Ph.D Fellowship in risk analysis and game theory

The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a Ph.D fellowship in risk analysis and game theory at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Safety, Economics and Planning.

This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development leading to a doctoral degree.

The appointment is for three years, with six months of PhD courses and research duties exclusively.

The research fellowship will finance a PhD project within risk analysis and game theory. The applicant may choose whether or not to submit a proposal for a possible doctoral project. Possible topics and project description can be obtained by contacting the responsible contact person listed below. The project should be both empirical and theoretical.

Project proposal
As an applicant, you may prepare a preliminary project proposal for a doctoral project within the subject area, which explains the problem, relevance, theoretical and methodological approach. Your preliminary project proposal will be included in the application assessment. During the first three months of the employment period, the project proposal will be further developed in cooperation with your supervisors and completed for the final project description.

Application
To apply for this position please follow the link "Apply for this job". Register your application and CV including relevant education and work experience. In your application letter you must show your research interests and motivation to apply for the position.

The following documents must be uploaded as attachments to your application in separate files:

- project proposal
- certificates/diplomas
- references
- list of publications
- other documentation that you consider relevant

Application deadline: 26th April 2020

The documentation must be available in either a Scandinavian language or in English. If the total size of the attachments exceeds 30 MB, they must be compressed before upload. Information and documentation to be taken into account in the assessment must be submitted within the application dealine.

Please note that information on applicants may be published even if the applicant has requested not to be included in the official list of applicants - see Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act.

UiS only considers applications and attachments registered in JobbNorge.