{"data":{"id":166790,"slug":"postdoktor-i-arbetsvetenskap-med-fokus-pa-genus-organisation-och-beredskap","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Work Science with Focus on Gender, Organization, and Preparedness","description":"Do you want to develop your research and teaching in an environment where collaboration with industry and society is a natural part of the work? With us, you will work with engaged colleagues, have access to modern research infrastructure, and good opportunities to attract external funding. You will have the space to make a real difference for your students, your research, and society at large.\n\nThe Work Science subject area at Lule\u00e5 University of Technology is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for an exciting research environment focused on conditions and prerequisites for a sustainable working life. The position is linked to a research project on gender, organization, and preparedness, with a particular focus on the metal and mineral industry.\n\nAs a postdoctoral researcher in Work Science, you will be part of a research group in a dynamic research environment in close collaboration with industry and universities around the world. Work Science at Lule\u00e5 University of Technology was established in 1974 and currently has 24 employees conducting research and education in both social and technical fields. Our research is highly interdisciplinary with close collaboration between engineers and social scientists. The research is often needs-driven, conducted in the workplace, and in collaboration with actors in the surrounding society \u2013 manufacturing companies, service companies, labor market parties, and other organizations and actors in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. We have projects in, for example, industry (mining, forestry, steel, construction), health and healthcare, schools, and retail. Organizationally, the Work Science subject area is part of the Human & Technology division, which is part of the Department of Business, Technology, Arts and Society at Lule\u00e5 University of Technology. More information about us can be found on our website http:\/\/www.ltu.se\/arbetsvetenskap.\n\nAs a postdoctoral researcher, you will have good conditions to, over two years, qualify yourself primarily scientifically but also pedagogically within our subject area.\n\nSubject Description\nWork Science encompasses research on work environment, technology and production systems, work organization, and other societal processes and environments based on people's conditions and needs to create safe and attractive work and socially sustainable development in working life, industry, and society.\n\nProject Description\nAs a postdoctoral researcher, you will primarily work within the research project Personnel Vulnerability and Organizational Resilience \u2013 Resilient Metal and Mineral Supply for Strengthened Preparedness. The project examines preparedness in working life and organizations, with a particular focus on the metal and mineral industry's ability to maintain operations during crises and war. Based on work science and gender studies perspectives, the study examines how work organization, skills provision, and personal and organizational dependencies affect operational preparedness and resilience. Special attention is paid to how gender structures in working life and organizations can affect vulnerability and capacity under changed conditions. The project is carried out in close collaboration with actors in the metal and mineral industry and combines scientific knowledge development with practice-oriented research. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will have the opportunity to develop your own research within the project's overarching themes while also contributing to work science research on gender, organization, and preparedness.\n\nJob Responsibilities\nThe job responsibilities as a postdoctoral researcher consist mainly of research, which includes collaboration with the surrounding society, research communication, publishing scientific articles in international research journals, and similar activities. In addition to the project, you are expected to contribute to the work science department's other research and education on a gender studies basis. This could include, for example, joint analyses and scientific publications, development of new research questions and research applications, and participation in the research environment's seminars and other activities. Teaching and pedagogical development work may be included in the job responsibilities corresponding to 20 percent of working time.\n\nQualifications\nTo be eligible for employment, a doctoral degree or equivalent foreign degree in work science or another social science subject with relevance to the research direction of the position is required. It is meritorious if your degree was awarded at most three years before the application deadline for this position. If there are special reasons, it may be possible to consider a doctoral degree awarded earlier, for example, in connection with various types of statutory leave.\n\nFor this specific position, the following qualifications are required in addition to the above:\ndocumented experience of research relevant to working life and organization,\nknowledge of gender studies theories and perspectives and experience in applying these in research,\nability to independently plan, conduct, analyze, and publish scientific research,\ngood ability to collaborate with other researchers and with actors outside academia.