Deadline: 14 September 2012
Open to: international students
Reimbursement: SU student grants and salary for job assignments
Description
COHERE at The Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark is advertising a PhD Scholarship in Odense available as of October 1st 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The position is linked to a research project entitled ‘The Hospital of the Future’. The project is concerned with development, adaption, and testing of methods from microeconomics and management science with the aim of providing better continuity of care on the patient side along with better use of hospital resources. The research project is funded by The Danish Strategic Research Council.
The position is within the sub-area: “Productivity measurement” with the objectives: To develop and test methods to measure productivity as well as economies of scale and scope, where professional quality is an integral part of the methodology.
The successful applicant for a PhD Scholarship must have demonstrated a research potential as reflected e.g. by the grades obtained.
Institutional knowledge concerning the Danish hospital sector is not a requirement from the outset, but is considered a prerequisite for a successful project.
Eligibility
As part of the PhD program the PhD student must complete an individual planned course program. The PhD student must also achieve teaching experience during the research education. The PhD student is expected to spend a certain period with a relevant foreign research institution, normally one semester. The research unit for health economics appoints a supervisor and possibly a co-supervisor.The PhD Scholarship can either be accomplished in terms of the so-called 5+3 model or the 4+4 model. Scholarships according to the 5+3 model can be given to applicants with a master degree and have a duration of 3 years. Scholarships according to the 4+4 model can be given to applicants, who have passed the 4th year of their master studies, and have a duration of 4 years. For the first two years you will be enrolled in the PhD programme and the Master’s programme parallel to each other. During that period your pay will consist of a combination of SU student grants and salary for job assignments. After obtaining the Master’s Degree, you will enter into a salaried PhD scholarship. Pay and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).
Application
Your employment as a Salaried PhD Research Fellow is governed by the agreement of 1 October 2008 on Graduate Employees in government appendix 5 – protocol on PhD Research Fellows.
Applicants for a PhD scholarship must fill in the application form available on our web page www.sdu.dk/sam/phduk under the section Application forms for enrolment. Here you also find guidelines for preparing your project proposal within the PhD Programs for Economics.
The application form should be accompanied by
1. A detailed curriculum vitae
2. A translation of grades according to the European ECTS system obtained in BA and MSc programmes
3. A project description (max 5 pages),
4. An abstract for above project description of no more than 250 words:
– The abstract must clearly state the research area, objectives and methods of the project
– The abstract must contain a well-motivated suggestion for a supervisor among faculty at the Department of Business and Economics. A list of employees can be found here.
All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.
Applications will be assessed by a committee. When the evaluation committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements will not be assessed by the committee.
In order to promote equal opportunities to access academic positions, the University encourages all qualified persons to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background.
Please submit your application marked “Position No. 351/526-125864” including enclosures by e-mail (in Adobe PDF format or Word 2003 alternatively newer format) to Personnel and Finance, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences by e-mail: pers.sc@sam.sdu.dk.
The application must be received at Personnel and Finance no later than Friday, September 14, 2012 at 12:00 noon.