Researcher in working life and organizations with a gender perspective - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

The division for Real Estate Business and Financial Systems is looking for a researcher with a background in working life and organizational research with a gender perspective. The research program "Men in Focus" examines homosocial cultures within the financial industry, academia, the construction industry and the cultural sector. As a researcher, you will work in the parts of the project that are aimed at the financial industry and academia. The tasks involve independently conducting literature reviews and collecting empirical material through interviews and document studies, analyzing the material and presenting the same in articles. The work will be led by and carried out together with docent Lotta Snickare.

You will find more information about the department and the research at www.kth.se

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future.
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

Read more about what it is like to work at KTH

Qualifications

Requirements

• You have a doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree 
• You have experience of research and publications on academic organizations and/or the financial industry with a gender perspective
• You have experience in research with an intersectional perspective.
• You have knowledge of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality 
• As a person, you are used to working independently with high research expertise within the framework of a research project.
• You have the persistence and performance orientation required to complete the project in a number of publications.

Preferred qualifications

• You have teaching abilities and can, by informing about research results, work towards these being utilized in practice.
• You have a track record of successful collaboration with researchers both within and outside your own organization.
• You have experience of developing and leading activities and staff.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Trade union representatives

You will find contact information to trade union representatives at KTH's webbpage.

To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system in order to apply for this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad. Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application.

The application should contain:

1. A personal letter in which you briefly describe your previous research (max. 1 page).
2. CV
3. Copy of doctoral degree. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in either of these languages.

Your complete application must be received by KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time). 

About the employment

The employment is valid for a limited time according to the agreement - for up to 12 months, with start 1th of March 2024.

Other information

The position may include security-sensitive activities. To become authorized, you therefore need to pass a possible security check.

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

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Disclaimer: In case of discrepancy between the Swedish original and the English translation of the job announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence