Announcing PhD position in Russian Linguistics - University of Bergen

[Ingunn Lunde]

PhD position at the University of Bergen
Application deadline: 15 February 2013
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=88628

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PhD Research Fellowship in Russian linguistics
A PhD fellowship in Russian linguistics is available at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen starting from August 2013 or as soon as possible.
 
About the position
The fellowship is awarded for a period of four years, provided progress is satisfactory. The research and educational part of the fellowship is 75%, while the last 25% is dedicated to teaching and/or other obligations. An agreement concerning the actual work load must be made with the department at the time of employment.
 
The successful applicant will be expected to relocate to the University of Bergen and conform to the regulations that apply to the positions.
 
Qualification requirements
Applicants must meet the formal requirements for admission to the PhD programme at the University of Bergen. The University requires a master’s degree in Russian linguistics or the equivalent of this (i.e. 3 years bachelor and 2 years master, 300 ECTS altogether). Applicants must have completed their master’s degree at the time of application.
 
The Fellowship’s main goal is to lead to a PhD degree, which qualifies for independent research activities, and for other work that requires particular competence.
 
Salary
Salary will be in accordance with level 50 (code 1017/frame 20.8) on the Norwegian government salary scale, currently NOK 416.300 gross p.a. following ordinary meriting regulations. A compulsory 2 % contribution to the State Pension Fund (Statens pensjonskasse) will be deducted from gross salary.
 
Additional information
Further information about this fellowship can be obtained from Research Coordinator Margareth Hagen, e-mail:
margareth.hagen at if.uib.no or tel: +47 55 58 93 77, or from the department’s research officer Jan A. Johansen, e-mail: jan.johansen at if.uib.no or tel: +47 55 58 93 78. See also the homepage of the department, www.uib.no/fremmedsprak.
 
Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the assessment committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.
 
State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. We have therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the positions.
 
The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to academic positions. Information about the applicant may be made public even though the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. In such cases the applicant will be notified.
 
How to apply for the job
Please apply electronically via the link “APPLY FOR THIS JOB”. The following information must be enclosed (please upload in pdf or word format):
 
1. Dissertation proposal, maximum 5 pages
2. A time schedule for the completion of your project
3. A bibliography connected to the planned PhD research project
4. A short summary of the master thesis (max 3 pages)
5. Copies of higher education certificates and diplomas
6. List of academic publications (if any)
 
Copies of higher education certificates and diplomas must be accompanied by a translation into English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish if not written in any of these languages.
 
Applicants are asked to follow the steps as described in the Guidelines for Electronic Applications at the Faculty of Humanities: https://www.uib.no/hf/artikler/2009/04/veiledning-for-sokere-til-stipendiatsoknader.
 
Academic publications (if any) should be sent in triplicate, fully inventoried and sorted into 3 identical bundles, by ordinary mail to: the University of Bergen, The Department of Foreign Languages, P.O. Box 7805, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
 
Application deadline: 15 February 2013
Reference no.: 12/13161



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Ingunn Lunde
Professor of Russian
Department of Foreign Languages
University of Bergen
Professor II, University of Tromsø
http://www.uib.no/rg/future_r/contact-us/people/ingunn-lunde







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