\n\nFurthermore, it is meritorious if you have knowledge of or experience in one or more of the following areas:\nknowledge of preparedness and civil defense with relevance to working life and organization\ngender-segregated and male-dominated work organizations and industries, the metal and mineral industry, or other male-dominated work organizations and industries\n\nInformation\nFor this position, a full-time employment of two years applies with a possible opportunity for extension for an additional year. Place of work: Lule\u00e5. Start date as soon as possible.\n\nFor each position, a preliminary https:\/\/www.ltu.se\/om-universitetet\/arbeta-hos-oss\/att-soka-en-anstallning#h-Informationomlonetransparens is stated, based on the position's requirements, responsibilities, and market conditions.\n\nFor further information, you are welcome to contact:\nProject Leader, Assistant Professor Kristina Johansson, +46 920 49 29 43, mailto:kristina.johansson@ltu.se\nDepartment Head J\u00f6rgen Normark, +46 920 49 1480, mailto:jorgen.normark@ltu.se\n\nhttps:\/\/www.ltu.se\/om-universitetet\/arbeta-hos-oss\/att-soka-en-anstallning#h-Fackligakontaktpersoner\n\nApplication\nWe prefer that you apply for the position using the application button below, where you attach a personal letter, CV\/credentials, and copies of verified diplomas. Please mark your application with the reference number below. Both the application and diplomas must be written in Swedish or English.\n\nApplication Deadline: September 11, 2026\nReference Number: 4418-2026","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor i arbetsvetenskap med fokus p\u00e5 genus, organisation och beredskap","description_original":"Vill du utveckla din forskning och undervisning i en milj\u00f6 d\u00e4r samverkan med industri och samh\u00e4lle \u00e4r en sj\u00e4lvklarhet? Hos oss f\u00e5r du arbeta med engagerade kollegor, tillg\u00e5ng till modern forskningsinfrastruktur och goda m\u00f6jligheter att attrahera extern finansiering. Du ges utrymme att g\u00f6ra verklig skillnad f\u00f6r dina studenter, din forskning och samh\u00e4llet i stort.\nForsknings\u00e4mnet Arbetsvetenskap vid Lule\u00e5 tekniska universitet s\u00f6ker en postdoktor till en sp\u00e4nnande forskningsmilj\u00f6 med fokus p\u00e5 villkor och f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r ett h\u00e5llbart arbetsliv. Anst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r knuten till ett forskningsprojekt om genus, organisation och beredskap, med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 metall- och mineralindustrin.\n\u00a0\nSom postdoktor vid Arbetsvetenskap kommer du att tillh\u00f6ra en forskargrupp i en dynamisk forskarmilj\u00f6 i n\u00e4ra samarbete med industrin och universitet v\u00e4rlden \u00f6ver. Arbetsvetenskap vid Lule\u00e5 tekniska universitet etablerades 1974 och har idag 24 anst\u00e4llda som bedriver forskning och utbildning inom b\u00e5de samh\u00e4lleliga och tekniska omr\u00e5den. V\u00e5r forskning \u00e4r i h\u00f6g grad tv\u00e4rvetenskaplig och vi har ett n\u00e4ra samarbete mellan ingenj\u00f6rer och samh\u00e4llsvetare. Forskningen \u00e4r ofta behovsmotiverad, bedrivs arbetsplatsn\u00e4ra och i samarbete med akt\u00f6rer i det omgivande samh\u00e4llet \u2013 tillverkande f\u00f6retag, tj\u00e4nstef\u00f6retag, arbetsmarknadens parter och andra organisationer och akt\u00f6rer inom privat, offentlig och ideell sektor. Vi har projekt inom exempelvis industri (gruva, skog, st\u00e5l, bygg), h\u00e4lsa- och sjukv\u00e5rd, skola och detaljhandeln. Organisatoriskt \u00e4r forsknings\u00e4mnet Arbetsvetenskap en del av avdelningen M\u00e4nniska & teknik som \u00e4r en del av institutionen Ekonomi, teknik, konst och samh\u00e4lle vid Lule\u00e5 tekniska universitet. Mer information om oss hittar du p\u00e5 v\u00e5r websida http:\/\/www.ltu.se\/arbetsvetenskap.\n\u00a0\nSom postdoktor kommer du att f\u00e5 goda f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar att under tv\u00e5 \u00e5r meritera dig framf\u00f6rallt vetenskapligt men \u00e4ven pedagogiskt inom v\u00e5rt forsknings\u00e4mne.\n\u00a0\n\u00c4mnesbeskrivning\nArbetsvetenskap omfattar forskning om arbetsmilj\u00f6, teknik- och produktionssystem, arbetsorganisation och andra samh\u00e4lleliga processer och milj\u00f6er utifr\u00e5n m\u00e4nniskors f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar och behov f\u00f6r att skapa s\u00e4kra och attraktiva arbeten och socialt h\u00e5llbar utveckling i arbetsliv, industri och samh\u00e4lle.\n\u00a0\nProjektbeskrivning\nSom postdoktor kommer du huvudsakligen att arbeta inom forskningsprojektet Personell s\u00e5rbarhet och organisatorisk motst\u00e5ndskraft \u2013 Resilient metall- och mineralf\u00f6rs\u00f6rjning f\u00f6r st\u00e4rkt beredskap. Projektet unders\u00f6ker beredskap i arbetsliv och organisationer, med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 metall- och mineralindustrins f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att uppr\u00e4tth\u00e5lla verksamhet vid kris och krig. Med utg\u00e5ngspunkt i arbetsvetenskapliga och genusvetenskapliga perspektiv studeras hur arbetsorganisation, kompetensf\u00f6rs\u00f6rjning och personella och organisatoriska beroenden p\u00e5verkar verksamheters beredskap och motst\u00e5ndskraft. S\u00e4rskild uppm\u00e4rksamhet riktas mot hur k\u00f6nsstrukturer i arbetsliv och organisation kan p\u00e5verka s\u00e5rbarhet och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga under f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrade f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden. Projektet genomf\u00f6rs i n\u00e4ra samverkan med akt\u00f6rer inom metall- och mineralindustrin och kombinerar vetenskaplig kunskapsutveckling med praktikn\u00e4ra forskning. Som postdoktor f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att utveckla egen forskning inom projektets \u00f6vergripande tematik och samtidigt bidra till arbetsvetenskaplig forskning om genus, organisation och beredskap.