{"data":{"id":151068,"slug":"postdoktor-i-genusvetenskap-med-utbildningsvetenskaplig-inriktning","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender Studies with Educational Science Focus","description":"Position Responsibilities\nThe postdoctoral fellow will conduct independent research in gender studies with an educational science focus on the theme: Youth, Violence, and Gender in Schools.\nSchools play a central role in efforts to promote safety, democratic values, and gender equality. Issues of violence in young people's close relationships, honor-related violence, youth perpetration of violence, and recruitment into criminal environments underscore schools' responsibility as learning environments and social arenas. Against the backdrop of increasing polarization and the report Schools Against Crime (SOU 2024:14), we aim to strengthen research on violence, safety, and gender in school environments. Research might address, for example, how issues of violence, safety, and vulnerability are shaped in relation to norms, gender relations, and schools' values-based work. Critical perspectives on norm-criticism, safety, and inclusion in school environments are also relevant within the scope of this call's theme.\nThe research must be described by the applicant in a research plan submitted with the application for the position. As a postdoctoral fellow, you are also expected to contribute to the unit's shared research environment and to participate in and support a pedagogical environment. Teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and advanced levels, and possibly doctoral level, as well as certain other research-related administrative tasks may comprise up to 20% of your working time.\nThe position is at Ume\u00e5 Centre for Gender Studies but also aims to strengthen educational science research across Ume\u00e5 University. As a postdoctoral fellow, you will actively contribute to the interdisciplinary career program for newly graduated doctors that the School of Education runs.\nThere are also opportunities for collaboration with other research environments at the university, for example in pedagogy, didactics, and social work, as well as with researchers working on issues of violence, safety, and gender.\nQualifications\nApplicants must hold a doctoral degree in gender studies, in educational science with a gender focus, or in another closely related subject area deemed relevant to the research conducted at Ume\u00e5 Centre for Gender Studies and to this call's theme. Those with foreign degrees assessed as equivalent to the above may also be considered qualified. To be eligible for appointment as a postdoctoral fellow, applicants must have completed their doctoral degree by the time the appointment decision is made. You must not have previously been employed as a postdoctoral fellow for more than one year in the same or a related subject area at Ume\u00e5 University to be eligible.\nFirst priority will be given to those who completed their doctorate within three years before the application deadline. If special circumstances exist, those who completed their doctorate earlier may be considered. Special circumstances include leave due to illness, parental leave, clinical service, positions of trust within labor organizations, or similar circumstances.\nApplicants must be able to express themselves well in English, both orally and in writing. Good proficiency in Swedish, both orally and in writing, is desirable.\nEvaluation Criteria\nWe welcome applicants who conduct or have conducted research on violence, safety, gender, and norms relevant to school environments and educational science questions. Research employing norm-critical or critically analytical perspectives on schools' values-based work, safety, and inclusion is also relevant to this call.\nThe most important evaluation criterion is the contribution to the research field as described in the applicant's research plan and previous scientific output. The ability to conduct independent research and to participate in research collaborations are also important qualifications.\nTeaching forms part of the position, and documented experience in teaching at the undergraduate and advanced levels, as well as university pedagogical training, is therefore desirable. Since the main part of the postdoctoral appointment consists of independent research, scientific competence weighs more heavily than pedagogical and educational competence in assessing applicants' qualifications.\nOther evaluation criteria include strong collaborative skills and other qualities deemed necessary for successfully carrying out the position's responsibilities.\nAbout the Position\nThe position is at Ume\u00e5 Centre for Gender Studies at Ume\u00e5 University, with work location in Ume\u00e5. Regular presence at the workplace is expected, as is active participation and engagement in the unit's activities.\nThe position is a fixed-term, full-time appointment for two years. The appointment includes independent research for at least 80% of working time. Start date: December 1, 2026, or by agreement.