7 PhD Positions, University of Tampere, Finland (2017)

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere, Finland, is calling for applications for the posts of 7 DOCTORAL STUDENTS of the doctoral programmes in Philosophy, History, Psychology and Logopaedics or Social Sciences for a fixed term of 1–4 years. Not more than four of the successful candidates will start their work on 1 August 2017 at the earliest and the rest on 1 January 2018.

Duties
The successful candidates will be pursuing a doctoral degree in one of Faculty’s four doctoral programmes mentioned above. The expected duration of full-time studies is four years. The fixed-term employment contracts can be drawn up for a period of 1–4 years, and the length of the contract depends on how far along in their studies the successful candidates are, when they expect to graduate and whether they have received any previous funding for their doctoral studies. The students are expected to complete their doctoral degrees in four years. Only such candidates whose previous funding for the dissertation research has covered three years of full time study at the most are eligible to apply for these positions. The positions include a four-month trial period.

In addition to writing their dissertations, the doctoral students teach or do other work related to their studies at the Faculty. These duties may not exceed five per cent of their total working hours.

The progress of the dissertation work is annually monitored with the help of a supervisory agreement and a personal study plan, which includes a detailed annual working schedule. These measures are aimed at ensuring that doctoral students can graduate in the target time of four years.

The basic salary initially falls within the salary group 2-4 (depending on the stage of the doctoral studies) of the Salary System of Finnish Universities for teaching and research staff. The basic salary is supplemented with a performance component based on the student's performance.

Qualification Requirements (Section 11 of the University of Tampere’s Regulations on Human Resources)

Application deadline: Unspecified

Further details:
http://academicpositions.eu