Copenhagen Business School (CBS) PhD Scholarship at the Department of Management, Society, and Communication 2020

The Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) invites applications for one vacant PhD scholarship within the department’s areas of research.

Application Deadline: 7th August 2020.

Eligible Field(s): Applicants are required to develop a well-specified research proposal, which should be linked to one or more of these research environments. This may include addressing topic areas like:

• The challenges of fostering practices and transformations towards sustainability of organizations, markets, individuals, and society at large
• The relations between business, government and civil society in governing sustainable development, particularly in the Global South
• The dynamic interplay of communication, organization and governance (especially in the age of digital media), including issues such as diversity, culture, learning, change, and/or (responsible) management and leadership, as these pertain to contemporary organizations

We invite interested candidates from different disciplinary backgrounds in the human and social sciences, such as management and organisation studies, economics, media and communication studies, culture studies, development studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, or geography.

Type: PhD

Eligibility: The three-year PhD program at CBS allows you to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The program is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS website for more information about the PhD program: http://www.cbs.dk/en/research/phd-programmes.

Applicants must be fluent in English.

The planned starting date for the positions is on 1 December 2020 but may be agreed upon individually.

The Department will give priority to applicants with

• High grades from their universities. For enrollment in the PhD School, applicants must have received a grade 10 or higher on the Danish 7-point grading scale on their master’s thesis (see info on equivalents: http://eng.uvm.dk/general-overview/7-point-grading-scale)
• A background in social sciences and in particular business management and economics
• An interest in joining (one or more of) the Department’s research environments 

Selection Criteria: Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities).

Eligible Countries: International

To be Taken at (Country): Denmark

Number of Awards: 1

Value of Award: A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours). The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes the tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 27.363 up to DKK 33.045 depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 %
The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation. 

Duration of Award: 3 years

How to Apply: The application (see link below) must include a 5 page project proposal. This research proposal should contain a presentation of an original research question, a description of the initial theoretical framework and methodology, a presentation of the suggested empirical material as well as a work-plan.

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include:

• Copies of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level
• Brief curriculum vitae (CV)
• List of papers and publications
• One copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis)
• Documentation for English language skills including proof of written English proficiency
• Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below.

Apply online

Please find guidelines and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme at http://uk.cbs.dk/phd. 

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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