Research education places high demands on those who take it. It comprises courses, own study, research, and in many cases teaching in undergraduate education. Those who thrive as doctoral students are independent, ambitious, and have the ability to formulate and work throug scientific problems.

Application for admission to research education at IEI is always open. Employment as a doctoral student usually lasts 4-5 years. Salary is set according to a fixed salary scale for doctoral students.

There are currently several positions as doctoral students open at IEI. The announcement of each position describes the admission requirements for the position.

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Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Science and Engineering

Upcoming doctoral and licentiate defenses

Public defense of doctoral thesis in Sustainable System Analysis: Christoffer Wadström

Christoffer Wadström defends his thesis entitled "Navigating interconnected and electrified industries in the landscape of uncertainty: Examining outcomes and values within circular solutions, and evaluating the supply and utilisation of electricity in Swedish industries and power sources". Supervisor is Maria Johansson, professor at LiU. Opponent is Erik Dahlquist, senior professor, Mälardalen university, Sweden. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

Start 08 December 2023, 10.15 am
End 08 December 2023, 1.00 pm
Location Temcas, TEMA Building, Campus Valla, Linköping, Sweden
Contacts Elisabeth Larsson
+4613281550

Public defense of doctoral thesis in Industrial Engineering and Management with specialisation in Industrial Marketing: Brenda Nansubuga 

Brenda Nansubuga, at the Department of Management and Engineering defends her thesis "Ownership or Access? A study of mobility services in the access economy. Supervisor: Christian Kowalkowski, professor at LiU. Opponent: Tobias Schäfers, docent at Copenhagen Business School. Denmark. The event is open to the public. Language: English. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/9789180753593

Start 08 December 2023, 1.15 pm
End 08 December 2023, 3.00 pm
Location Key1, Key Building, Campus Valla
Contacts Christian Kowalkowski
+4613281571

Public defence of doctoral thesis in Sustainable System Analysis: Emma Fältström

Emma Fältström, at the Division of Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Management and Engineering defends her thesis entitled "Mitigating Microplastics Pollution in Urban Water Systems: Flow, actors, and control measures." Supervisor is Stefan Anderberg, professor at Linköpings universitet. Opponent is Lian Lundy, professor at Middlesex University, UK. The event is open to the public. Language: English. For Zoom-link to disputation: stefan.anderberg@liu.se

Start 14 December 2023, 9.15 am
End 14 December 2023, 12.00 pm
Location ACAS, A Building, Campus Valla, Linköping, Sweden
Contacts Stefan Anderberg
+4613285670

Public defense of licentiate in Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Machine Design: Javier Villena Toro

Javier Villena Toro, Division of Product Realisation, Department of Management and Engineering defends his thesis entitled "Automation of Product and Production Development by Utilizing Machine Learning". Supervisor is Mehdi Tarkin, Senior associate professor, Linköping University. Opponent is Roland Stolt, Associate Professor Product Development, Jönköping University. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

Start 15 December 2023, 10.00 am
End 15 December 2023, 12.00 pm
Location ACAS, A Building, Campus Valla, Linköping
Contacts Mehdi Tarkian

Public defence of doctoral thesis in Political Science: Carl-Johan Sommar

Carl-Johan Sommar, Division of Political Science, Department of Management and Engineering defends his thesis entitled "Framing Wicked Problems : Case studies on sustainability in healthcare and during the pandemic". Supervisor is Elin Wihlborg, professor, Linköping University. Opponent is Patrik Zapata, Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The event is open to the public. Language: Swedish.

Start 15 December 2023, 1.15 pm
End 15 December 2023, 5.00 pm
Location ACAS, A Building, Campus Valla, Linköping, Sweden
Contacts Elin Wihlborg
+4613281578

Public defence of doctoral thesis in Economics: Erik Liss

Erik Liss, Institute of Analytical Sociology , Department of Management and Engineering defends his thesis entitled "The Taller the Ladder, the Tougher the Climb? Essays on the impact of Income Inequality on Intergenerational Mobility". Supervisor is Karl Wennberg, professor, Linköping University. Opponent is professor Jo Blanden, University of Surrey, UK. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

Start 10 January 2024, 1.15 pm
End 10 January 2024, 5.00 pm
Location K1, Kåkenhus, Norrköping and online via Zoom
Contacts Madelene Töpfer
+4611363291

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