Two doctoral students in Information Studies, within the graduate school ReSource: Transforming Reading and Source Criticism in Digital Cultures - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

These doctoral students will be part of the graduate school ReSource: Transforming Reading and Source Criticism in Digital Cultures.

The graduate school ReSource takes its starting point in the current transformation of information. With this transformation, the ways in which people read and evaluate sources are changing. ReSource aims to explore informational reading  and source criticism through analyses of the interplay between 1) commercial information infrastructures; 2) societal institutions; and 3) the demands placed on people in different roles. ReSource gathers all library and information studies departments in Sweden. The applicants' research plans must be formulated within the framework of the research school's themes.

The graduate school includes four different themes:

• (Dis/mis)information, changing information infrastructures, and source criticism
• Current and historical informational reading practices
• Libraries as institutional settings for promoting informational reading and source criticism
• The credibility and trustworthiness crisis of research 

Information about the graduate school ReSource can be found at https://www.hb.se/en/research/doctoral-education/our-phd-programmes/library-and-information-science/resource-transforming-reading-and-source-criticism-in-digital-cultures/

Information about doctoral studies at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology can be found at https://www.ht.lu.se/en/education/doctoral-studies/

Work assignments

Doctoral education. Departmental work, such as teaching and administrative tasks, can be assigned.

Admission requirements

Admission requirements for doctoral studies in each subject are specified in the relevant general syllabus, available at https://www.ht.lu.se/en/education/doctoral-studies/general-syllabi/

Assessment criteria

The selection process will primarily take into account the applicants’ ability to benefit from third cycle studies. This is assessed against the criteria quality, quantity, progression and relevance.

The application must include:

- CV/list of qualifications including relevant administrative and educational qualifications

- cover letter

- records of first- and second-cycle studies (attested copies of official transcripts of records)

- documentation of language skills of relevance for the research studies

- first- and second-cycle theses/degree projects

- any scholarly publications

- project proposal (1500 words max. excluding references)

Instructions for applying for a doctoral student position can be found here: https://www.ht.lu.se/en/education/doctoral-studies/application-and-admission/

Type of employment

Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.