Postdoc and Research Positions at Stockholm University, Sweden, the natural sciences and the humanities/social sciences
| Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science, focus Global Development The position entails research, teaching and examination on the undergraduate and advanced level in Political Science, especially on global development, international and comparative politics with a focus on Asia. The tasks also include developing courses and course materials, especially within the Master’s program in political science with a focus on global Asian studies. The applicant will also actively participate in the Centre for Global Asian Studies’ activities. | 12/09/2022 |
| Professor in Child and Youth Studies, focus Preschool The main duties are to conduct independent research, to contribute to the development of the department’s research culture with a focus on preschool didactics, to initiate and organize research projects, to teach and supervise at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels, to develop the degree programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels as well as to contribute to the departmental collaboration with the wider society. The employment also includes management and administrative assignments. | 05/09/2022 |
| Researcher in Marine Molecular Ecotoxicology (temporary employment) The position involves analysis of meiofauna and microbial data obtained from laboratory experiments with Oskarshamn sediment. The candidates should have previous strong experience in molecular ecology, metabarcoding, high throughput sequencing, bioinformatic, data analyses and writing. | 31/08/2022 |
| Researcher in Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment (temporary employment) The position involves 100 % research, with field and lab work and ERA risk calculations from previous and ongoing experiments. The candidate should have previous strong experience in sediment-ecotoxicology and ecology, ERA modelling, statistics and writing. | 31/08/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health Sciences The candidate is expected to conduct independent research within the framwork of one of the specializations in close collaboration with other researchers, with a focus on scientific analyssis and production of scentific articles. Presentation of research at national and international conferences is also included. Teaching opportunities at both undergraduate and advanced levels could be considered, should the candidate be interested. | 21/08/2022 |
| Laboratory Technician Main responsibilities Taking a leading role in the development and maintenance of a safe laboratory working environment Training of students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists in the preparation of environmental samples for trace analysis of organic contaminants Continuous development of laboratory skills to provide support in a research and teaching environment that is under constant development Preparation and management of laboratory risk assessments in collaboration with students and post-doctoral researchers Procurement and management of lab supplies and equipment (ie, solvents, disposable lab supplies, standards and reagents) Management and supervision of the activities of post-doctoral researchers and students in the lab, particularly with respect to safety Troubleshooting and maintenance of wet laboratory equipment Contributing to a good psychosocial work environment with a service-oriented attitude. | 19/08/2022 |
| Researcher in Fungal Genome Evolution The main responsibility is formulating research project, carrying out reseach and presenting the results in relevant fora. | 15/08/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Fungal Genome Evolution (temporary employment) The main responsibility is formulating research project, carrying out reseach and presenting the results in relevant fora. | 15/08/2022 |
| Assistant Professor in Materials Chemistry towards Nanoporous Materials (WISE Fellow) Research and in addition some teaching and supervision. | 15/08/2022 |
| Assistant Professor in Materials Chemistry towards Circular Materials and Processes (WISE Fellow) Research and in addition some teaching and supervision. | 15/08/2022 |
| Assistant Professor in organic synthesis towards sustainable heterogeneous catalysis (WISE Fellow) Main responsibilities Research and in addition some teaching and supervision. | 15/08/2022 |
| Associate Professor in Molecular Cell Biology with focus on Protein Biogenesis and Function Main responsibilities Research, teaching and supervision. | 09/08/2022 |
| Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Business Administration, focus Marketing The main duties of the holder of the position of Associate Senior Lecturer is to conduct teaching, supervision and research in marketing with a focus on marketing communication, advertising and PR. | 08/08/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Particle Physics The successful applicants to this position are expected to participate in our ATLAS data analysis efforts in the areas of supersymmetry and Higgs pair production, as well as other BSM searches related to third generation particles contribute to the activities in the flavour tagging and luminosity groups assist when necessary in the supervision of master students and PhD students primarily be based at the Department of Physics in Stockholm, but substantial presence at CERN can be discussed. | 31/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in the rEUsilience Project The postdoc is expected to bring along plans for their research within the scope of the role Stockholm University has in the rEUsilience project. The grant application is available upon request. The postdoc is further expected to collaborate with other project members, and contribute to predominantly quantitative analyses of the impact of social policy on family resilience. The postdoc will work with a wide variety of Eurostat micro-datasets, perform micro-simulations of social policy using EUROMOD. High-level research and publications in international scientific journals are expected. | 31/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Organic Chemistry and Catalysis The position involves research in the areas described above, as well as supervision of young students in the lab. The applicant will also be involved in the organization of the lab, revising risk assesments, and coordinating the supply of chemicals. The candidate will contribute with the mainteinance of instruments and other common tasks at the department. | 31/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Chemistry Chemical synthesis and chemical characterization. Detailed characterization and analyzes with IR and solid phase NMR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy may be important as well as studying colloidal and polymer properties. | 24/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral position on brain evolution and animal behaviour A postdoctoral research position focused on brain morphology evolution and behaviour is available in Niclas Kolm’s research group in the Department of Zoology at Stockholm University. The aim of the project is to investigate the evolutionary associations between brain morphology variation and behavioural variation at