University of Oslo, Norway invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Oslo, Norway.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Second call for PhD research fellow in Anthropology of Health and Environment in Africa and Europe
A fully funded PhD fellowship in social anthropology is available at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. The position will be dual degree fellowship between the University of Oslo and Makerere University, Uganda.
The appointed candidate will be one of three PhDs working in Oslo as part of the collaborative EU-funded doctoral training network HEALENAE: Health and Environment in Africa and Europe. The network will consist of up to 15 PhDs that together will work and learn as an international cohort and collaborate across projects to bring together insights anchored in different sectors and countries.
The candidate will conduct fieldwork in Africa and/or Europe, participate in annual training schools and writing retreats, and complete a 6 month stay with the secondary university, Makerere University in Uganda. More information about the network can be found here: https://healenae.eu/phd-calls
The PhD research fellow will be admitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences’ PhD programme at the University of Oslo (UiO). The candidate will also be admitted to the doctoral programme of Makerere University (MU). This will require a separate registration process. The PhD research fellow will be supervised by professors at the Department of Social Anthropology and Makerere University (MU).
Deadline : 4th June 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellowship in Science & Technology Studies
One PhD Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Science & Technology Studies (STS) is available at TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at the University of Oslo (UiO) from August 2026.
Candidates are invited to apply for a three-year PhD Research Fellowship associated with the DataMines project (Governing data infrastructure and clouds in digitally mediated natural resource extraction and exploitation).
The position is for three years, with the possibility of extension for teaching activities.
The successful PhD candidate will define and carry out an individual subproject on the politics of bioprospecting in Norway, with a focus on legal and scientific practices. More information about the project is available in the project’s website and upon request [email protected]
Deadline : 30th June 2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in Special Needs Education, Educational Psychology, Education and Psychology
Applicants are invited to apply for a three- to four-year full-time PhD Research Fellow position at the Centre for Research on Equality in Education (CREATE), University of Oslo, Norway.
The position has a double affiliation with the Centre for Research on Equality in Education (CREATE) and the Department of Special Needs Education. The main workplace will be CREATEs premises at the University of Oslo.
CREATE is an interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway (2023-2033) with the objective to generate novel knowledge about how to reduce inequalities in education. The interdisciplinary centre integrates researchers with substantive expertise from education, special education, psychology, sociology, economics, and genetics, and methodological expertise from educational measurement, psychometrics, econometrics, statistics, and biostatistics. The Research Fellowship is associated with CREATE’s research strand 2: “Intervening on the barriers to equality in education”.
The Department of Special Needs Education offers a Bachelor’s degree in special needs education and five special education majors (speech and language therapy, hearing, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, psycho-social difficulties, and neurodevelopmental disorders) at the Master’s level, in addition to an international Master’s program (Master in Special Needs Education). The department’s lab, Oslo Special Education and Learning Lab (Oslo SpeLL) offers an excellent possibility to incorporate research, innovation and student activities into a clinical context.
Deadline : 8th June 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in Sociology- Punishment as a Vehicle for Change?
The PhD fellow will be part of the research project Punishment as a Vehicle for Change? The Causal Impact of Norwegian Corrections on Reoffending and Reintegration in Norway and Beyond (NoReoffend), which is financed by the Research Council of Norway and headed by Professor Synøve N. Andersen. The fellow is expected to pursue independent research under supervision and within the scope of the NoReoffend project.
The NoReoffend project seeks to advance our knowledge on the intended and unintended consequences of punishment, using Norway as a case study. The project will employ population-wide register data and experimental methods to assess causal effects of sentencing and programming on the reoffending, employment, education and/or family outcomes of sentenced individuals. The successful candidate is expected to develop a research agenda focused on one or more of these outcomes and contribute to the project’s WP1. Please contact Prof. Andersen for more information and a more detailed description of the project.
The position requires participation in the Faculty of Social Sciences’ organised research education programme (PhD programme) and the completion of a doctorate in sociology. The candidate who is hired will automatically be admitted to the PhD programme. Residence in Norway is expected, but a research stay abroad during the fellowship period is encouraged.
Deadline : 31st May 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in Semiconductor Physics and Quantum Materials
A PhD Research Fellow is available at Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), within the Division of Solid-state Physics and Quantum Technology. This position will be part of the Centre for Defects in Semiconductors for Quantum Sensing (DSQS) which is one of four national research centers within quantum technology in Norway. The aim of the center is to demonstrate functioning quantum sensor components based on dopants or defects in semiconductors. DSQS aims to build a competitive research environment that spans over a large portion of the value chain – from fundamental understanding of materials and defects to integration and sensing applications. The Norwegian partners are the University of Oslo, SINTEF and Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) as
Deadline : 2nd June 2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in Professional/Workplace Learning with Emerging Epistemic Technologies
Applicants are invited for a three- or four- year position as PhD Research Fellow in the field of professional/workplace learning to be based at the Department of Education, University of Oslo. We are seeking a candidate interested in examining the interplay of emerging epistemic technologies and work practices, what kind of challenges and implications these technologies have for human expertise, and how professionals learn to work with these technologies in constructive and trustworthy ways.
