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? We might have a stipend for you.
The Global Health Politics research group at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) will award one or more stipends 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 our new projects focusing on public-private cooperation and the use of new technologies in the response, but we are also open to other relevant research topics. You can read more about our new projects here:
Application deadline: 7 December 2020
We offer
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A stipend (30,000 NOK)
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Assistance formulating the project and accessing informants and documents
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Participation in project meetings with senior researchers at SUM
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Regular feedback on masters’ research
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Assistance disseminating your findings
Your application should
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- A provisional project outline of your master’s thesis (max 3 pages, 1.5 line distance), including research topic, theoretical approach/concepts, and methodology.
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Short description (max 1 page) of your suitability and motivation for applying
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CV, including transcript of grades
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Confirmation of full-time enrollment in a masters programme at UiO
Requirements
- Enrollment in a Master’s Programme at the University of Oslo, preferably within the social sciences, law or humanities;
- Interest in working within an interdisciplinary environment at SUM
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Consent that the results of your master thesis and analysis may be used (with due credit) as part of the project’s dissemination work
Application deadline: 7 December 2020
Questions can be directed to Project Leader, Katerini Storeng