\nApplication\nApplications must be written in Swedish or English and include the following documents:\nCover letter with a brief description of your qualifications, scientific interests, and motivation for applying for the position (max two pages)\nCV\/list of merits\nMaximum 3 scientific publications\nAuthenticated copies of transcripts and degree certificates\nResearch plan (max 2,500 words) describing the research you plan to conduct on the theme: Youth, Violence, and Gender in Schools within the scope of the appointment\nContact information for at least two references\nAny other merits you wish to mention\n\nApplications are submitted through our recruitment system Varbi. The application deadline is August 30, 2026.\nFor further information, contact Director \u00c5sa Karlsson Sj\u00f6gren, asa.karlsson.sjogren@umu.se, +46 90 786 62 48\nWe welcome your application!\nAbout Ume\u00e5 Centre for Gender Studies\nUme\u00e5 Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS) is one of Sweden's largest gender studies environments. It serves as a gathering place for gender studies\/gender research and education with a gender focus at Ume\u00e5 University. UCGS offers gender studies education at all levels, from undergraduate and advanced levels to doctoral studies. The research environment is vibrant and creative: it promotes cross-sectional collaboration and scientific partnerships and actively works to address current societal challenges through knowledge development and education.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor i genusvetenskap med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nDen som anst\u00e4lls som postdoktor kommer att bedriva egen forskning inom omr\u00e5det genusvetenskap med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning p\u00e5 temat:\u00a0Unga, v\u00e5ld och genus i skolan.\nSkolan har en central roll i arbetet med trygghet, demokratiska v\u00e4rden och j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet. Fr\u00e5gor om v\u00e5ld i ungas n\u00e4ra relationer, hedersrelaterat v\u00e5ld, ungas v\u00e5ldsut\u00f6vande och rekrytering till kriminella milj\u00f6er aktualiserar samtidigt skolans ansvar som l\u00e4randemilj\u00f6 och social arena. Mot bakgrund av \u00f6kande polarisering och bet\u00e4nkandet\u00a0Skolor mot brott (SOU 2024:14) vill vi st\u00e4rka forskningen om v\u00e5ld, trygghet och genus i skolans milj\u00f6er. Forskningen kan exempelvis behandla hur fr\u00e5gor om v\u00e5ld, trygghet och utsatthet formas i relation till normer, genusrelationer och skolans v\u00e4rdegrundsarbete. \u00c4ven kritiska perspektiv p\u00e5 normkritik, trygghet och inkludering i skolans milj\u00f6er \u00e4r relevanta inom ramen f\u00f6r utlysningens tema.\nForskningen ska beskrivas av den s\u00f6kande i en forskningsplan som bifogas ans\u00f6kan av anst\u00e4llningen. Som postdoktor f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas du \u00e4ven bidra till enhetens gemensamma forskningsmilj\u00f6 samt vara en del i och bidra till en pedagogisk milj\u00f6. Undervisning och handledning p\u00e5 grund- och avancerad niv\u00e5 samt eventuellt doktorandniv\u00e5, samt vissa andra forskningsrelaterade administrativa uppgifter kan komma att ing\u00e5 till h\u00f6gst 20 % av arbetstiden.\u00a0\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r vid Ume\u00e5 centrum f\u00f6r genusstudier men syftar ocks\u00e5 till att st\u00e4rka utbildningsvetenskaplig forskning vid hela Ume\u00e5 universitet. Som postdoktor kommer du d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att aktivt bidra till det tv\u00e4rvetenskapliga karri\u00e4rprogram f\u00f6r nydisputerade som L\u00e4rarh\u00f6gskolan driver. \u00a0\nDet finns ocks\u00e5 m\u00f6jligheter till samverkan med andra forskningsmilj\u00f6er vid universitetet, exempelvis forskningsmilj\u00f6er inom pedagogik, didaktik och socialt arbete samt med forskare som arbetar med fr\u00e5gor om v\u00e5ld, trygghet och genus.\nBeh\u00f6righet\nTill denna anst\u00e4llning ska s\u00f6kande ha doktorsexamen i genusvetenskap, i utbildningsvetenskap med genusinriktning eller i annat n\u00e4rliggande \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5de som bed\u00f6ms relevant i f\u00f6rh\u00e5llande till den forskning som bedrivs vid\u00a0Ume\u00e5 centrum f\u00f6r genusstudier\u00a0och utlysningens tema. \u00c4ven den som har utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara ovanst\u00e5ende kan bed\u00f6mas beh\u00f6rig. Beh\u00f6rig att anst\u00e4llas som postdoktor \u00e4r den som senast vid tidpunkt d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslut fattas har avlagt doktorsexamen. Du f\u00e5r inte tidigare ha varit anst\u00e4lld som postdoktor under mer \u00e4n ett \u00e5r inom samma eller n\u00e4rliggande \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5de inom Ume\u00e5 universitet f\u00f6r att vara beh\u00f6rig.\nI f\u00f6rsta hand b\u00f6r den komma i fr\u00e5ga som avlagt doktorsexamen h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r f\u00f6re ans\u00f6kningstidens utg\u00e5ng. Om det finns s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l kan den komma i fr\u00e5ga som avlagt doktorsexamen tidigare. Med s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l avses ledighet p\u00e5 grund av sjukdom, f\u00f6r\u00e4ldraledighet, klinisk tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring, f\u00f6rtroendeuppdrag inom fackliga organisationer eller andra liknande omst\u00e4ndigheter.