[Jobs] Post Doctorate Openings at SPaDE at Stockholm University

[Leora Lawton]

The Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe 
(SPaDE) announces a two-year post-doctoral position for a researcher in 
the early stage of his/her academic career.

The position is for a two-year period with start no later than September 
1, 2011. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to bring along plans 
for his/her own research linked to the Center’s research agenda, to 
collaborate intensively with Center members on ongoing research projects 
and to participate in the intellectual life of the Center.

The Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe is a 
research program financed for 2008-2018 by the Swedish Research Council 
(Vetenskapsrådet). It is administered at the Stockholm University 
Demography Unit (SUDA), Department of Sociology and led by Professor of 
Demography Elizabeth Thomson. The Center brings together expertise in 
policy studies and demography from SUDA, the Swedish Institute for 
Social Research (SOFI) and the Department of Human Geography and 
collaborates with scholars from throughout Europe. The overarching goal 
is to produce the best evidence for social policy effects on fertility 
and family change and to communicate this evidence to policy makers and 
the public.

The Center’s research is to a large extent based on individual-level 
data of life-course histories linked to change and variation in social 
policies and other relevant social contexts. The research also involves 
the production and use of databases with macro-level indicators of 
policy contexts. For further information about the Center, consult its 
web page www.su.se/spade. Applicants are encouraged to consult with 
SPaDE members about their current and future research agendae.

Applicants must have a PhD level academic degree received after February 
2008 and be fluent in both spoken and written English. They are expected 
to be able to perform high level research and publish in international 
refereed journals. Employment criteria include the degree to which the 
applicant’s research plan supports the Center’s overall goals and offers 
potential for collaboration with other center researchers.

The position will be filled for a fixed term of two years. Salary is 
commensurate with those for Assistant Professors in Sweden but may be 
adjusted based on an applicant’s individual experience and merits.

The application must include the following documents:

- research plan (3 pages)

- copies of degree certificates

- curriculum vitae, including publication list

- two recommendation letters

- two manuscripts with own research results

Letter of application shall refer to SU 619-2827-10

and be addressed to:

Registrator / PÄ
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden

Applications may be sent by electronic mail as Word or PDF attachments 
to registrator at su.se with cc to gunnar.andersson at sociology.su.se and 
should be marked with ref. nr. SU 619-2827-10 in the subject heading. 
Letters of recommendation are expected to be submitted independently by 
the referees. The closing date for applications, by which time all 
materials must be submitted, is February 15, 2011. Decisions will be 
announced in March

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