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Dear colleagues, The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a PhD Fellowship in the Geography of Sustainability Transitions at the UiS School of Business and Law, Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing. The position is vacant from January 2025. This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development through a PhD education leading to a doctoral degree. The hired candidate will be admitted to the PhD program in social sciences. The education includes relevant courses amounting to about six months of study, a dissertation based on independent research, participation in national and international research environments, relevant academic communication, a trial lecture and public defence. Read more about the PhD education at UiS on our website. The candidate will be affiliated with the Centre for Innovation Research. The Centre is jointly managed by the University of Stavanger (UiS) and the Norwegian Research Center (NORCE). The Centre is organizationally located at the UiS School of Business and Law. Currently, there are over thirty researchers from the University of Stavanger, NORCE, and other research organizations affiliated with the centre. More information about the Centre can be found here. The topic for this PhD project is the geographies of the Battery Value Chain in the Nordic countries. The project will focus on the challenges and opportunities that the Nordic countries face in constructing a regional value chain for high-energy-density batteries. Specifically, it aims to explore * The geographies of the battery value chain (mining, battery research and production, battery recycling) in the Nordic countries * The impact of battery Gigafactories on local socioeconomic, environmental and political development * The challenges and opportunities of battery recycling and reuse This project will draw insights from different fields, such as sustainability transitions, economic geography, innovation studies, and political science, and it requires capabilities of interdisciplinary thinking and communication. For detailed information please visit the following website. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jobbnorge.no%2Fen%2Favailable-jobs%2Fjob%2F260944%2Fphd-fellowship-in-the-geography-of-sustainability-transitions&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7Cc0fc7968552243b7194f08dc73ea062e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638512696186735499%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lCbmsJxwYGRtNUHWC6fAVKYWpKm82aZRr%2BUIYu3yyXg%3D&reserved=0 If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or Head of the Department [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Best regards, Huiwen Gong -- Huiwen Gong Associate professor in Innovation and Regional Studies Center for Innovation Research, Business School University of Stavanger Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Google Scholar: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DOFfr400AAAAJ%26hl%3Den%26oi%3Dao&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7Cc0fc7968552243b7194f08dc73ea062e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638512696186735499%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FsiSOOFkvy6DyGl%2B07TYPWOpX6MUPGSYzzPP5Jg%2F7k8%3D&reserved=0 UiS website: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uis.no%2Fnb%2Fprofile%2Fhuiwen-gong%23%3A~%3Atext%3DHuiwen%2520Gong%2520is%2520Associate%2520Professor%2CGeography%2520from%2520Kiel%2520University%252C%2520Germany&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7Cc0fc7968552243b7194f08dc73ea062e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638512696186735499%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=u4Qr8wcBPed%2FikQ7CzJp6a%2FtUUJF8Fq4vtI%2FvSsczhY%3D&reserved=0