\nEtt krav \u00e4r att s\u00f6kanden kan uttrycka sig v\u00e4l p\u00e5 engelska i tal och skrift, meriterande \u00e4r goda kunskaper i svenska i tal och skrift.\nBed\u00f6mningsgrunder\nVi ser g\u00e4rna s\u00f6kande som bedriver eller har bedrivit forskning om v\u00e5ld, trygghet, genus, normer med relevans f\u00f6r skolans milj\u00f6er och utbildningsvetenskapliga fr\u00e5gor. \u00c4ven forskning med normkritiska eller kritiskt granskande perspektiv p\u00e5 skolans v\u00e4rdegrundsarbete, trygghet och inkludering \u00e4r relevant f\u00f6r utlysningen.\nDen viktigaste bed\u00f6mningsgrunden \u00e4r bidraget till forskningsomr\u00e5det som det beskrivs i den s\u00f6kandes forskningsplan samt tidigare vetenskaplig produktion. F\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att bedriva sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig forskning samt f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att delta i forskningssamarbeten \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 viktiga meriter.\nUndervisning ing\u00e5r som en del av anst\u00e4llningen och dokumenterad erfarenhet av undervisning p\u00e5 grundl\u00e4ggande och avancerad niv\u00e5 samt universitetspedagogisk utbildning \u00e4r d\u00e4rf\u00f6r meriterande. Eftersom den huvudsakliga delen av anst\u00e4llningen som postdoktor utg\u00f6rs av egen forskning v\u00e4ger vetenskaplig kompetens tyngre \u00e4n pedagogisk och utbildningsm\u00e4ssig kompetens vid bed\u00f6mningen av de s\u00f6kandes kvalifikationer.\nTill \u00f6vriga bed\u00f6mningsgrunder h\u00f6r god samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga samt \u00f6vrig l\u00e4mplighet som anses utg\u00f6ra f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r fullgott genomf\u00f6rande av arbetsuppgifter.\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r vid Ume\u00e5 centrum f\u00f6r genusstudier vid Ume\u00e5 universitet och tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ringsorten \u00e4r Ume\u00e5. Regelbunden n\u00e4rvaro p\u00e5 arbetsplatsen f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas samt ett aktivt deltagande och engagemang i enhetens verksamhet.\u00a0\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad anst\u00e4llning p\u00e5 heltid i tv\u00e5 \u00e5r. I anst\u00e4llningen ing\u00e5r egen forskning till minst 80 % av arbetstiden. Tilltr\u00e4de 1 december 2026 eller enligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\nAns\u00f6kan\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara skriven p\u00e5 svenska eller engelska och inneh\u00e5lla f\u00f6ljande dokument:\nPersonligt brev med en kortfattad beskrivning av dina kvalifikationer, dina vetenskapliga intressen och dina motiv f\u00f6r att s\u00f6ka anst\u00e4llningen, (max tv\u00e5 sidor)\nCV\/meritf\u00f6rteckning\nMax 3 vetenskapliga publikationer\nVidimerade kopior av betyg och examensbevis\nForskningsplan (max 2500 ord) som beskriver den forskning som du planerar bedriva p\u00e5 temat:\u00a0Unga, v\u00e5ld och genus i skolan inom ramen f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen\nKontaktuppgifter till minst tv\u00e5 vidtalade referenser\nEventuella \u00f6vriga meriter som du vill \u00e5beropa\n\nDu ans\u00f6ker via v\u00e5rt rekryteringssystem Varbi. Ans\u00f6kan ska vara inkommen\u00a0senast 30 augusti 2026.\u00a0\nN\u00e4rmare upplysningar l\u00e4mnas av f\u00f6rest\u00e5ndare \u00c5sa Karlsson Sj\u00f6gren, asa.karlsson.sjogren@umu.se, +46 90 786 62 48\nV\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan!\nOm Ume\u00e5 Centrum f\u00f6r Genusstudier\nUme\u00e5 centrum f\u00f6r genusstudier (UCGS) \u00e4r en av de st\u00f6rsta genusmilj\u00f6erna i Sverige. Den \u00e4r en samlande plats f\u00f6r genusvetetenskap\/genusforskning och utbildning med genusinriktning vid Ume\u00e5 universitet. UCGS erbjuder utbildning i genusvetenskap p\u00e5 alla utbildningsniv\u00e5er, fr\u00e5n grund- och avancerad niv\u00e5 till forskarutbildning. Forskningsmilj\u00f6n \u00e4r levande och kreativ: \u00a0den fr\u00e4mjar tv\u00e4rsektoriella m\u00f6ten och vetenskapliga samarbeten samt str\u00e4var aktivt efter att m\u00f6ta aktuella samh\u00e4llsutmaningar via kunskapsutveckling och bildning.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":false,"location":{"address":"Ume\u00e5 universitet","full_address":null,"city":"Ume\u00e5","country":"SE","latitude":63.7970413,"longitude":20.2816791},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"UME\u00c5 UNIVERSITET","postcode":"90187","positions":1,"profession":"Postdoktor\/Postdoc","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.umu.se\/jobba-hos-oss\/","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"ST ST","employment_type":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Ume\u00e5 universitet, Samh\u00e4llsvetenskaplig fakultet","experience_required":true},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":1,"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":"090-7865431","owner_email":"asa.karlsson.sjogren@umu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-10T00:00:19+00:00","expires_at":"2026-08-30T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-15T03:22:47+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-17T15:25:42+00:00"}}