PhD student in marketing
Back to available jobsAre you interested in how consumers perceive and evaluate service innovations? Are you interested in consumer behavior in retail and other service industries, and how innovation influences this behavior? Do you wish to take a first step on a path towards a career in Academia?
We are recruiting a doctoral student to join the marketing group at the department of Business Administration (FEK) at Linköping University and contribute to the InnovEx research project focused on the interrelationships between service innovativeness, service quality and customer experience.
Your work assignments
Your role in the project involves participating in data collection and analysis. You will also contribute to academic publications through literature reviews and in article writing. Eventually, we expect you to develop your own research agenda based on your interests, the data and personnel resources available in the project. The specific responsibilities will be tailored based on your competences and interests.
As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time. You are expected to contribute to undergraduate course teaching.
Your qualifications
You have graduated at Master’s level degree in business administration or equivalent field, with a specialization in marketing or consumer behavior. Majors in other specializations may be considered if they have minor studies in marketing or otherwise show knowledge of concurrent marketing. Alternatively, you should have completed courses with a minimum of 240 ECTS credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses in marketing, consumer behavior, or other related field.
An ideal candidate for this position would be eager to learn, show high degree of independence in carrying out research tasks, and capacity to take responsibility for their own research. We expect you to have an interest in academic research and learning more about marketing theories and research methods.
The project is mainly based on quantitative data, and thus at least a foundational knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistics, as well as willingness to learn more are required. Any prior experience with conducting surveys or experiment-based research is a merit.
You shall be able to communicate effectively in English in both written and oral form. Ability to teach in Swedish is appreciated but is not required for the project work.
Your workplace
The position is placed at the Marketing group of the department of Business administration (FEK) at Linköping University. The department carries out research in business and management fields and provides undergraduate studies as well as doctoral studies in business economics.
Joining the project and FEK offers you an opportunity to learn state-of-the-art service innovation and marketing, and enhance your skills in quantitative market research methods. The marketing group has high-profile marketing scholars that are able to provide you high-quality and encouraging supervision and support for your own research. Through our international connections we can help you to build an academic career in marketing research.
The employment
When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University
The employment has a duration of two years’ full-time equivalent, corresponding to the completion of a licentiate thesis. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress in relation to the study plan. We will actively work to secure financing to enable the continuation of the employment after two years and completion of a doctoral degree.
Doctoral studies employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances. The first two years of the employment are primarily financed through scholarships from Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelse.
The employment starts January 1st, 2025 or by agreement.
Salary and employment benefits
The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.
More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.
Union representatives
Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.
Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than 28th of October 2024.
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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