\n\u00a0\nArbetsuppgifter\nArbetsuppgifterna f\u00f6r dig som postdoktor \u00e4r i huvudsak forskning och h\u00e4r ing\u00e5r samverkan med omgivande samh\u00e4lle, forskningskommunikation, publicera vetenskapliga artiklar i internationella forskningstidskrifter och liknande. Ut\u00f6ver projektet f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas du \u00e4ven bidra till arbetsvetenskaps \u00f6vriga forskning och utbildning p\u00e5 genusvetenskaplig grund. Det kan exempelvis handla om gemensamma analyser och vetenskapliga publikationer, utveckling av nya forskningsfr\u00e5gor och forskningsans\u00f6kningar samt medverkan i forskningsmilj\u00f6ns seminarier och andra aktiviteter. Undervisning och pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete kan ing\u00e5 i arbetsuppgifterna motsvarande 20 procent av arbetstiden.\n\u00a0\nKvalifikationer\nF\u00f6r att vara beh\u00f6rig f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning kr\u00e4vs doktorsexamen eller motsvarande utl\u00e4ndsk examen inom arbetsvetenskap eller annat samh\u00e4llsvetenskapligt \u00e4mne med relevans f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningens forskningsinriktning. Det \u00e4r meriterande om din examen \u00e4r avlagd h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r f\u00f6re sista ans\u00f6kningsdag f\u00f6r denna anst\u00e4llning. Om det finns s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l kan den komma ifr\u00e5ga som avlagt doktorsexamen tidigare, exempelvis vid olika typer av lagstadgade ledigheter.\nF\u00f6r den specifika anst\u00e4llningen kr\u00e4vs ut\u00f6ver det f\u00f6ljande kvalifikationer:\ndokumenterad erfarenhet av forskning med relevans f\u00f6r arbetsliv och organisation,\nkunskap om genusvetenskapliga teorier och perspektiv och erfarenhet av att till\u00e4mpa dessa i forskning,\nf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt planera, genomf\u00f6ra, analysera och publicera vetenskaplig forskning,\ngod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att samarbeta med andra forskare och med akt\u00f6rer utanf\u00f6r akademin.\n\nVidare \u00e4r det meriterande om du har kunskap om eller erfarenhet av ett eller flera av f\u00f6ljande omr\u00e5den:\nkunskap om beredskap och totalf\u00f6rsvar med relevans f\u00f6r arbetsliv och organisation\nk\u00f6nssegregerade och mansdominerade arbetsorganisationer och branscher, metall- och mineralindustrin eller andra mansdominerade arbetsorganisationer och branscher\n\n\u00a0\nInformation\nF\u00f6r denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00e4ller en anst\u00e4llningstid p\u00e5 heltid under tv\u00e5 \u00e5r med eventuell m\u00f6jlighet till f\u00f6rl\u00e4ngning ytterligare ett \u00e5r. Tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ringsort Lule\u00e5. Tilltr\u00e4de snarast.\n\u00a0\nF\u00f6r varje tj\u00e4nst anges ett prelimin\u00e4rt https:\/\/www.ltu.se\/om-universitetet\/arbeta-hos-oss\/att-soka-en-anstallning#h-Informationomlonetransparens som baseras p\u00e5 befattningens krav, ansvar och marknadsl\u00e4ge.\n\u00a0\nF\u00f6r ytterligare information \u00e4r du v\u00e4lkommen att kontakta:\nProjektledare bitr\u00e4dande professor Kristina Johansson, +46 920 49 29 43, mailto:kristina.johansson@ltu.se\nAvdelningschef J\u00f6rgen Normark, +46 920 49 1480, mailto:jorgen.normark@ltu.se\n\u00a0\nhttps:\/\/www.ltu.se\/om-universitetet\/arbeta-hos-oss\/att-soka-en-anstallning#h-Fackligakontaktpersoner\n\u00a0\nAns\u00f6kan\nVi ser helst att du s\u00f6ker befattningen via ans\u00f6kningsknappen nedan d\u00e4r du bifogar personligt brev samt CV\/meritf\u00f6rteckning och kopior av verifierade examensbevis. Var v\u00e4nlig och m\u00e4rk din ans\u00f6kan med referensnumret nedan. B\u00e5de ans\u00f6kan och examensbevis ska vara skrivna p\u00e5 svenska eller engelska.\n\u00a0\nSista ans\u00f6kningsdag: 11 september 2026\nReferensnummer: 4418-2026","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":null,"full_address":null,"city":"Lule\u00e5","country":"SE","latitude":65.6152976,"longitude":22.0451587},"metadata":{"region":"Norrbottens l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"LULE\u00c5 TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET","postcode":"97187","positions":1,"profession":"Postdoktor\/Postdoc","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.ltu.se\/","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","employment_type":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Lule\u00e5 tekniska universitet - Platsbanken","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"+46 920 49 29 43","owner_email":"kristina.johansson@ltu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-21T16:17:27+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-11T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-22T03:23:06+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-22T04:00:11+00:00"}}