Principal Researcher in Public Health Sciences

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

The Department of Global Public Health is a multidisciplinary department with the aim to advance knowledge about challenges and opportunities for public health in a local, national, and global setting. Research at the department is focused on how different societal and individual factors affect population health, and to develop and evaluate structural and individual-oriented interventions. Many researchers at the department are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers at regional, national, and international levels. The department has 12 research groups, about 110 PhD students and about 140 employees.

Description of the subject area

Ongoing societal changes may be negatively impacting children’s health and physical activity levels. There is an urgent need for research that can guide the development of strategies to mitigate these potential adverse effects.

Your mission

As a Principal Researcher, your responsibilities primarily include conducting research, leading projects, supervising staff, and mentoring doctoral students and postdocs, as well as some advanced-level teaching in public health science. You will contribute to the development of new methods for measuring and analyzing physical activity and fitness in large-scale population studies. In this role, you will also lead co-creation research projects in collaboration with interest-holders on how the built environment and physical activity guidelines can promote children's movement and health.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as a Principal Researcher, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise. The applicant must also be a Research Leader and have established their own line of research. The applicant should furthermore have shown documented, high-quality scientific production, particularly in the last six years and have the potential to energetically drive their research forward as well as be recognized nationally and internationally. The applicant should also have obtained good, long-term and preferably external funding and have the potential to obtain further external funding.  The applicant should have shown teaching and supervision experience and demonstrated good leadership qualities.

The requirements also include advanced scientific expertise in subject matter and methods related to measuring physical activity and evaluating its health effects from both individual and population perspectives. The applicant should have successfully conducted large co-creation research projects in collaboration with community interest-holders, such as municipalities and schools, with a focus on physical activity and children’s health. The applicant must also have strong communication skills, both spoken and written, in both Swedish and English.

Assessment criteria

It is particularly meritorious that the applicant has shown

• Documented experience in research communication to the wider community.
• Documented experience in initiating and participating in international research networks focused on physical activity.
• Documented experience in leading co-creation research projects in collaboration with community stakeholders

It is meritorious that the applicant has shown

• Documented experience in teaching and development of public health professionals with an interdisciplinary approach

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI. Personal suitability will be a strong selection criterion.

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. Here, 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 

Location: Solna

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Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest 2024-12-02.

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers.

The application must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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