About the position and the HOMME project

Applications are invited for a 3-year position as postdoctoral fellow at the Section of Health-, Developmental and Personality Psychology (HUP),  Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo. 

The position is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project “Health, Cognition, Family, and Employment among Men" (HOMME). It studies how men’s changing family and working lives - two central domains of adult life - influence their health and cognition. This is the first ERC advanced grant ever awarded to the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. Within this project, the successful candidate will be able to develop a research agenda focusing on health effects of men’s participation in the family and drivers of the greater diversity in men’s fertility and family experiences. 

More about the position 

The candidate will make use of a rich linkage of register data on the whole Norwegian population and larger health studies, and may include research on how gender roles, parental leave, and traditional values in communities influence men’s life outcomes. The postdoctoral fellow will be part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers with backgrounds in demography, sociology, psychology, economics and health sciences. The candidate will work closely with researchers at other institutions, especially the Norwegian Institute of Public Health where the candidate will be offered part-time placement, and there are opportunities for collaboration and exchanges with international project partners in Europe and North America.

The appointment is a fulltime position for a period of three years. The employment period can be considered to be up to 4 years given addition of teaching and administrative duties (up to 25 %), depending on the competence of the successful applicant and the needs of the department.

The successful applicant will join the HOMME project, led by Prof. Vegard Skirbekk. 

The HUP Section conducts research and provides education in health, developmental, and personality psychology across various academic programs. The section has around 40 national and international staff members, including a dozen permanent university lecturer, associate professors and professors, with about half being women. It also includes around two dozen PhD students, Post-Doctoral and Research Fellows, and Associate Professors II. Read more about HUP section. 
 

Qualifications

Qualification requirements

• Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in demography, sociology, psychology, economics and health sciences, or other relevant field of study.
• The doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation prior to the closing date of the call. Only applicants with an approved doctoral thesis and public defense at the employment date are eligible for appointment.
• The candidate’s research focus must be relevant to the research activities of the HOMME project. 
• Excellent academic achievements in previous studies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of statistics and causal inference methods / econometrics, including good results in advanced courses.
• Experience with programming and analyses in at least one of following languages: R or Stata is required.
• A strong interest in the topic of men’s family life and/or men’s health, ideally demonstrated through previous engagement.
• Good written and oral proficiency in English 

 Desired qualifications

Experience with the supervision of students is an advantage.

Personal skills 

• Candidates are expected to be capable team-workers, creative, motivated, and organized. We encourage the application of researchers from all post-doctoral phases as we will carefully weight academic achievements against career stage.
• The candidate should have the ability to think creatively within a scientific framework.
• Good collaboration, communication and presentation skills are important. 
• The candidate must be well-organized and be able to structure their work well.
   

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal qualifications.

We offer

• The prospect of conducting exciting and meaningful research of a key question of our time – how to improve men’s cognitive development, lives and health.
• An opportunity to be part of an excellent and highly ambitious interdisciplinary team
• The opportunity to work with gold standard Norwegian administrative registries
• A stimulating and international research environment at the University of Oslo, with multiple research groups and seminar series.
• Opportunities to work partly from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, and partly at the Oslo-based Centre for Fertility and Health, a Centre of Excellence at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
• A friendly and inclusive workplace allowing for a good work-life balance.
• 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 Postdoctoral Fellow, position code 1352 in salary range NOK from 610 000 - 690 000 depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.
• Attractive welfare benefits including excellent benefits for families (kindergarten, paid paternal/maternal leave etc.) and a generous pension agreement. In addition, Oslo offers a family-friendly environment with rich opportunities for cultural and outdoor activities in its immediate surroundings.

Starting date: negotiable, but likely in autumn 2025

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

Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.

Application

Your application should include:

• An application letter, stating your motivation for applying for the position, and highlighting a field of interest within the HOMME project.
• CV
• A complete list of publications.
• Transcripts and certificates.
• Contact information for 2-3 references.

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

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.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews. 

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO (Norwegian).

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.