Project Description

PhD Subject: Technology and Learning

The need to understand and manage complex societal issues such as climate change, AI, and sustainable food supply is growing, while Swedish students' interest in STEM subjects is declining.

To meet these challenges, science and technology teachers with deep subject knowledge, didactic competence, and the ability to create meaningful and engaging teaching are required. Teacher educators play a key role here.

The doctoral student will work with and contribute to:

• research in NVTe-didactics, including areas such as cognitive science, digital learning environments, and AI in teaching, focusing on the future of teacher education
• strengthening Swedish teacher education and meeting future needs in STEM
• improved conditions for a more equitable, research-based, and future-oriented school.

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 a Swedish national research school in the didactics of science and technology for teacher educators – FontD.

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

In addition to the above, there is also a requirement (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 will be assessed.

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, and the employment may then 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 benefits (https://www.kth.se/om/jobba-pa-kth/kth-en-arbetsplats-med-manga-formaner-1.467932) and have a monthly salary according to salary structure (https://intra.kth.se/anstallning/anstallningsvillkor/lon/doktorandstegen-1.572915). Read more about doctoral studies (https://www.kth.se/studies/phd/doctoral-studies-phd-1.9318).

Union Representatives

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

The Doctoral Student Section (Student Union of the Royal Institute of Technology) contact information for Doctoral Student Section (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 by the last application day at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

The application should include the following content:

• CV with relevant professional experiences and skills.
• Cover 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 diplomas and transcripts from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled requirements (https://www.kth.se/en/studies/phd/admission-requirements-1.520175). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be verified (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 classified 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 condition for employment is that the applicant is approved after the security review.

We kindly ask for no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of job advertisements.

Become a part of KTH

KTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and participating in the transition to a sustainable society. Here, you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are quality issues and an obvious part of KTH's values as a university and state authority.

Read more about working at KTH (https://www.kth.se/om/jobba-pa-kth).