Doctoral student in Sport sciences

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, is the oldest sport university in the World. The school is located next to Stockholm Stadium and is Sweden’s leading centre of knowledge for sport, physical activity and health. We educate teachers in sport and health, trainers, health pedagogs, sport managers, sport experts and researchers. GIH conducts sport science research, often in close collaboration with other universities and societal partners both nationally and internationally. At present, GIH has 140 employees and about 1000 students.

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, announces a position as a doctoral student in the subject of Sport Sciences within the project: Physical activity for healthy brain functions in school adolescents - a pedagogical study.

 

Project description: Regular and meaningful physical activity in schools - how make it happen?
The project is part of a larger research project called Physical activity for healthy brain functions in school children. The purpose of this particular sub-project is to explore how schools who are interested in facilitating regular and meaningful physical activity for school children manage to realise this endeavour. Specifically, the project will explore pedagogical, organisational and environmental factors that frame the possibilities for schools to arrange physical activity for all students in meaningful ways. The project will involve an ethnographic approach, including school observations and interviews with students and school staff during one year.

 

Entry requirements for admission to the doctoral programme
The entry requirements for admission to the doctoral programme in Sport sciences are:


• That the applicant has been awarded a second-cycle qualification, has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad,
• That the applicant is considered in other respects to have the ability required to benefit from the doctoral programme.

Verification of proficiency in English corresponding to the level English 6 within the Swedish education system.

The general entry requirements shall be fulfilled at the specified time of admission to the doctoral programme: 8 June, 2020.

 

Application
For instructions regarding the application and requested application documents, please read the full advertisement on GIH's webbsite.   

 

Selection
In selecting between applicants who meet the requirements, their ability to benefit from the doctoral programme shall be taken into account. An important basis of assessment is the specialization of the credits within the second-cycle programme and the quality of the advanced level thesis. The assessment is based on predetermined established criteria. For this doctoral position, the following are also taken into account:


• knowledge of schools and school regulations
• knowledge of educational theory
• knowledge of ethnography and qualitative analysis

 

 

Duration/Workingtime
Time limited position for four years fulltime (corresponding to 100% study activity) according to the Higher Education Ordinance chap. 5 1-7 § with starting date: 15 August, 2020.

 

The application deadline is: 19 February, 2020.

 


You shall be able to verify the qualifications listed in the application upon request. GIH promotes diversity and gender equality within all categories of employment. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. We firmly decline all contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and job ad salespersons