Center of Excellence

The EDDA Research Center at the University of Iceland seeks to hire a Ph.D. researcher in the Humanities and/or Social Sciences as part of its participation in the Nordic Excellence Hub “Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World” (ReNEW). The doctoral project should be on a topic related to Nationalist and Populist Discourses in the Nordic Countries and contribute to the research programs of EDDA and ReNEW. The aim is to improve understanding of the five Nordic countries within a global context and from historical and/or contemporary perspectives. ReNEW Ph.D. fellows are expected to conduct a research period at one of the partner universities and attend relevant meetings and courses.

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The EDDA Research Center at the University of Iceland seeks to hire a Ph.D. researcher in the Humanities and/or Social Sciences as part of its participation in the Nordic Excellence Hub “Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World” (ReNEW). The doctoral project should be on a topic related to the Nordic Countries, China, and the Arctic and contribute to the research programs of EDDA and ReNEW. The aim is to improve understanding of the five Nordic countries within a global context and from historical and/or contemporary perspectives.

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The EDDA Research Center at the University of Iceland seeks to hire a post-doctoral researcher in the Humanities and/or Social Sciences as part of its participation in the Nordic Excellence Hub “Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World” (ReNEW). The post-doctoral researcher will conduct a study on a topic related to Gender-Based Violence within the Context of Nordic Political and Legal Cultures, which will contribute to the research programs of EDDA and ReNEW. The aim is to improve understanding of the five Nordic countries within a global context and from historical and/or contemporary perspectives.

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The EDDA Research Center in Critical Contemporary Research at the University of Iceland invites proposals for an international conference—to be held in Reykjavik on 19–20 October 2018—on emergency politics from historical and contemporary perspectives. It aims to bring together scholars in diverse academic fields and working within different thematic and national paradigms to explore “states of exception.”

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Södertörn University welcomes PhD-proposals in Gender Studies and history to be carried out within the international multi-sited and interdisciplinary PhD programme of “Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World (ReNEW): An Excellence Hub in Research, Education and Public Outreach”.

i. Information about the Studentship in Gender Studies 

ii. Information about the Studentship in History

Application deadline: 15 February 2018 at 11:59 pm.

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