Bergen, Norway
October 2026, four years
Deadline for applications – 3 May 2026
The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the research group for East Slavic languages, societies, and cultures. The group serves as an active platform and community for research, PhD training, project development, collaboration, and outreach within fields related to the multilingual and multicultural East Slavic societies and neighbouring areas in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. several members of the group have focused primarily on Ukraine, with particular emphasis on Ukraine’s language, history, and literature, including projects on language policy, literature in wartime, a cultural history of Ukrainian, among other topics. Members of the research group are also involved in developing flexible continuing education programs in Ukraine’s history, language, society, and literature, with funding from HK-dir (2025–2027), which include contributions from project-employed Ukraine specialists.
The primary objective of the PhD position is to lead to the successful completion of a doctoral degree (PhD) that qualifies for independent research and other roles requiring specific competencies.
The position is for a fixed term of four years:
- 2.5 years are allocated to work on the doctoral research project.
- 1 year is dedicated to career-promoting activities such as teaching, dissemination of research and administrative tasks. A plan for this part of the position will be developed upon appointment.
- As a PhD fellow, you will be admitted to the Faculty of Humanities’ PhD programme. The programme includes a training component of 30 ECTS, corresponding to six months of the employment period.
