PhD Research Fellow in Special Needs Education

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## PhD Research Fellow in the field of Special Needs Education Are you interested in Counselling in special needs education? Apply now! ## Job description Applicants are invited for a three to four-year full-time position as PhD Research Fellow in Special Needs Education, based at the Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo. We invite applications for doctoral projects within the broad field of counselling in special needs education. Counselling is a central component of special needs education and contributes to promoting participation, inclusion, learning, and well-being among children, young people, and adults with special educational needs. Research in this field encompasses collaboration among individuals with special educational needs, families, educators, and professionals across educational, health, and welfare services, and addresses relational, communicative, ethical, organizational, and evidence-informed aspects of counselling practice. For this position, we particularly encourage applications with a quantitative empirical orientation. Relevant projects may make use of large-scale survey data, administrative or register-based data, repeated cross-sectional or longitudinal designs, evaluation studies, or combinations of these. Applicants should demonstrate methodological rigour and propose statistical methods appropriate to the research questions and data. Mixed-methods, qualitative, participatory, design-based, or intervention components are also welcome where they strengthen the overall project. Relevant data sources include Ungdata, HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children), other large-scale survey data, and administrative or register-based data. For example, Ungdata provides opportunities to investigate changes over time in adolescents' school well-being, school belonging, teacher and peer relationships, psychosocial difficulties, and future educational expectations, and how these factors relate to support needs, counselling, early identification, and preventive work in schools and local services. Relevant doctoral projects may address, but are not limited to: - Communication, interaction, and counselling processes in special needs education - Counselling to support inclusive education, participation, and equitable educational opportunities - Family – professional partnerships and parent counselling - School well-being, school belonging, teacher and peer relationships, mental health, and educational aspirations among children and adolescents - The interplay between school experiences, psychosocial difficulties, social background, and counselling-related support needs - Interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration - Counselling within schools, kindergartens, and the Educational and Psychological Counselling Service (PPT) - Professional judgement, ethical decision-making, and relational competence - Implementation, evaluation, and improvement of counselling practices and support systems - Digital and technology-supported counselling and supervision We welcome innovative and methodologically rigorous projects that advance knowledge and practice in counselling within special needs education. The successful applicant will become part of an active and collaborative research environment and is expected to participate in one of the Department's research groups. ## Qualification requirements Applicants must satisfy the requirements for admission to the faculty´s PhD program. This normally includes: - Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in education, special needs education, psychology or other fields of relevance for the announced position - A Master’s degree (120 ECTS) with a minimum grade B (ECTS grading scale) or equivalent. The master’s degree must include a thesis of at least 30 ECTS, with a minimum grade B - A bachelor’s degree with a minimum grade C (ECTS grading scale) - For 5-year studies, the average grade must be C or better for the first three years, and B or better for the last two years (ECTS grading scale). The Master thesis must have been graded with a minimum grade B - Fluent oral and written communication skills in English and Norwegian (or another Scandinavian language) ## We offer - Salary NOK 550 800 - NOK 594 000 per annum depending on qualifications in a position as PhD Research Fellow, (position code 1017). From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund - Attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement, in addition to Oslo’s family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities - A friendly, interdisciplinary, and international research environment with dedicated colleagues at the Department of Special Needs Education - A workplace with good development and career opportunities ## How to apply The application must include: - Cover letter, including statement of motivation and research interests - A project description (written in English), including progress plan (5-7 pages). Please see our guidelines - CV (summarising education, positions, and academic work) - Copies of educational certificates (academic transcripts only). Foreign applicants must attach an explanation of their university’s grading system - Documentation of English proficiency (for information on required documentation, see information on this webpage) - Master’s thesis - A complete list of publications and academic works - List of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail, and phone number) Incomplete applications will not be assessed. The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system Jobbnorge. When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documents should be in English (or a Scandinavian language). When evaluating the application, emphasis will be given to the project description and the applicant’s academic and personal prerequisites to carry out the project. Applicants will be called in for an interview. ## Formal regulations Please see the guidelines and regulations for appointments to Research Fellowships, Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Regulations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the University of Oslo. No one can be appointed for more than one PhD Research Fellowship period at the University of Oslo. Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we cannot, you will hear from us. The appointment may be shortened/given a more limited scope within the framework of the applicable guidelines on account of any previous employment in academic positions. The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results etc.

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