Up to 3 PhD Students in Business Studies - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Department of Business Studies is the largest department within Faculty of Social Sciences with its appr. 140 co-workers and 2000 undergraduate students. We conduct extensive PhD education and have about 40 PhD students. Research schools MIT and FIRE are also connected to the department. The department conducts research and provides education on the doctoral level in the following fields: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing, Organization/Management, Accounting/Finance.

Project 1: Value Co-Creation and Regional Development from a Science Megaproject

The project will focus on value co-creation and regional development related to a scientific megaproject, the ESS (the European Spallation Source), currently being constructed in the south of Sweden. Previous studies of big-science organizations (e.g. Åberg, 2013) problematize value creation and appropriation from scientific institutions and argue that value is most often co-created through interaction among actors from different spheres in society. The project focuses on interaction concerning a big-science organization being constructed to reach new insights on value co-creation dynamics before the organization has reached more long-term and stable conditions. The construction of ESS becomes interesting since it is one of the largest megaprojects concerning research infrastructure being built today, and the biggest ever in Sweden. The successful PhD candidate will have the possibility to develop the project plan together with the supervisors, but a specific focus will be put on ICT issues.

Number of positions: 1

Funding: PhD employment

Note: This position is subject to availability of external funding.

Project 2: Boundary Spanning Processes in the Digital Age within Multinational Corporations

The research project deals with the phenomena of the 4th industrial revolution and moving into the digital age. We aim to explore the importance of digital aspects related to the management of the multinational corporation with a particular focus on internal and external firm boundaries. The project aims to elucidate challenges related to being global and local and how different units of the multinational corporation face different managerial challenges and are influenced by digital aspects differently. As a Ph.D. student working within this project, you are expected to actively participate by doing independent research and thereby contribute to the project objectives by writing and publishing research based on the empirical results obtained in the project. The Ph.D. student will be guided and supervised by experienced researchers who also actively participate in the project work.

Number of positions: 1

Funding: 1 year scholarship (non-employment), 3 years PhD employment alternatively PhD employment during 4 years

Note: This position is subject to availability of external funding.

Project 3: Connectivity Leadership

Digitalization is a full range of software-driven processes – all the way from datafication and computation to prediction, display, communication and action. The rule-changing results of digital transformation are epitomized as a Bing Bang Disruption of incumbent industries and markets (Downes and Nunes, 2013). This kind of disruption is a constant, while the managing processes need to be proactively adaptive and advantage seeking. This development brings about new forms for cooperation both in and between organizations. This PhD project focus what the implications are for leadership processes.

The focus of the project is on the effects of digitalization on inter and intra-organizational collaborations. We recognize that digitalization creates new knowledge that provides essential complementary insights for complex innovation that cannot exist otherwise, while the navigating in this complexity remains unpredictable. Herein lies the leadership challenge. We therefore seek candidates interested in exploring these leadership processes from a micro perspective, using qualitative research methods.

Number of positions: 1

Funding: PhD employment

Note: This position is subject to availability of external funding.

General information:

Duties: The duties of a PhD student are primarily directed at his/her own research education,  (4 years full-time), 90 academic credits of courses and 150 credits research for the doctoral thesis. The work may also involve, to a limited extent (maximum 20 %) other departmental duties, mainly related to teaching undergraduate courses – in which case the position may be extended to maximum five years. Gereral rules about PhD education can be found (in Swedish) in Högskoleförordningen Chapter 5, 1-7 §§, in Uppsala University rules and in the General Study Plan for PhD studies at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University.

Requirements: General entry requirement: an advanced level qualification, has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits awarded at the advanced level, or has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way. The specific entry requirement: courses in Business Studies comprising 90 credits.

In order to get a PhD position, the candidate needs to be admitted to the doctoral programme, and for this, his/her potential ability to pursue the programme is decisive.

A TOEFL-test or an equivalent language test is a requirement. However, note that applicants with a master’s degree from an English-speaking university or programme do not need to prove their English skills by submitting a TOEFL-test.

Note that a master thesis that has not yet been completed and assessed by the application deadline is given respite until May 31, 2019.

Criteria for assessment of applications: please see the criterias.

The application must include:

1. CV
2. Certified graduation diploma and transcripts of academic records, and other relevant documents that prove general and specific eligibility.
3. Research proposal in either English or Swedish (max. 12,000 characters including spaces). The research proposal should address the main research questions and the relevance of the project, relate the project to relevant previous research in the field, and present issues regarding data and methodology.
4. Motivation letter. In the motivation letter you will have to specify which project position you are interested in.
5. Master Thesis and books, articles, scripts, etc invoked. Note that a Master thesis that has not yet been completed and assessed by the application deadline is given respite until May 31, 2019.
6. TOEFL test (or equivalent tests). Note that applicants with a master’s degree from an English-speaking university or programme do not need to prove their English skills by submitting a TOEFL test. Information about English tests
7. Two letters of reference/recommendation (for example, from university teachers or employers). The letters have to include the contact information to the referees (e-mail address and phone number).The recommendation should state in what way the referent has known the applicant. We are particularly interested in an assessment of the applicant in terms of our admissions criteria. The referents have to email their letter to golondrian.janke@fek.uu.se and give a copy to the applicant who attaches the letters to the application. Instructions for recommendation letters.

Interview: An evaluation committee assesses the applications and provides a recommendation for which candidates should be called for interviews. Call for interviews will take place April 15-17, 2019 to selected candidates.

Uppsala University strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the University’s excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.

Salary: According to the local agreement for PhD students

Starting: September 1, 2019

Working hours: 100 %

Information about the positions is given by Director of PhD studies Katarina Blomkvist or administrator PhD Studies Golondrian Janke.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than March 31, 2019, UFV 2019/688. Only complete applications with supporting documents will be reviewed.

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