A postgraduate position in economic geography
Lunds Universitet / Samhällsvetarjobb / Lund
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Lund University declares the following position open for application:
A postgraduate position (‘doktorandtjänst’) in economic geography, with special focus on international comparative analyses of regional innovation systems, full time, placed at Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE).
Ref nr: PA 2008/1713
Starting date: According to agreement
CIRCLE is an interdisciplinary research centre of excellence spanning several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of Technology largely funded by VINNOVA, the Swedish Research Council and the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. CIRCLE has since its creation in July 2004 established itself as the leading national centre for research on R&D, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic dynamics and is today the largest of the four national research centres of excellence originally funded by VINNOVA from 2004.
In 2006 CIRCLE was awarded a 10 year Linnaeus grant for studies of ‘Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Creation: Dynamics in Globalising Learning Economies’. In the autumn 2007 CIRCLE was co-located with Research Policy Institute and LUIS (Lund University Innovation System) at LUCIE (Lund University Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), which represents a unique unit of research, teaching and the third mission.
CIRCLE is becoming one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe with more than 30 researchers. A detailed description of CIRCLE’s research programmes as well as the CIRCLE Annual Reports can be found at
www.circle.lu.se.This position is within the research area of international comparative studies of regional innovation studies. The holder of the position will collaborate with Professor Björn Asheim and his research group. The position is based at CIRCLE, but the postgraduate studies will formally be located at Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University.
Description of the research area
The research should deal with international comparative analyses of regional innovation systems. Empirical focus could be on developed as well as developing economies and their situation in a globalizing learning economy.
Tasks
The main tasks associated with this position are primarily research activities towards a postgraduate degree, but some teaching and administration are also included in the position.
Please see the full advertisement and how to apply at
www.lu.se/jobbPubliceringsdatum2008-06-13Arbetstider och omfattningVisstidsanställning 6 månader eller längre
Heltid
Full time/Tidsbegränsad anställning
ErsättningFast lön
Individual salary
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2008-08-20
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: PA 2008/1713
Ansökan kan skickas till e-postadress:
registrator@lu.seKontaktBjörn Asheim, professor, 046-222 84 02,
Bjorn.Asheim@circle.lu.seFöretagLunds Universitet
AdressLunds Universitet
22100 LUND
KontorsadressBox 117
KontaktuppgifterTelefonnummer: 046 222 00 00
Jobbnummer 248873
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