University of Bergen, Norway invites multiple online application for Postdoctoral Positions in various research areas. Candidates interested in Postdoctoral Fellowships can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the Department of Comparative Politics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The successful applicant will conduct research within the research project Legitimate Crisis Management and Multilevel Governance (LEGITIMULT) which is financed by the European Commission (Horizon Europe). LEGITIMULT assesses the impact of the measures taken by various international, national and subnational governments on multilevel institutions and intergovernmental relations in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project analyses the effect of these measures on democratic governance, highlighting to what extent multilevel governance influences their impact on democracy, favouring a model of legitimate crisis management. We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow who can help with the development of a coding scheme on intergovernmental relations between national and subnational governments and the collection of decisions taken by national and subnational governments in 31 European countries in relation to the Covid-19 crisis. The successful applicant will also help us to build and analyse a dataset that includes variables from existing datasets on multilevel governance institutions and democratic governance.
2. Researcher position: Understanding the logic of neural circuits that control behaviour in a simple chordate brain
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Work in the Chatzigeorgiou group focuses on studying the evolution, development and function, of chordate nervous systems, using the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis as a model organism. We perform developmental and functional studies with the aim to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the ability of Ciona larvae to sense a diversity of sensory cues and elicit ethologically relevant behaviours. This project will characterise at multiple levels the brain circuits that mediate mechanosensation and chemosensation in the larva. The first part of the project will focus on leveraging cutting-edge microscopy methods in combination with Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators to understand the functional organization of these circuits. The second part will make use of genome editing, optogenetic and chemogenetic perturbations in combination with quantitative behavioural analysis to study how these circuits generate ethologically relevant behaviours. It is expected that the successful applicant also collaborates with other members of the workgroup, including students and postdocs.
3. Research fellow in artistic research
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The project description should place the project in a subject/research field, and present the theme, issues, context, methods, and choice of work- and presentation forms. The project description shall present the project’s position in, and relevance to, the academic environment at the department, and account for the specific needs for professional and material resources, as well as any legal and ethical issues. The applicant must inform of any potential collaborating institutions and cooperation partners. We also request a separate progress plan for different parts of the work. We encourage applicants to contact a potential supervisor in the department to consider the relevance of the project idea for the research environment and possibilities for supervision.
4. Postdoctoral Research Fellow position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory. The position is for a fixed-term period of 4 years, of which 25% will be dedicated to teaching, supervision, and dissemination at the Department. The position is announced as part of the Nansen-initiative of the University of Bergen, which aims to strengthen the University of Bergen’s research and teaching on the high north/Arctic region. We welcome applicants with a focus on issues of governance in the in the high north/Arctic region, related to complex societal challenges and multilevel issues, e.g., climate change and societal security, and based on approaches relevant to the scientific profile of the department.
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5. Researcher (full-time temporary position)
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Sjögren’s syndrome has among the highest female-to-male ratios of rheumatic diseases (9:1), making it highly interesting for studies on sex-bias in autoimmunity. Genetic studies have identified polymorphisms associated with Sjögren’s syndrome, and many of these genetic variants lead to differential gene regulation, so called expression quantitative loci (eQTL) effects. The project is built on the idea that sex is a biological context that may influence the eQTL effects of Sjögren’s syndrome-associated SNPs differentially in women and men. We seek to identify the genes thus regulated, and to explore their functional impact on the immune system and role in development of autoimmunity.
6. Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
This project is broadly aimed at elucidating the importance of the immune cells, and the micro-environment to which they are exposed, in orchestrating successful bone tissue engineering. Transplanted mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) encounter a myriad of synchronised interactions with the recipient’s immune system and these cellular interactions that affect the efficacy of the stem cell-therapy are largely unexplored. Emerging evidence suggests adaptive immunity plays an important role in this process and needs to be understood to improve the efficacy of bone regeneration. A particular subset of the adaptive immunity, regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg), have gained interest due to their critical potential on regeneration, which remains unexplored.
