[Commlist] PhD position in Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University Stockholm

One doctoral studentship in Media and Communication Studies within the 
research area of Critical and Cultural Theory
Huddinge

Ref AP-2021/348

Södertörn University in south Stockholm is a dynamic institute of higher 
education with a unique profile and high academic standard. A large 
proportion of the university staff holds doctorates and there is a 
strong link between undergraduate education and research. Södertörn 
University has around 11 000 students and 840 employees.
Södertörn University is an equal opportunities employer.


Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University is one of 
Sweden’s leading environments for media research and education. It 
engages with the contemporary media landscape and is founded on a 
historically informed understanding in which digital communication 
technologies and their contexts are related to their predecessors. The 
research environment currently comprises around 25 
researchers/lecturers, including five full professors, eight associate 
professors (docents), and four doctoral students. All the doctoral 
students have an international profile, and English is the working 
language for the doctoral degree programme.

For more information, please click here (English version) or see 
www.sh.se/mkv (Swedish version).

General Syllabus for third-cycle programmes in Media and Communication 
Studies (English version) or Swedish version.

Critical and Cultural Theory is an interdisciplinary research 
environment with seven subjects in the humanities. Research focuses on 
critically motivated studies of cultural artefacts and human practices. 
For more information, please click here

Entry requirements The general entry requirements are: 1. a second-cycle 
qualification 2. fulfilled requirements for courses comprising at least 
240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the 
second-cycle, or 3. substantially equivalent knowledge acquired in some 
other way in Sweden or abroad.

The Faculty Board may permit an exemption from the general entry 
requirements for an individual applicant, if there are special grounds. 
(Ordinance 2010:1064)

Specific entry requirements are fulfilled by a student who has passed 
courses worth at least 90 credits in Media and Communication Studies, 
including a degree project worth at least 15 credits, or who has 
acquired the equivalent knowledge abroad or through a previous 
qualification. If there are special grounds, the Faculty Board may 
permit an exemption from the specific entry requirements for an 
individual applicant.

The ability to assimilate academic material in English and a command of 
the language necessary for work on the thesis are prerequisites for 
admission to the degree programme.

Admission and employment
This position includes admission to third-cycle education, i.e. research 
level, and employment on a doctoral studentship at the School of Culture 
and Education at Södertörn University. The intended outcome for admitted 
students is a PhD. The programme covers 240 credits, which is the 
equivalent of four years of full-time study. The position may be 
extended by a maximum of one year due to the inclusion of departmental 
duties, i.e. education, research and/or administration (equivalent to no 
more than 20% of full-time). Other grounds for extension could be leave 
of absence because of illness or for service in the defence forces, an 
elected position in a trade union/student organisation, or parental 
leave. Provisions relating to employment on a doctoral studentship are 
in the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.

Date of employment: 1 September 2021

Information about admission regulations (including selection criteria) 
and third-cycle education at Södertörn University (English version) or 
Swedish version.

Further information
Göran Bolin, Director of Studies, Media and Communication Studies (third 
cycle), (goran.bolin /at/ sh.se) Mirjam Bargello Lindberg, Human Resources 
Officer, School of Culture and Education, 
(mirjam.bargello.lindberg /at/ sh.se), +46 (0)8 608 5174

Application procedure
Please use Södertörn University´s web-based recruitment system 
“ReachMee”. Click on the link "ansök" (apply) at the bottom of the 
announcement.

Your application should be written in English and must include:
- an application letter
- curriculum vitae
- degree certificate and certificates that demonstrate eligibility to 
apply for the position
- Bachelor’s essay and dissertation at second-cycle level in the field 
in accordance with the entry requirements
- a research plan (project plan) of between 1000 and 1500 words. The 
project’s relevance to Critical and Cultural Theory must be clear.
- two references, with contact details.

If available, a maximum of three publications may also be attached.

Incomplete applications will not be processed. Please note that one copy 
of everything submitted in association with your application will be 
kept on file at Södertörn University for two years after the post has 
been filled, in accordance with a directive from the Swedish National 
Archives.

Application deadline: 30 June 2021 at 23:59.

Your application has to be submitted before deadline.
Welcome with your application!
On our website, sh.se/vacantpositions, there is an application template 
that the applicant needs to follow. Publications referred to must be 
attached to the application.

An application that is not complete or arrives at Södertörn University 
after the closing date may be rejected.

The current employment is valid on condition that the employment 
decision becomes valid.

Södertörn University may apply CV review.

Union representatives:
SACO: (info.saco /at/ sh.se)
ST: ST: Björn Åkerblom tel: + 46 8 608 41 29, (st /at/ sh.se)
SEKO: Henry Wölling tel: +46 8 524 840 80, (henry.wolling /at/ ki.se)
Södertörn University has made strategic advertisement choices for this 
recruitment. Therefore, we decline all contact with advertisers and 
other salespersons of advertisement.


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https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/meet-sodertorn-university/this-is-sodertorn-university/vacant-positions?rmpage=job&rmjob=4784&rmlang=UK 


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