Reannouncement: PhD Position in Economics, Business and Management

Reannouncement: PhD Position in Economics, Business and Management

At Aalborg University Business School, one position, as PhD student within economics, business, and management with a particular focus on gender equality in the Danish labor market, is open for appointment from September 1, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Jobbeskrivelse
The PhD position is financed by theSparNord Fondens PhD program 2023. The title of the project is“The-trickle down effect. Er kvinder i bestyrelser en genvej til ligestilling i danske virksomheder?” This project should mainly analyse if and how more women on the board of directors in Denmark is a mean to address the continuous problems with gender inequality in Danish companies(please see Equalis, 2023)

. Among other things, the PhD project should analyse, quantitatively, if a legislative change in 2013, requiring Danish companies to outline target figures on gender balance in top management(typically board of directors), has had a positive effect on the share of women in board of directors in Denmark. Furthermore, the project should analyse when and under what conditions a larger share of women on the board of directors is positively correlated with gender equality at different levels of the organization. The literature refers to this as”the Trickle-down effect” The project should analyse if, when, by how much, and under what conditions the trickle-down effect impacts on various measures of gender equality such as the number of women in management positions, gender wage gaps, and promotion prospects and speed. Theses analyses should mainly draw on Danish register data.
The PhD student is affiliated to theIKE research group, Aalborg University Business School, Denmark. The focus of the research group is on Innovation, Knowledge and Economic dynamics at different levels of aggregation: the firm level, the industry level, the macro level, and different geographic levels of aggregation. The PhD student is expected to contribute actively to the research and teaching activities of the IKE research group. In addition to writing scientific articles, the PhD student is expected to collaborate with Equalis in disseminating research results to a non-academic audience and engaging in relevant debates to increase societal impact.

Qualification requirements
PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Master's degree, or expect to have obtained the Master's degree before the employment date (Statement from thesis supervisor, verified transcripts, thesis contract and documentation of the date of the exam must be enclosed). According to the PhD Order, the PhD study comprises among other requirements: Participation in active research environments, including stays at other, mainly foreign, research institutions, private research enterprises etc

Priority will be given to candidates with quantitative skills and candidates who are familiar with Danish/Scandinavian labor markets.

General information
It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities, in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 1039 of 27 August 2013(PhD Order).

Application
Please visit the website of the doctoral school(https://www.phd.aau.dk/ssh) for further information on the PhD program, application procedure, and admission requirements.

The application must include the following and be written in English or Danish.

• Application for enrollment
• Copy of diplomas/transcripts
• Curriculum vitae(CV)
• Project description
• List of written work(optional)
• Sample of written work, e.g. Master's thesis(optional)

Applicants who are planning to complete a doctoral thesis in English and who do not have English as a first language or who have not completed an English language-based Master's programme(or an equivalent educational achievement in English) shall provide documentation that they have passed one of the following official tests with the respective minimum score: IELTS(band score): 7, TOEFL(paper-based): 600, TOEFL(internet-based): 100. The language test must be no more than five years old at the time of the application.
English skills may also be documented in the following manner:
1) An English taught qualifying upper secondary school diploma, Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK or Ireland.
2) A Nordic or German upper secondary school diploma, International Baccalaureate(from the IB diploma programme) or European Baccalaureate(from Schola Europaea) with an English level equivalent to a Danish B level in English with a minimum GPA of 3.0(Danish grade scale). 3) A Danish Upper secondary school diploma-'English level B' or 4) a Danish Upper secondary school diploma-'English level A'. For more information about admission requirements: https://www.phd.aau.dk/ssh/become-a-phd-student#admission-requirements
Shortlisting will be applied. This means that subsequent to the deadline for applications the head of department supported by the chair of the assessment committee will select candidates for assessment. All applicants will be informed whether they will be assessed or not.

The application can only be submitted by using the link on AAU’s job-portal https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/(not other online job portals that may have reposted the position). Please note that zipped files are not supported by the recruitment system, please upload only Word or PDF files.

Contact
For further information and the doctoral research program, please visit this websitehttps://www.phd.aau.dk/ssh
For further questions concerning the scientific aspects of the position please contact Associate Professor Pernille Gjerløv-Juel,+45 9940 7251,[email protected]
For general information about the application process etc., please contact Vigdis Skomager-Bohnfeldt, e-mail:[email protected], phone:+45 9940 7408.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Løn og ansættelsesvilkår
Appointment and salary as a PhD fellow are according to the Ministry of Finance Circular of 15 December 2021, on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the current Circular on the employment structure at Danish Universities. AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Ansøgningsfrist
2024-06-20

Ref. nummer
2024-224-05868