PhD Research Fellows at University of Agder (UiA) | Νορβηγία

The School of Business and Law at The University of Agder invites applications for 4-6 fixed-term appointments as PhD Research Fellows in the fields of; crowdfunding, circular economy, accounting, auditing and work life research. As a main rule,these positions are located in Kristiansand or Grimstad, Norway, and the duration of the PhD-period is three years. However, priority may be given to projects involving more than one year at a partner and/or cotutelle university abroad. Furthermore, depending on the applicants’ profile and academic experience, some might be offered four-year positions including 25 % teaching or other tasks at the School of Business and Law. For some of the positions fluency in a Scandinavian language might be required.

The School of Business and Law at University of Agder is one of the major university-based business schools in Norway, with approximately 2000 students, around 80 faculty members and a vibrant PhD-programme with around 50 PhD-Scholars. The School of Business and Law offers an active research environment with close collaboration between professors and PhD-students.

Description of positions

To further strengthen selected academic areas at the Business School, a new PhD-student cohort will start up from January/February 2019. Please consult the web pages of the School of Business and Law to get more information about the research focus of faculty members, professors available for PhD-supervision (including proposed PhD-projects) and more information about the PhD programme: http://www.uia.no/en/about-uia/faculties/school-of-business-and-law

The applicants must qualify for admission to the PhD-programme at the School of Business and Law and must hold a Master of science degree (300 ECTS including a master thesis) in a field relevant for the proposed PhD-studies like Economics, Marketing, Finance, International Business, Management or similar business school fields. Also, applicants who are in the process of finishing their master’s theses are welcome to apply for the positions.

This invitation applies to the following areas:

• Accounting/Auditing (contact person: Professor Anna Alon, email: anna.alon@uia.no). One position in this field will be allocated to the research project Internationalization of Financial Reporting and Auditing with the keywords: IFRS, SMEs, national regulations and auditing processes. See more on https://ifra.uia.no 

• Auditing (contact person: Associate professor Liv Bente Hannevik Friestad, email: liv.b.friestad@uia.no ). Research covering all aspects of future auditing. Key words: Internationalization, quality, the impact of technology, valuation, corporate governance, etc.

• Crowdfunding (contact person: Associate professor Rotem Shneor, email: rotem.shneor@uia.no). Research covering all crowdfunding models and platforms (equity, peer-to-peer lending, reward and donation); business models; adoption processes; platform user behaviour and motivations; crowdfunding campaign success and failure; factors impacting crowdfunding growth; impacts of crowdfunding, etc.

• Circular Economy (contact person: Associate professor Magnus Hellström, email: magnus.hellstrom@uia.no). New business models enabling circular economy, product-service systems, new supply chain management practices enabling circularity of materials and energy, etc.

• Work Life Research (contact person: Professor Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen, email: hans.c.g.johnsen@uia.no ). Keywords: work place innovation, business development, new HRM practices, the impact of digitisation on work places, etc.

Candidates are requested to contact the relevant contact person before application to ensure thematical fit and an initial review of their research proposal/project description.

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