Call for applications: Master's stipends on the politics of pandemics

Are you a University of Oslo master's student interested in the politics of pandemics? 

The Global Health Politics research group at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) will award one stipend of 30,000 NOK to a University of Oslo master's student wishing to write a thesis on the politics of pandemic preparedness and response in Norway or at the global level.

Ideally, the thesis should be aligned with the group's project focusing on public-private cooperation, but we are also open to other relevant research topics. You can read more about our project here: Public-Private Cooperation in Pandemic Preparedness and Response  

We offer 

• A stipend (30,000 NOK)  

• Assistance formulating the project and accessing informants and documents  

• Participation in project meetings with senior researchers at SUM   

• Regular feedback on master's research

• Assistance disseminating your findings 

Your application should 
include

• ​​​​​​A provisional project outline of your master’s thesis (max 3 pages, 1.5 line spacing), including research topic, theoretical approach/concepts, and methodology  

• Short description (max 1 page) of your suitability and motivation for applying 

• CV, including transcript of grades  

• Confirmation of full-time enrollment in a master's program at the University of Oslo

Requirements

• Enrollment in a master’s program at the University of Oslo, preferably within the social sciences, law or humanities  
• Interest in working within an interdisciplinary environment at SUM  

• Consent that the results of your master's thesis and analysis may be used (with due credit) as part of the project’s dissemination work

   

Deadline for application: Tuesday December 20, 2022

The application and any related questions should be sent to the Global Health Politics group leader Katerini Storeng and the group's coordinator Elin Bergstrøm