Researcher

Researcher

Join the University of Oslo's LCBC as a researcher! Focus on brain health in an innovative environment.

More about the position and the research center

The goal of LCBC is to understand differences and changes in brain and cognition across the entire lifespan, and to identify how brain function and cognition can be optimized. LCBC is an active, multidisciplinary research center with around 25 full-time staff members, including four professors, two researchers, several postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates, chief and senior data engineers, full- and part-time research assistants, administrative support, and several affiliated international researchers.

LCBC has excellent research infrastructure, including access to a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI scanner, PET and EEG facilities, and comprehensive neuropsychological and somatic testing facilities. English is the main working language at the center.

LCBC has secured several large grants, including four European Research Council (ERC) grants, a Horizon 2020 grant, and several grants from the Research Council of Norway, the National Health Association of Norway, and the University of Oslo. In 2015, the group was designated “world-leading” and is one of only five such groups at the University of Oslo. More information is available on the LCBC website: https://www.lcbc.uio.no.

Your main tasks will be

• Processing and analyzing multimodal brain MRI (structural, diffusion, and quantitative imaging) and cognitive trajectory and modeling these in relation to exposures.
• Processing and analyzing behavioral and health data and modeling these in relation to brain and exposure data.
• Characterizing and modelling historical air pollution concentrations (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, etc.) for the SHIELD cohorts by integrating Chemical Transport Model (CTM) simulation outputs with emission inventories and observational datasets.
• Generating environmental exposure maps extending back to 1920 by combining diverse open-source datasets (meteorological, emissions, and land-use data) for SHIELD's Age-Period-Cohort (APC)-corrected analyses.
• Contribute to harmonization, expansion and application of EXPANSE maps.
• Collaborate with other SHIELD researchers and participate in the SHIELD consortium meetings.
• Write and publish scientific articles.
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement and science communication activities of SHIELD: participating at workshops, writing policy-briefs, newsletters, social media posts etc.

We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• Committed, highly competent colleagues in a good working environment.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Researcher, position code 1109 in salary range NOK 720 000 - 820 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

Read more about the benefits of working in the public sector at Employer Portal.

Planned start date: 1st April 2027.

Application

Your application should include:

• Letter of application, 1-2 pages, explaining the motivation for applying.
• Curriculum Vitae summarizing education, positions, and academic work.
• Copies of educational certificates, publications/academic work (if any) that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee.
• Names and contact details of at least two references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail, and telephone number).
• International applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system.

Your CV must be entered in Jobbnorge’s CV form and cannot be submitted only as an attachment. This requirement is intended to ensure correct documentation and record-keeping in accordance with the Public Administration Act, Section 15.

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for this job".

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 documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.