PhD fellowships in Communication and Leadership

at  Hyskolen Kristiania

Kristiania University College is offering up to five fully funded PhD fellowships in Communication and Leadership for a fixed-term period of three (3) years beginning in August 2025. During this time, the successful applicant will be employed at Kristiania University College and included in a team of researchers with ambitious plans to further develop research and pedagogical activities at the university college. We invite applicants to apply with research proposals in a broad range of research areas and encourage everyone to examine the different areas here:
https://www.kristiania.no/en/research/phd/available-phd-fellowship-positions/

DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT AREAS

The PhD program in Communication and Leadership is interdisciplinary, which means integrating Communication and Leadership to give more comprehensive perspectives. The degree of interdisciplinarity will, however, vary from PhD project to PhD project. This implies that all PhD projects will have aspects of both Communication and Leadership but may address mainly the discipline of Communication, mainly the discipline of Leadership or more fully integrating the two disciplines with a higher degree of interdisciplinary approach. Communication and Leadership can also be combined with other fields such as Health leadership and communication, leadership and communication with the arts etc.
The successful candidate will take part in research groups within relevant areas at Kristiania, and applicants must enclose a project description with topics or research questions within one or more of the research areas outlined here:
https://www.kristiania.no/en/research/phd/available-phd-fellowship-positions/
For more information about Kristiania’s research groups see: https://www.kristiania.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/
Applicants are encouraged to contact relevant research groups at Kristiania for more information.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree (120 ECTS or equivalent) in a relevant subject area with a grade B or better on the master’s thesis and for the master’s degree in total. The master’s thesis must be a minimum of 30 ECTS or equivalent. The relevance of the subject areas is dependent on the type of project candidates propose.
• Relevant 180 ECTS bachelor’s degree
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English (interviews, and all communication will be in English)
• Strong methodological skills

Please refer the Job description for details