Postdoctoral Fellowship (07) at NTNU, Norway

The Department of Historical Sciences at the Faculty of Humanity offers an exciting 4-year postdoctoral position that gives you the opportunity to develop a strong profile as researcher. The 4-year postdoctoral fellowship is associated with a European Research Council/Horizon Europe research project, entitled “BLOCKADE: The Hidden Weapon. Blockade in the Era of the Two Worlds”. The project explores the impact and legacy of the (sea) blockades during and after both world wars and is undertaken by international teams in four locations, including at NTNU, the University of Freiburg, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Hamburg. The purpose of the postdoctoral position is for the employee to build up a researcher profile and competence that qualifies the person to apply for a position as associate professor.

The postdoctoral researcher will focus on the work package Blockade measures and their effectiveness. Based on a dataset of monthly German import data in World War II, which has been disaggregated into about 1,000 different import categories, the postdoctoral researcher will investigate whether and to what extent the various blockade measures used by the blockaders, such as classifying various goods as contraband and applying diplomatic pressure, were actually effective in Europe. To this end, the postdoc will use econometric methods, such as those that have been successfully applied to similar trade datasets. The postdoc will also examine to which extent these results deviate or match the wartime assessments of the blockaders.

The postdoctoral fellow is encouraged to develop their own approach to these questions. The work package is one of six positions across the four BLOCKADE locations that should speak to the theme of ‘Integration/disintegration’, exploring the short- and long-term integrative and disintegrative effects of blockades with regard to markets, wartime societies and the international order. The team members will work together across locations to build a rich primary source base for BLOCKADE.

The Department of Economics is seeking a committed, curious, and ambitious person to work on the recently awarded Norwegian Research Council project EduGAP. This position is as a three-year Postdoctoral Fellow.

The project aims to provide causal evidence on the impact of assessment forms on student choices and outcomes, both during schooling, into higher education, and throughout the life course. The project position will be supervised by Professor Colin Green (Department of Economics) and Dr. Jon Marius Vaag Iversen (NTNU Samfunnsforskning & Department of Economics). We are looking for a candidate who wishes to conduct research in applied microeconometrics with a focus on education and labour economics. This project is a collaboration with the University College London and University of Texas-Austin. In addition to providing a range of opportunities to interact with leading international researchers, there will be opportunities to visit these institutions.

We seek an applicant with a PhD in economics. We particularly encourage applicants with a background in applied microeconomics who have a desire to work on policy relevant research in the economics of education.

The Department of Economics aims to conduct research at a high international level, and you will become part of an ambitious and inclusive academic work environment, consisting of 26 academic staff, 700 students and three administrative staff.

We have a vacancy for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 

The purpose of a postdoctoral position is to build up a researcher profile that qualifies for a position as associate professor. The position may also offer additional skills that are relevant to the postdoctoral fellow’s future career.

The Department of Mathematical Sciences wants to support an excellent and highly motivated candidate within any of the Department’s main research disciplines; please see https://www.ntnu.edu/imf/research/ for an overview

Are you ready to take your research career to the next level in a leading, internationally oriented AI research environment? We offer an exciting 3-year postdoctoral position connected to the to the KnoWare project (Knowledge awareness for emerging capabilities and risks in GPAI), a Horizon Europe initiative aimed at reframing how we forecast and assess the capabilities and risks of advanced AI systems.

The purpose of a postdoctoral position is to build up a researcher profile that qualifies for a position as associate professor. The position may also offer additional skills that are relevant to the postdoctoral fellow’s future career.

The position offers substantial opportunities for international collaboration, high-impact publications, industrial engagement, and contribution to policy-relevant research on trustworthy and responsible AI. The postdoctoral fellow will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science and affiliated with the Information Systems and Human–Computer Interaction (ISCHI) research group. 

The Department of Biology (IBI) has a vacant 3- year postdoctoral (PD) position for a marine phytoplankton ecologist in the Marine Sciences section at Trondhjem biologiske stasjon (TBS). The position is part of a NTNU well-known niche nationally using enabling technology for research and education of algal (phytoplankton, ice algae, macroalgae) dynamics to provide knowledge needed for better ecosystem function and management. 

The overarching aim of the Marine Sciences section is focused on sustainable management, production, and utilization of biological marine resources. The position will be important in utilizing the momentum in educating the next generation for Arctic research to strengthen research, education, and innovation in marine sciences at NTNU. It will contribute within the national project on the Arctic Ocean 2050 (PH2050). Cross-disciplinary activities will be designed in marine primary production and biodiversity using new monitoring tools available for 18 research partner institutions. This position is expected to contribute to the collection and analysis of data from advanced sensors attached to moorings and robotic platforms operating in space, air, sea surface and/or underwater for the study of marine phytoplankton, such as the Observation Pyramid (OP). We ask for a candidate with expertise in the collection and analysis of data from in situ sensors on different instrument-carrying platforms in Arctic environments, collected over different time and space scales, related to phytoplankton biomass, biodiversity, primary production and function as core themes.

The hired candidate will be able to join a dynamic, cross-disciplinary team that is working on the development of new techniques to provide ecological information needed for enhanced environmental monitoring. We are looking for a candidate who can create synergies with the 18 partners in PH2050, including several departments at NTNU.  Collaboration with colleagues at the Departments of Biology, Marine Technology, Engineering Cybernetics and Chemistry are highly relevant. The employed candidate will be a member of the Marine Sciences section team based at TBS, with teaching and research activities in this area. The department is hosting the Master-program in Ocean Resources (MSOCEAN), designed to give students a broad understanding of the interactions in the marine sector across fields of marine ecology and enabling technology.