PhD Scholarship in Public Administration at the Department of Political Science and Public Mana[...]
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Application deadline: October 15, 2024, 23:59 CET.
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship within public administration to be based at the Department of Political Science and Public Management at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
The starting date for the position is 1 January 2025.
The ideal applicant
Applications are invited from candidates with a master's degree (the 5+3 programme). Candidates who, in addition to their bachelor's degree, expect to have passed 60 ECTS of their master’s programme by January 1, 2025, are invited to apply for a PhD scholarship within the 4+4 programme.
To qualify for the PhD scholarship, you must hold, or be close to completing, a master’s degree in political science or a related discipline and be able to outline an individual PhD project proposal.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A strong interest within public administration (especially in public management and leadership or use of AI/digitalization in the public sector).
- Intellectual curiosity and ability to generate new research ideas.
- Strong analytical and methodological skills.
- Potential for independent scholarly work.
- A willingness to be a good colleague.
PhD project proposal
Applicants are expected to include a proposal for an original research project within public administration. When preparing the proposal, you are strongly advised to consider the research profile and the staff of the Public Administration, Welfare and Politics Section at the Department.
For information and questions about PhD project proposal suitability, contact Head of Section, Associate Professor Mette Kjærgaard Thomsen, e-mail
About the Department
As a PhD student, you will be part of the Public Administration Research Group at the Department of Political Science and Public Management. The group consists of scholars working with public management, leadership, organization, governance paradigms, public employees, civil servants, public finances, citizen-state interactions, AI, local and central government, and local elections.
Requirements and programme structure
A 5+3 PhD programme spans over three years (fully salaried), while the 4+4 programme runs for a period of four years. If enrolled in the 4+4 programme, you will be enrolled in the PhD programme and the master’s programme parallel to each other. The scholarship carries a monthly salary including pension plus office facilities and financial support for conference travels and research visits abroad.
If selected for the position, you will be enrolled in the PhD programme in Political Science.
Application and assessment process
An application must include:
- Application form
- A PhD project proposal of no more than 12,000 characters in total, including spaces, notes, appendices, bibliography etc.
- An abstract for the above project description of no more than 250 words, to be submitted on a separate sheet/page.
- A motivated application
- A detailed CV (max. 2 pages)
- A copy of your master's/bachelor’s degree certificate including all examination results.
- A copy of your bachelor's degree certificate.
- Information on experience with teaching, dissemination, or scientific publication, if applicable.
All non-Danish documents must be translated into English. The project proposal and the project abstract must be written in English.
Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply now". The application deadline is 15 October 2024 at 23:59 CET.
Placering: Odense, Denmark
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