Project Description

Doctoral Education Subject: Technology and Learning

The doctoral school LärA-AI investigates how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) affects teachers' working environment and professional role.

When AI systems are used in planning, assessment, and decision-making, both teachers' tasks and how the work is experienced change. At the same time, research shows that many teachers already have a pressured working situation with high workloads and increased administrative demands. Therefore, new knowledge is needed about how AI affects working conditions, responsibilities, and competence needs.

The doctoral school is a collaboration between KTH, Uppsala University, and the University of Gävle – three research environments with expertise in educational science, digitalization, working environment, and AI. The doctoral student will conduct practice-oriented research in collaboration with schools and teacher education programs, within three themes:

• The impact of AI on the content and organization of teaching,
• responsibility, ethics, and professional assessments, and
• collegial learning, digital competence, and professional development.

The project is conducted within the research group LEaP (Learning, Education and Pedagogy), which is part of the Department of Learning, investigating education and learning in technology and natural sciences. The research group gathers researchers and doctoral students with expertise in both pedagogy and technology, mathematics, and computer science. The doctoral student will belong to the doctoral school LärA-AI – The Working Environment of the Teaching Profession in an AI-Transformed School.

Supervision: Professor Arnold Pears is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. A decision will be made upon admission.

Eligibility for Admission

To be admitted to doctoral education (Chapter 7, Section 39 of the Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility:

• completed a master's degree, or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at the master's level, or
• acquired equivalent knowledge in some other way, within or outside the country.
• communicate fluently in spoken and written English and Swedish, as required in daily work.

In addition to the above, there is also a link (https://www.kth.se/studies/phd/entry-requirements-for-doctoral-studies-1.520175).

Selection

To succeed in your doctoral studies at KTH, you need to be goal-oriented and persistent in your work. In the selection of applicants, the ability to:

• independently drive your work forward,
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach, and
• analyze and work with complex issues.

After the eligibility requirements, great importance will be placed on personal qualities.

Target Degree: Doctorate

Information about Admission and Employment

Only those who have been admitted to doctoral education may be employed as doctoral students. The total employment period may not exceed what corresponds to full-time doctoral education for four years. An employed doctoral student may, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within e.g., education and administration. A new employment as a doctoral student is valid for a maximum of one year, after which the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time. For studies that will conclude with a licentiate degree, the total employment period may not exceed what corresponds to full-time doctoral education for two years.

As a doctoral student, you will benefit from link (https://www.kth.se/om/jobba-pa-kth/kth-en-arbetsplats-med-manga-formaner-1.467932) and have a monthly salary according to link (https://intra.kth.se/anstallning/anstallningsvillkor/lon/doktorandstegen-1.572915). Read more about link (https://www.kth.se/studies/phd/doctoral-studies-phd-1.9318).

Union Representatives

Contact information for link (https://intra.kth.se/administration/rekrytering/annonsering/fackrepresentanter-1.500898).

Doctoral Student Section (Student Union of the Royal Institute of Technology) Contact information for link (https://www.dr.kth.se/).

Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have the main responsibility for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted.

The application must reach KTH no later than the last application day at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

The application should contain the following:

• CV with relevant professional experiences and skills.
• Application letter with a brief account of why you want to pursue doctoral studies, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Max 2 pages)
• Copies of degree certificates and transcripts from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled link (https://www.kth.se/en/studies/phd/admission-requirements-1.520175). Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals should link (https://www.kth.se/student/studier/examen/vidimering-av-handlingar-1.55190).
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please attach a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other

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It may occur that an employment at KTH is placed in a security class. If this is the case for this employment, a security review of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) after consent. In these cases, a prerequisite for employment is that the applicant is approved after the security review.

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