The university seeks to support the qualification and gaining independence of promising researchers who have recently finished their doctoral dissertation. Another goal is to support the renewal and internationalisation of the university’s research activities and researchers.
The duties of the post-doctoral researchers include completing the research presented in the research proposal, participating in the supervision of academic theses in the post-doctoral researcher’s field of research, and giving teaching in the field in question.
Successful applicants to the post-doctoral researcher positions will hold a doctoral degree, which may not have been completed more than five years before accepting the position (a net period of time, which does not include maternity leaves, parental leaves, or military service). The doctoral degree may have been completed in Finland or abroad.
The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary university. The university’s areas of expertise in research are Forests and the Environment, Health and Well-being, and New Technologies and Materials. In addition to the above areas of expertise, the university has also selected two regionally and nationally significant fields in which the university’s research activities will be further strengthened. These fields are Broad-Based Expertise Pertaining to Russia and Selected Fields of Teacher Education. Further information about the university’s areas of expertise in research is available at: www.uef.fi
The University of Eastern Finland invites applications for 10 three-year post-doctoral researcher positions in all fields of research of the University of Eastern Finland.
The applicant should indicate in his or her application the unit at the University of Eastern Finland in which the work will be completed and include a supporting statement from the unit concerned. Experience in international research cooperation, international researcher mobility, and intents of engaging in international researcher mobility will be regarded as merits.
The post-doctoral researcher positions will be filled for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2011. The persons appointed will be placed in the faculties and departments of the University of Eastern Finland. The salary is placed on level 5 of the job demands level chart of the teaching and research staff in the salary system for Finnish universities.
The University of Eastern Finland invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral researcher position of the University of Joensuu Foundation in all fields of research of the Joensuu Campus.
The applicant should indicate in his or her application the unit on the Joensuu Campus of the University of Eastern Finland in which the work will be completed and include a supporting statement from the unit concerned. The applicant is expected to spend 6–12 months abroad working at a foreign university or research institute, and the applicant should include a written invitation or agreement concerning the researcher mobility period already in the application.
The post-doctoral researcher position will be filled for a two-year term beginning on 1 January 2011. The person appointed to the position will be placed in a unit on the Joensuu Campus of the University of Eastern Finland. The salary of the position is placed on level 5 of the job demands level chart of the teaching and research staff in the salary system for Finnish universities. The university will support the post-doctoral researcher mobility period in a foreign university or research institute through a scholarship of the Joensuu University Foundation.
The written application addressed to the executive board of the University of Eastern Finland should be delivered to the registry office of the Joensuu or Kuopio Campus by 5 November 2010 at 15:00 (3 pm Finnish time) at the latest.
University of Eastern Finland University of Eastern Finland
Kuopio Campus Joensuu Campus
Registry Registry
P.O. Box 1627 P.O. Box 111
70211 Kuopio 80101 Joensuu
The free-form application should include a CV, a list of publications, a copy of the PhD diploma/certificate, information about the faculty and unit the applicant intends to work in, a supporting statement from the unit concerned, and a research proposal (no more than 10 pages). Applicants to the post-doctoral position of the Joensuu University Foundation should also include an invitation or agreement concerning the researcher mobility period. The applicant may also include other documents to demonstrate his or her merits for the position (e.g., a statement from the opponent, letters of recommendation, etc.).
Further enquiries:
Human Resources Director Jouni Kekäle jouni.kekale@uef.fi, tel. +358 50 306 5370,
Research Coordinator Anu Liikanen, anu.liikanen@uef.fi, tel. +358 40 723 8551.
