Linnaeus University is a modern, international university with Småland as its base and the world as its stage. We combine curiosity, creativity and utility with an entrepreneurial thinking in education and research. Seeing possibilities and believing in the future is part of what we do every day.

We now strengthen our prominent research by recruiting 21 postdoctoral fellows.

The Department of Education is part of the Faculty of Social Science. The research activities within Studies in Curriculum, Teaching and Evaluation (SITE) are rooted in social theory, oriented towards meaning and communication including both its foundational epistemic assumptions and empirical implications. Research includes study of educational reforms in international contexts, for example curriculum discourse formation, the processes by which curriculum is developed, and how it is transformed in pedagogical practices within national education systems and traditions. In a time of travelling reforms, borrowing and lending, comparative studies have been brought to the fore within the field of curriculum studies.

The research group seeks one postdoctoral researcher in education, with research experience in curriculum and policy research from a transnational perspective. The postdoctoral fellowship will be connected to the research group SITE.

Field of subject for the position

Education

Placement

Växjö or Kalmar 

Extent and period

The basis for a postdoctoral position is 100% employment at a maximum of two years.

Context of position

Comparative studies in education are transnational in orientation. The focus of the Posdoctoral fellowship project will be on understanding local educational policy contexts against a backdrop of larger transnational or global policy developments. The purpose of the project is to contribute theoretically and methodologically to the field of comparative studies on education in general, and curriculum research more specifically.

Besides participation in the SITE seminars, the postdoctoral researcher is expected to actively participate in the department's environment and network both internally and externally.

20 % of the work concernsteaching and tutoring at the undergraduate and graduate level, mainly at the Department of Education. 

Qualification requirements

Applicants should have a doctoral degree in in Education, Pedagogy or equivalent (no older than 3 years prior to the deadline for this application). Applicants should not previously have been employed as a postdoctoral fellow for more than a year in the same or related subject area at Linnaeus University.

A requirement is that the researcher has a successful track record of curriculum and/or policy research on education reforms, combined with deep knowledge of the transnational policy cooperation within international organizations such as the OECD and the EU concerning education policy.           

Assessment criteria

The overall assessment is focused on the applicant's potential for a successful career as a teacher and researcher.

Of particular importance is documented experience of research in comparative curriculum studies.

The work is performed in a research group why teamwork and flexibility is deemed to be of great importance.

Good knowledge of English is a prerequisite for the position.

Other criteria

The purpose of the postdoctoral project is to deepen and strengthen the research competence in comparative policy and curriculum research in the SITE research group; therefore it is important that the researcher is willing to work closely and integrated with o

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