2 Postdocs in Medical Humanities - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Centre for Medical Humanities is a collaboration between the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy. About twenty researchers working at various institutions are part of the centre’s network. The activities are led by a director with the support of a coordinator, and also includes teaching across the faculty boundaries.

Two positions as postdoctoral fellow in medical humanities are now open. The positions are funded by the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation. One of the positions is for candidates within the humanities/ social sciences, the other for candidates from medicine/ pharmacy/ health sciences.

The Centre is organised as part of the Department of History of Science and Ideas, a dynamic research environment with strong profiles in history of medicine and history of science. There are currently over forty academics, researchers and visiting scholars attached to the Department, including 15 doctoral students.

Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary research field where issues related to medicine, illness and health are put into a historical, cultural and social context. The multidisciplinary approach means that the medical humanities constitute a broad field and includes studies ranging from the individual's experiences of illness and health to the development of medical practices and societal perspectives on health care.

Duties/Project description: Employment as a postdoctoral researcher involves a two year full-time post, pursuing research according to your proposed plan. Teaching and/ or administrative duties will be 20% of the full-time position.

Requirements: Applicants should have a PhD degree (or the equivalent) in biomedicine, health sciences, the humanities, social sciences, or similar fields. The doctorate must have been completed within the last three years (though exceptions may be granted should circumstances merit this).

The successful postdoc applicant must not previously have been employed at Uppsala University as a postdoc within the same or closely-related subject for more than one year.

Applications may be submitted in either Swedish or English and should include:

• completed application form,
• Curriculum Vitae, with a complete list of publications,
• a brief description (3–5 pages) of your intended research direction and why you consider yourself well-suited to this particular position,
• certified copies of your degree certificates and grades,
• a maximum of 5 publications,
• additional documents to support your application, including two referees.

Additional qualifications: Emphasis will primarily be placed upon academic merits in selecting candidates. Ranking will take place on the basis of the quality of the academic merits. Particular weight will be given to research completed within the field of medical humanities.

Salary: According to individual qualifications and merits. Please provide a salary proposal in your application

Starting date: 01-09-2020 or as otherwise agreed.

Type of employment: Temporary position according to central collective agreement.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Centre Director Ylva Söderfeldt, tel. 018-471 15 69, ylva.soderfeldt@idehist.uu.se; Head of Department Frans Lundgren, tel. 018/471 1580, frans.lundgren@idehist.uu.se.

Please submit your application by May 21 2020, UFV-PA 2020/1424.

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