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Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world's leading universities. It has approximately 46,000 students and 8,500 employees in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our strive to understand, explain, and improve our world and people's conditions.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We see gender equality and diversity as strengths and assets.

The Faculty of Economics is one of eight faculties at Lund University. Here, over 4,000 students and 450 researchers, teachers, and other staff are engaged in education and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics, and research policy.

The Faculty of Economics at Lund University is accredited by the three largest and most influential accreditation bodies for business schools: EQUIS, AMBA, and AACSB. Only slightly over 100 business schools worldwide have received this prestigious so-called Triple Crown accreditation.

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department with approximately 80 employees, including researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and doctoral students. The department offers extensive doctoral education and coordinates three international master's programs. The department has a well-established international reputation for broad and long-term research, where economic theory and quantitative methods constitute important methodological tools. Strong research areas at the department include, among others, economic growth and structural change, innovation, energy and sustainability, development economics and economic demography, as well as financial history and education and the labor market. More information can be found on the department's website: www.lusem.lu.se/organisation/department-economic-history (https://www.lusem.lu.se/organisation/department-economic-history).

From Private to Public Insurance: The Value of Women's Unpaid Care Work and its Economic and Health Outcomes, 1900–1986

Job Responsibilities

The person employed as a doctoral candidate shall primarily devote themselves to their doctoral studies, which aim to result in a doctoral degree. The tasks within the employment consist of participating in research projects and successfully carrying out courses at the doctoral level (third cycle).

The person employed as a doctoral candidate may also, to a limited extent, work with teaching and administrative tasks at the Department of Economic History. Such tasks must not, however, account for more than 20 percent of a full-time position.

The doctoral position is linked to the research project "Green Spaces Across the Life Course: Inequality, School Results, and Later Health". The doctoral candidate will work within this project in close collaboration with other project participants and be part of an interdisciplinary research environment with competence in economic history, economic demography, GIScience, and environmental science.

Qualifications/Admission Requirements

To meet the general admission requirements for doctoral education, the applicant must have:

• completed an advanced level degree, or
• fulfilled course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at the advanced level, or
• acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in another way, within or outside the country.

  (The Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, § 39)

Special admission requirements for doctoral education in each subject are specified in the general syllabus, which is available at: https://www.lusem.lu.se/research/doctoral-studies (https://www.lusem.lu.se/research/doctoral-studies).

Other Requirements

Very good knowledge of English and a Scandinavian language, both in speech and writing.

Assessment Criteria

Admission to doctoral education is based on an assessment of the applicant's ability to benefit from doctoral education, see the general syllabus for doctoral education, available at https://www.lusem.lu.se/research/doctoral-studies (https://www.lusem.lu.se/research/doctoral-studies).

The applicant's ability to benefit from doctoral education and conduct research is assessed primarily based on academic merits from first-cycle and second-cycle education.

The assessment is based especially on:

• Quality and content of previous written works, such as a master's thesis.
• Ability to actively participate in the department's research environment.
• Ability to conduct independent scientific work.
• Good knowledge of qualitative analysis of source material and historical methods.
• Experience of work and/or completed coursework in quantitative methods.
• Very good ability to express oneself in speech and writing in English and a Scandinavian language.
• Relevant educational background in economic history, history, or other disciplines relevant to the project.
• Other relevant experiences for doctoral education, such as research assistant work or advanced analytical work in a research or investigative environment.

Applicants should have a strong interest in studying the historical development of women's work, insurance coverage, and health.

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