PhD Student in entrepreneurship

The Department of Technology Management and Economics (TME) broadly researches the interaction between technology development, industrial systems, society, people and the environment. The research can be divided into three main research areas, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain & Operations Management and Sustainability & Society Studies. The department is organized in six divisions for research and teaching and one support function and it hosts four research centres and the Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship. Our research is linked to several of Chalmers' Areas of Advance.Do you want to participate in the practical work of creating more entrepreneurial companies and students? Do you want to contribute to build better knowledge about entrepreneurial pedagogies and their effects on entrepreneurial skills and abilities? Are you interested in an academic career that also have strong practical implications. Then this position at the department of Technology Management and Economics is for you.

Project description
The research addresses Entrepreneurship education, focusing upon one or more of the following themes: Student-company collaboration, Cross regional collaboration, Entrepreneurial learning in life long learning, or Learning from live cases. The EU project that the PhD candidate should work with focuses on developing competences in digitalization, sustainability life science, food and tourism. This should be done through student-small firm-university collaboration. The position also requires frequent interaction with Danish collaboration partners (in Danish).

Major responsibilities
As a PhD student, your main responsibility is to pursue doctoral studies in relation to a specific research aim. At large, PhD studies include a number of doctoral courses, literature reviews, designing research studies, collecting and analyzing empirical data, and communicating the results of your research verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and in English. The exact focus of the work will be decided in interaction with the main supervisor. 

As a Ph.D. student in this project you take an active role in this EU- project in preparing for and collecting empirical data, managing the project and participate on project meetings. At the same time you should collect project data, and read up on relevant research literature. During the project, results will regularly be presented at seminars and international conferences. The position also includes administration and teaching responsibilities at Chalmers and in the EU project up to 20 per cent of the work time.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about doing useful research, who would like to combine working analyzing and solving problems in the empirical setting with producing scientific knowledge.
The applicant should be comfortable in working with companies as well as students and faculty.
Fluency in English AND Swedish is a must.

The following qualifications are meriting:

Degree in entrepreneurship, experiences in teaching entrepreneurship, and experiences participating or teaching in corporate education are meriting.

Excellent communication skills in writing as well as in speaking.  Good knowledge in Danish or Norwegian is meriting.

Relevant competences and experiences in the areas of digitalization, sustainability and life science are also meriting.

Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg. 
Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20240441 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Please note that the system does not support Zip files.

CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• CV
• Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. 

Application deadline: 2024-09-17

For questions, please contact:
Tomas Karlsson, Docent and division manager Entrepreneurship and Strategy,
tomas.karlsson@chalmers.se

Anders Isaksson, Docent and unit manager, Entrepreneurship and Strategy,
anders.isaksson@chalmers.se

*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. *** 
   



Chalmers University of Technology conducts research and education in engineering sciences, architecture, technology-related mathematical sciences, natural and nautical sciences, working in close collaboration with industry and society. The strategy for scientific excellence focuses on our six Areas of Advance; Energy, Health Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Materials Science, Production and Transport. The aim is to make an active contribution to a sustainable future using the basic sciences as a foundation and innovation and entrepreneurship as the central driving forces. Chalmers has around 11,000 students and 3,000 employees. New knowledge and improved technology have characterised Chalmers since its foundation in 1829, completely in accordance with the will of William Chalmers and his motto: Avancez!