7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, a full-time (100 %) position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow is available for a period of three (3) years. The position is part of the project ” K.G. Jebsen Center for decoding Parkinson’s disease -DECODE-PD”, financed by Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen. The present postdoctoral research fellow will work in a subproject led by Profs. Aurora Martinez and Charalampos Tzoulis.
8. Postdoctoral position in Islamic history and culture
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in the field of Islamic history and culture, relating to the topic of Islamic text circulation and usage in the Swahili coastal region. The position is part of the research project «MPrinT@East_AFRICA. Islamic Manuscript, Print and Practice: Textual adaptation in East Africa» financed by the Norwegian Research Council. The MPrinT project (2021-2025) will explore a core hypothesis that reforms in Islamic textual tradition and ritual practice during the 19th and 20th centuries took place within existing authority structures and led to a series of adaptations rather than breaks from tradition. To this end, the project will document, catalogue, and analyze Islamic textual material from the manuscript-to-print transition period in coastal East Africa (the Swahili coastal region).
9. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position: Mechanisms and impact of non-canonical splicing
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology in the research group headed by Pr. Daniel Chourrout. The position is for a period of 2 years and is funded on a Pioneer Grant from the Norwegian Cancer Society (NO. 227930-2021). The Sars Centre belongs to the University of Bergen and is partner of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The place of work will be at the Sars Centre. The preferred starting date is between June and September 2022.
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10. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position: Evolution of Hox gene function in Tunicates
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
There is a vacancy for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology (www.sars.no/) in the research group of Dr. Daniel Chourrout. The position is funded by Sars Centre core funding. The Sars Centre belongs to the University of Bergen, and is a partner of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) www.embl.de/. The place of work will be at the Sars Centre. The preferred but negotiable starting time is June 2022.
11. Postdoctoral Research Fellow position within Informatics – Algorithms
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Digitization of businesses, industry, public administration, and education makes informatics play an increasingly important role in the development of the society. Research and education in informatics are crucial for the digital transformation of the society to succeed. The Department of Informatics contributes to this through seven research groups that deliver research and education at a high international level in algorithms, bioinformatics, information security, machine learning, optimization, programming theory and visualization. We are also building up a group in computer science didactics. The department offers education for the future at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels. The department is in rapid growth regarding its number of students, research directions, and employees. We have today about 900 students, and 150 employees, among which 37 are faculty and 70 PhD candidates. We have established the Center for Data Science (CEDAS) as an important extension of our research and education activities.
12. Postdoctoral Research Fellow position within synthesis and characterization of metal-organic frameworks
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The primary objective of the project is to prepare new metal-organic framework materials containing frustrated Lewis pairs (FLP) and to investigate the properties of these solid systems towards hydrogen and nitrogen activation and use in hydrogenation reaction. The main tasks for the research fellow will be synthesis of organic linker molecules, synthesis of metal-organic framework compounds with FLPs, characterization of the obtained materials, primarily by X-ray diffraction, including synchrotron experiments, thermal analysis, sorption measurements, and catalytic testing. We are searching for a highly qualified and motivated candidates with an excellent track-record in chemistry, who is curious and creative, has a willingness to learn and apply new methods. The candidate is expected to contribute to the general maintenance of the research infrastructure in the research group, participate in popular science outreach activities that are part of the project dissemination and relocate for at least one, potentially more, research stays of 3 months at the project partner at the Technical University in Darmstadt (Germany).
13. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Learning Analytics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
There is a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE), Faculty of Psychology, within Learning Analytics. The fixed-term position is for a period of 3 years. The Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE) located at the Faculty of Psychology is a learning sciences research centre that carries out interdisciplinary research on the use of data and data analytic approaches (learning analytics) to understand learning, teaching, and creative knowledge processes across the full learning lifespan. We are a dynamic and including milieu of around 20 persons, including faculty, researchers, adjuncts, postdocs, PhDs candidates, and support staff. All employees are expected to contribute to the success of the Centre.
14. Researcher (temporary position)
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, a full-time position as researcher is available for 23 months. The position is part of the project “Personalized Clinical Management of Endometrial Cancer using Liquid Biopsy, Genomics and Artificial Intelligence”, financed by The Norwegian Research Council.
