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OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway’s third largest university, with nearly 22,000 students and more than 2,200 employees. OsloMet has a dynamic and stimulating research-intensive academic environment and an attractive employment framework. OsloMet is a diverse and urban university with an international profile; its main campus is in the city centre, providing a vibrant setting in which to study, conduct research, and work.
The position of professions in society is changing. Today, most professional work takes place in organizational settings of public services or private sector firms, and the increasing complexity of professional tasks requires problem-solving across disciplinary and professional boundaries, as well as stakeholder involvement and civic participation. Meanwhile, in many countries, there is an increasing distrust of experts and expertise. Technical developments such as AI are also profoundly changing professions, a process that will only accelerate in the years ahead. Professional education must adapt to these and other changes, and in a rapidly changing society, it must somehow prepare professionals for tasks and roles that are yet unknown. Arguably, innovative cross-disciplinary research on professions and professional education has never been more important.
With this as background, the Centre for the Study of Professions at OsloMet invites interested researchers of any nationality, who have a PhD degree and a maximum of 8 years of consequent research experience, to apply for an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (call HORIZON-MSCA-PF-2023) to conduct research on professions at the Centre for a period of two years.
The Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS) is a leading Nordic multidisciplinary centre devoted to research and doctoral training in topics such as expertise, professions, education, work, and policy. It houses an interdisciplinary group of scholars, from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, and political science. The Centre is currently home to 13 permanent academic staff, 7 postdocs, and 20–30 doctoral fellows, supported by a dedicated team of administrative staff. We are located on OsloMet’s main campus in central Oslo.
The study of professions is an intrinsically inter- and multidisciplinary field of research, characterised by theoretical and methodological diversity and comparative approaches. The Centre combines empirical research with investigations of theoretical and ethical issues in various professional domains. Topics for our research on professions include: career paths and the labour market, recruitment to education, professional education as a source of identity and qualifications, the role of professions in the design and implementation of policy, and professional ethics and the exercise of professional discretion. We study both features common to all professions and those specific to individual professional domains. The Centre has a particular ambition to disseminate policy-oriented research, which is often relevant to a broad range of actors, including professionals, public authorities, NGOs, and citizens.
The Centre has five research groups, each with its own specific areas of interest:
Professional knowledge and qualification
Expertise, ethics and public policy
Professional practice and interaction
Professional careers and labour markets
Our research groups have extensive formal and informal links with researchers in other faculties and centres at OsloMet and at other institutions, both in Norway and internationally. The following are some of our ongoing research projects:
Renewed perspectives on research use in education (REPOSE)
The authority of expertise in professional tax law practice (TAXLAW)
The Centre welcomes expressions of interest from postdoctoral researchers whose project ideas fit within one of the research areas indicated above (see links for further information). Professions that can be studied include, but are not limited to, teaching, medicine, law, engineering, nursing, social work, the police, and the military. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches would be relevant, and comparative approaches (cross-sector, cross-institutional, cross-national, or other) are welcome, but not required.
MSCA grantees will be supervised by one of the following experienced faculty members at the Centre:
Associate Professor Nicolai Borgen
Associate Professor Andreas Eriksen
Associate Professor Hege Hermansen
Associate Professor Lars E. F. Johannessen
Professor Anne Birgitte Leseth
Please follow the links above for further information about the Centre for the Study of Professions, our research groups, and individual staff members.
Applicants who are successful in receiving EU funding must relocate to Oslo to work as a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of Professions for the duration of the project (c. 2024-2026).
Interested candidates must submit with their application the following documents:
The one-page project description should indicate how the proposed project fits with the Centre’s areas of focus. Candidates are also encouraged to identify which member(s) of staff they would prefer to work with.
All documents that you submit to OsloMet, including your proposal idea, will be handled in full confidentiality and in strict compliance with GDPR regulations.
Evaluation will be based on the applicant’s qualifications and project idea, including its fit with the Centre’s research areas and (one of) our faculty members’ research profile. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a virtual interview in February 2023. Based on the applications and interviews, up to 10 candidates may be invited to develop a full MSCA-PF application in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Professions.
Candidates who are invited to develop a full application will be expected to do so under the supervision of one of the Centre’s faculty members and with the support of the professional research administration staff at OsloMet. For these candidates, participation in OsloMet’s virtual masterclass on MSCA-PF on 19–20 April 2023 is obligatory. This will be a two-day workshop with detailed, tailored and necessary instruction concerning the application process and template. Further cooperation on the proposal development will be done remotely in the period from April until the deadline in mid-September 2023, with regular online communication via email and virtual meeting platforms.
MSCA-PF-2023 decisions will be announced by the EU in February 2024. To successful applicants who are awarded the MSCA-PF grant, we will offer:
MSCA-PF fellowships are 100 % funded and include living and mobility allowances. Practical information about relocation to OsloMet can be found on Oslomet’s website and on the website of EURAXESS Norway.
It is important to OsloMet to reflect the population of our region, and all qualified candidates are welcome to apply. We make active endeavours to further develop OsloMet as an inclusive workplace and to make adaptations to the workplace where required. You are welcome to apply even if you have had periods where you have not been in employment, education, or training.
Questions may be directed to the individual supervisors listed above (follow the links for contact info), or to research advisor Jon Anstein Olsen, jonanste@oslomet.no.
Application deadline: 31 January 2023
Reference number: 22/09138
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | Flexible between April–December 2024 |
Salary | Approx. EUR 60.000 annually |
Number of positions | 10 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Oslo |
County | Oslo |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 22/09138 |
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Published | 21.Dec.2022 |
Last application date | 31.Jan.2023 11:59 PM CET |