06 Postdoctoral Fellowship at NTNU, Norway

The Postdoctoral Fellowship is a temporary, 3-year position with the primary aim of qualifying for a senior academic position.

We are looking for candidates with a strong commitment to exploring, articulating and documenting the capacity of art and culture, heritage and creativity not only to adapt and contribute to climate change, but also to drive societal transformation processes. 

The position requires a high level of commitment to contribute to a cutting-edge artistic research environment that experiments at the intersections of multiple forms of impact and value within the framework of knowledge production through the arts. 

The position will be embedded in the ongoing research activities of the Horizon Europe-funded research project PACESETTERS, which brings together 15 universities and cultural organisations across Europe to explore the possibilities of shared creativity, decentralised architectures and collective intelligences. Further information can be found here.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

The position is part of the Large Inter-Disciplinary Research Project IMod. Partial differential equations, statistics and data: An interdisciplinary approach to data-based modelling, funded by the Research Council of Norway and spanning the period 2022–2028. The project combines mathematical and statistical methods to develop theory to be applied in fluid mechanics and neuroscience. We refer to the project homepage https://www.ntnu.edu/imf/imod. 

The position is with the sub-package Uncertainty in nonlinear and nonlocal models. Main supervisor is Professor Helge Holden; co-supervisors are Professor Espen Robstad Jakobsen and Professor Mats Ehrnstrom, the latter who is also a leader for the project.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. 

The postdoctoral fellow will perform research within the context of an EU-funded project focusing on sustainable digital transition in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs). More specifically, the project will explore and exploit the use of eXtended Reality (XR) technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other transformative technologies to enable novel forms of presence and immersive, cultural (co-) experiences and that revolve around music. The project team consists of artists, technologists and researchers from 8 European countries dedicated to facilitating the sustainable digital transition in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs). 

We are looking to expand our team with 2 Researchers/ Project Managers with a background in architecture, urban design or planning, or similar professions. The successful applicants will work with our team’s portfolio of Mission-driven and New European Bauhaus-inspired projects, to design, implement and document:

• Impact pathways (sequences of steps or processes through which an intervention, project, or policy achieves intended outcomes and unintended side effects) at the intersection of environmental, spatial, social, cultural, economic, governance and quality of life perspectives
• Co-benefits (complementary, often unplanned positive effects that accompany the primary objectives of a project, making the initiative more impactful and beneficial in multiple dimensions, for different stakeholder groups)

NTNU Smart Sustainable Cities has a large portfolio of externally funded projects in collaboration with public authorities, private, cultural and creative sectors, and communities and grassroot organisations. We want to strengthen the team with 2 Researchers / Project Managers who can contribute to the CrAFt, NEB-STAR, Re-Value, Bauhaus Bites and ClimaGen projects (funded by Horizon Europe, EU Missions on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change in cooperation with the New European Bauhaus). The Researchers / Project Managers will also contribute to the development and implementation of new strategic projects and activities in cities and communities, in support of the European Green Deal. 

The projects of our team are largely based on multi-actor collaboration, including cross-sectoral co-creation with local and European partners from the public and private sectors, communities and grassroots initiatives, cultural and creative sectors, academia, NGOs, media and others. We are therefore looking for 2 Researchers / Project Managers who can combine the role of day-to-day project manager with the development and quality assurance of new co-creation-based knowledge and who can communicate this knowledge in scientific articles and public dissemination.

We have a vacancy as a postdoctoral fellow in sociology for a period of 3 years. The postdoctoral position is a qualification position where the main aim is to qualify for work in top scientific positions. The position is assigned 1 year with work obligations in the form of teaching and guidance tasks. These will be linked to sociology teaching as well as further and further education and  the Master’s program in Organisation, digitalisation, administration and work (MODAA).

As a postdoctoral fellow, you get to develop and carry out your own research project, and work with scientific publishing. Arrangements have been made for, and expected, extensive participation in the research group “Technology and social change” in which the position is anchored. The group will support and guide the project implementation and provide a foundation for the project. The group is broadly oriented towards studies of technology in working life and society in general. 

The topic of the Post Doc project is algorithms and AI in working life. More specifically, an investigation of algorithmic management of work (of platform work and preferably in other industries) and/or the use of algorithms/AI in employment processes is desired. These are fields where new technology is expected to have great significance for the sociology of work, and where contributions can also be developed to, among other things, sociologically oriented ICT research, technology and science studies, and organizational research. With the emergence of new technology, the traditional power relationship in working life can be challenged. This is particularly relevant since the Norwegian model is characterized by local democracy, a high degree of organization and cooperation between employer and employee organisations. The focus on algorithms and artificial intelligence in working life therefore has great transfer value to general discussions about the role of technology in future working life, democracy and the development of the Norwegian labor market.

We have a vacancy as a postdoctoral fellow in sociology for a period of 3 years. The postdoctoral position is a qualification position where the main aim is to qualify for work in top scientific positions. The position is assigned 1 year with compulsory work in the form of teaching and guidance tasks in sociology.

As a postdoctoral fellow, you get to develop and carry out your own research project, and work with scientific publishing. In the position, you get to work independently on your own project, but with good opportunities for collaboration, follow-up and guidance through participation in the responsible group Migration and mobility  https://www.ntnu.no/iss/migrasjon-og-mobilitet  in which the position is anchored Here, experienced and younger researchers meet in a safe community that emphasizes supporting and developing the individual’s project. The research group arranges both internal and international seminars, and through the research group you get access to and the opportunity to make contacts that are important for your research project and further development. 

The research in the group is linked to various forms of mobility and migration at different levels of society, such as domestic and international migration, inequality and welfare, and change processes in local communities. The post doc position springs from this and will be a closer study of how local society and working life organization promote or discourage integration and inequality among migrant groups.