Emerging epistemic technologies such as algorithmic or AI-powered technologies have the capacity to take an active role in generating knowledge, performing analytical processes, and acting upon the knowledge generated by coordinating, delegating or persuading actions to be taken. These capacities bring new opportunities, but also serious challenges to knowledge work and expert communities. In addition to transforming the epistemological foundation for work, emerging technologies typically affect social relations and agency in the work community. How these challenges manifest, and with what implications, will need to be studied in specific professional and technological contexts.
Deadline : 25th June 2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in geology
The Department of Geosciences invites applications from a highly motivated, independent geoscientist to strengthen our expertise in structural geology and basin studies. The successful candidate will focus on characterising and maturing Lower and Middle Triassic storage complexes in the Norwegian–Danish to North German basins, developing reservoir–seal models to identify new CCS acreage and helping to resolve potential conflicts over subsurface resource use.
Work will be based on onshore and offshore datasets, including reprocessed and new seismic data, well and core data/samples, and may include an analogue, field-based study. The project is aligned with the Deep Triassic CO2 storage (D-TRICS) initiative and will involve close collaboration with GEUS, industry partners, and other academic teams.
The appointee will be part of the BASINS section at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo and should be prepared for periods of work in Copenhagen to support collaboration with GEUS.
Deadline : 1st June 2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Research Fellow in Active Matter Physics for Glioblastoma Invasion
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and invasive brain cancers, characterized by rapid progression and resistance to existing therapies. Increasing evidence shows that mechanical interactions—at the level of cells, nuclei, and the surrounding tissue—play a central role in enabling tumor invasion. Understanding and exploiting these physical mechanisms represents a promising and largely untapped therapeutic avenue.
This PhD position is part of the GLIOFORCE project, an interdisciplinary initiative investigating mechano-adaptation as a targetable vulnerability in glioblastoma. The successful candidate will join a collaborative interdisciplinary team and work alongside three other PhD students. The research will focus on developing predictive computational physics models of cancer cell mechanics and invasion, with the goal of identifying biomechanical “tipping points” where invasion becomes mechanically unfeasible.
This project offers a unique opportunity to contribute to fundamental physics with direct biomedical relevance, while developing advanced skills in computational physics modeling and interdisciplinary research.
Deadline : 27th May 2026
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics affiliated with the NxtGenFake project
The NxtGenFake project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, investigates how large language models shape political narratives and strategic communication in digital environments. The project focuses on so-called disinformation narratives, meaning narratives of a misleading or inaccurate nature. Large language models enable the production of synthetic content at scale, potentially flooding information ecosystems with text that is difficult to distinguish from human-generated material. At the same time, large language models are increasingly being used for information retrieval, which may amplify the spread of biased or inaccurate representations.
A particular focus of the project is how such models—trained on large datasets including social media—may reproduce disinformation narratives from actors such as Russia and China, and influence public opinion in democratic societies, including Norway. The project analyzes how these disinformation narratives emerge, spread, and affect public discourse.
We are now seeking a motivated and skilled Doctoral Research Fellow to contribute to the NxtGenFake project, preferably with experience in handling and analyzing large datasets, and a willingness to collaborate interdisciplinarily with other project participants in studies and publications.
Applicants are required to upload/attach a research proposal (hf.uio.no) stating research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches.
Deadline : 25th May 2026
About The University of Oslo, Norway – Official Website
The University of Oslo, until 1939 named the Royal Frederick University is the oldest university in Norway, located in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Until 1 January 2016 it was the largest Norwegian institution of higher education in terms of size, now surpassed only by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked it the 58th best university in the world and the third best in the Nordic countries. In 2015, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it the 135th best university in the world and the seventh best in the Nordics. While in its 2016, Top 200 Rankings of European universities, the Times Higher Education listed the University of Oslo at 63rd, making it the highest ranked Norwegian university.
The university has approximately 27,700 students and employs around 6,000 people. Its faculties include (Lutheran) theology (with the Lutheran Church of Norway having been Norway’s state church since 1536), law, medicine, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, dentistry, and education. The university’s original neoclassical campus is located in the centre of Oslo; it is currently occupied by the Faculty of Law. Most of the university’s other faculties are located at the newer Blindern campus in the suburban West End. The Faculty of Medicine is split between several university hospitals in the Oslo area. The university also includes some formally independent, affiliated institutes such as the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), NKVTS and the Frisch Centre.
The university was founded in 1811 and was modeled after the University of Copenhagen and the recently established University of Berlin. It was originally named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and received its current name in 1939. The university is informally also known as Universitetet (“the university”), having been the only university in Norway, until 1946 and was commonly termed “The Royal Frederick’s” (Det Kgl. Frederiks), before the name change.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in the university’s Atrium, from 1947 to 1989 and will be so again in 2020, making it the only university in the world to be involved in awarding a Nobel Prize. Since 2003, the Abel Prize is awarded in the Atrium. Five researchers affiliated with the university have been Nobel laureates.
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