the individual level. To do this, the project will use three already established guppy (Poecilia reticulata) artificial selection lines with i) different brain size, ii) different shoaling behaviour and iii) different telencephalon size. Additional selection experiments are also possible depending on interest. Substantial infrastructures in the Department of Zoology allows multiple assays of cognitive abilities, mate choice, predator interactions, collective motion, physiology and brain and body morphology (the project has access to x-ray microscopy via a Zeiss versa 520) within the project. | 15/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Baltic Sea Research with focus on methane dynamics The PostDoc will join a research group that applies a unique methodological approach that combines CH4 modeling, in terms of both sediment reactive- transport modeling and Baltic-scale physical-biogeochemical modeling, with biogeochemical analysis including stable isotopes, geophysical methods and non-invasive measurements of CH4 distribution continuously in water column. The successful candidates will be expected to be active in numerical modelling, field and laboratory work, advise graduate students, and engage in inter-disciplinary research and public outreach. Comparative field studies at both Askö Laboratory (SU) and Tvärminne Zoological Station (HU) are expected. | 10/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in NonTarget Mass Spectrometry The postdoctoral fellow will be supervised by Professor Jonathan Martin and Dr. Stefano Papazian in the Exposure & Effects Unit, Department of ACES. The successful candidate will work primarily at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) with a diverse research group and in collaboration with the National Facility for Exposomics. A major responsibility will be to establish sample workflows and analytical conditions for sensitive contaminant detection and discovery using GC- and HPLC-Orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry. You will also have the responsibility to clean and prepare passive air samplers for deploying in homes across Europe, and with their subsequent extraction to support nontarget analysis (in house) and toxicological assays (by partners in the consortium). You will also participate in integrating the chemical and toxicological data in a virtual effects-directed analysis (vEDA), and prioritize unknown substances for MS/MS experiments and structural elucidation. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to plan, conduct, interpret and communicate the research and results. | 06/07/2022 |
| Researcher in Rangeland vegetation under pressure The position involves research on plant species level predictions using modelling approcaches. The reseacher should be familiar with quantitative data management, predictive modelling scenarios and/or GIS application. Data on climatic, environmental and human-induced stressors will be applied utilising remote sensing datasets. This position might involve a short travel and research stay in Tanzania if time and conditions (i.e., COVID-19 restrictions) allow but will mainly be focused on modelling at SU, and writing publications. | 04/07/2022 |
| Research Engineer in in situ sequencing (temporary employment) Main responsibilities The main responsibility of the role is to work on projects for external users, but the position also includes internal research and development. Wet lab work includes processing tissue samples, performing ISS library preparation and ISS cyclic detection, as well as handling sensitive instruments such as fluorescence microscopes and liquid handling robots. Office work includes image data processing/analysis and writing project reports. Depending on the background and interest of the applicant, more time can be spent on image data processing/analysis. | 04/07/2022 |
| Research assistant (temporary employment) Stockholm AGI Lab is an interdisciplinary research group that conducts research in the field of Artificial General Intelligence, a cross-disciplinary research subject in the intersection of artificial intelligence, computer science, psychology, robotics, and other disciplines. The lab is located in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University. As a research assistant you will work within the research project “Natural language understanding through visual grounding”, in close collaboration with the project leaders Patrick Hammer and Robert Johansson. The project is based on the Non-axiomatic Reasoning System (NARS) model and will use a software implementation such as OpenNARS for Applications (ONA). | 01/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Molecular Machines The main responsibility is to carry out research. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the department activities, through active participation in seminars, working groups, etc. | 01/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in numerical ice-sheet modelling The goal is to obtain improved knowledge of the northern sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s contribution to future sea-level rise. An important task for the candidate will be to set up the ISSM model for the North Greenland Ice Sheet, to and carry out simulations to quantify its global sea-level contributions while making optimal use of available field data constraints and available relevant model output for future climate scenarios. Results from the project work shall be disseminated through peer-reviewed research articles to be published in international scientific journals. The possibility of participating in the North of Greenland Expedition 2024 with Icebreaker Oden can be investigated, depending on the applicant’s qualifications, interests and results obtained during the first 1.5 years of the project. | 01/07/2022 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology Main responsibilities The work tasks mainly involves analysis and processing of neuroimaging data (Magnetic Resonance Imaging; functional and structural methods), psychophysiological data, and behavioral data and, as well as scientific writing. Work tasks also include project administration, such as documentation and data management. | 30/06/2022 |
| Postdoctoral fellow to FAIRTRANS We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work with us to develop new governance and management approaches for optimising the climate benefits of forestry and safeguard the resilience of these benefits. This research is truly interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary and the candidate should have previous experience of that. Research experience from forestry or climate is desirable but not mandatory. | 29/06/2022 |
| Researcher in the SPIN database The researcher is expected to take a leading role in managing the SPIN database, setting up new coding schemes, overseeing and actively participating in coding of tax/benefit systems, as well as supervising the transfer of the SPIN database to the DEMSCORE research infrastructure. The researcher is further expected to take a leading role in setting up the COMPLAB module within the DEMSCORE infrastructure. Besides SPIN data, the COMPLAB module includes data on environmental and migration policy hosted at other departments and universities. | 29/06/2022 |