : 15 February 2012

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