Lund University, LUSEM, Dept of Economic History

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is one of eight faculties within Lund University. More than 4 000 students and 450 researchers, teachers and other staff are engaged here in training and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics and research policy.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is accredited by the three largest and most influential accreditation institutes for business schools: EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. Only just over 100 business schools in the world have achieved this prestigious Triple Crown accreditation.

Assigned duties

Those appointed to doctoral studentship shall primarily devote themselves to their studies, aimed to result in a doctoral degree. Work carried out during the studentship consists of participation in research projects as well as successful participation in postgraduate (third-cycle) courses. Those appointed to doctoral studentships may also work, to a limited extent, with educational tasks and administration at the Department of Economic history. However, duties of this kind may not comprise of more than 20 per cent of a full time post.

The PhD position is linked to the research project Crisis and Transformation: the rise of financialization and marketization in the late 20th century, funded by Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelser. The PhD student will work in this project in collaboration with senior researchers.

Eligibility / Admission requirements

A person meets the general admission requirements for third-cycle courses and study programmes if he or she has:

  • Been awarded a second-cycle degree; or
  • Satisfied the requirements for courses comprising of at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
  • Acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

(Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)

Specific admission requirements for doctoral studies in each subject are specified in the relevant general syllabus, available at https://www.lusem.lu.se/study/phd

Other requirements

A proficient level of English is required in both written and oral communication.

Basis of assessment

Admittance of a doctoral student is based on an assessment of the candidate’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies.

The applicant’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies and research will be assessed with reference to the selection criteria stated in the relevant general syllabus for third-cycle studies, available at https://www.lusem.lu.se/study/phd

Applicant’s general competence:

  • Quality and content of previous written work, such as a Master’s thesis.
  • Ability to participate actively in the Department’s research environment.
  • Ability to perform independent scientific work.
  • Proficiency in written and oral communication. 
  • Relevant educational background.
  • Other relevant experiences for third-cycle education, such as work experience.

Project

Which were the major transformative forces that from the 1970s onwards fundamentally changed the economies and societies of the advanced economies? Applying a comparative perspective, the project examines the multiple crises of the 1970s and how these opened up new trajectories of development.

The research of the PhD student should focus marketization, that is, the transmission of production and services from the public sector and households to private business. Although marketization is much discussed in the literature, remarkably little is known about its extent, spread, and distribution among countries. It follows, that knowledge is insufficient about its wider consequences for economy and society, and how these differ among countries.

In order to explore these different impacts across countries, the changes in sectoral distribution of marketization among European countries and USA will be mapped. Marketization affects the conventional methods of economic measurement and its diversity might limit the comparability of national accounts across countries, which is a particular problem to scrutinize. Marketization is reflected in the distribution of industries between markets, public services, and households as partly indicated by the legal forms of enterprises, which however first from the 1990s are comprehensively recorded on the EU level. On the basis of national sources it is possible to trace these changes back to 1970 for a smaller sample of countries and analyze the implications. One aspect of marketization and the economic role of households is the gender division of labour, which still is insufficiently considered.

Financialization has developed in parallel with marketization, and the research within the project in both issues will generate a creative environment. Their emergence in the crises of the 1970s have structural as well as ideological origins, to be critically examined in this project.

Terms of employment

Fixed-term employment, maximum four years (fulltime studies).

Only those admitted to third-cycle courses and study programmes at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral student.

For regulations concerning employment of doctoral students etc, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.

For regulations concerning admission to third-cycle courses and study programs, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 34-41.

Application procedure

Please use Lund University job application portal when applying: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about/work-at-lund-university

The application must be written in English.

The application should contain:

  • Personal letter in which the applicant gives a short description of him/herself and his/her research interests and its relevance for the project.
  • Curriculum vitae.
  • Grade transcripts.
  • Master thesis or similar degree projects.
  • If appropriate, documented language skills relevant for third-cycle studies.
  • Other documents that the applicant wishes to submit.

The applicant is encouraged to name a maximum of two teachers or researchers who can give recommendation letters, but we do not consider recommendation letters with the application. 

Type of employment Temporary position
First day of employment 2020-08-31
Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100
City Lund
County Skåne län
Country Sweden
Reference number PA2020/1782
Contact
  • Professor Jonas Ljungberg, +46 46 222 08 36, jonas.ljungberg@ekh.lu.se
Union representative
  • OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-222 93 62
  • SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-222 93 64
  • SEKO: Seko Civil, 046-222 93 66
Published 24.May.2020
Last application date 18.Jun.2020 11:59 PM CEST

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