Postdoc in labour market studies and health with a passion for writing

Do you want to contribute to the understanding of non-standard employment and health?

Our research group is a great place to work and were awarded the “KI Work Environment and Health Award 2021”. We offer a dynamic, supportive and open research climate, where you are encouraged to think freely and explore your own ideas. This is the right place for you who want to grow from postdoc to PI.

Your mission

Constant changes in the global economy and new technology combined with a general weakening of trade unions and labour law have created the conditions for a variety of atypical employment arrangements such as gig, platform, freelancing etc. There are significant research challenges to evaluating the consequences of these employment arrangements that our research program aims to address.

You will work in an international consortium of top researchers from Sweden, Belgium, USA, Canada, Spain and Chile. We have collected quantitative and qualitative data in all countries during the pandemic and we need your help to publish the results.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills, take courses, supervise students, develop your own line of research and apply for your own funding. The employment is temporary for two years with a possibility of extension.

Your profile

We think that you have a PhD in Public health, political economy, political studies, labor market studies, labor relations, labor law, sociology but we are open to PhD in other subjects.

Requirements:
• Native English speaker with a passion for scientific writing.
• Strong track-record of publishing as a first author while collaborating with other researchers
• Project management skills

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

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Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
A complete list of publications
A summary of current work (no more than one page)

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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