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June 1, 2010
PhD positions (2): The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Application deadline: June 1, 2010
The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) employs some 100 staff and provides under-graduate and post-graduate education and carries out research in a range of disciplines relevant to Public Health. ISPM offers a lively,interdisciplinary environment with excellent computing and library facilities. With its mediaeval architecture, the Swiss capital city of Bern is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which offers excellent quality of life in the proximity ofthe Alps.
Two PhD positions in health/social sciences are available from August 1, 2010, funded for 3 years by the Swiss National Science Foundation. We are seeking PhD candidates with a strong Social Science, Public Health or Economics background at the Masters level. Ideal candidates are strongly motivated graduatestudents/research assistants with solid or advanced competencies in quantitative data analysis and a basic interest in social theory.
The new positions are part of a larger research program that explores the key factors and dynamics of structure and agency processes in the production and re-production of social inequalities in health. The program applies theory based concepts (Capitals, Capabilities) to a large data set newly available from the Swiss Youth Survey. Within that program PhD students are encouraged to develop their own area of expertise. For further details on that program go to http://www.Gesundheitsforschung.ch.
Applicants should be well familiar with statistical packages such as SPSS, SAS, Stata or MPLUS. Experience with multivariate modelling techniques would be advantageous. Working languages will be German and/or English.
Candidates should be committed to working in small groups based on mutual support and advancement, and will be collaborating with researchers at the Department of Econometrics, University of Geneva.
Salaries of the PhD position are based on the salary scale of the Swiss National Science Foundation. For any specific questions send an email to Prof. Thomas Abel: abel@ispm.unibe.ch.
Please submit your application including curriculum vitae as soon as possible, but no later than June 1, 2010. Applications should be addressed to Prof. Thomas Abel and send electronically to abel@ispm.unibe.ch.
Universitaet Bern, Institut fuer Sozial-und Praeventivmedizin, Abteilung fuer Gesundheitsforschung,Niesenweg 6, CH-3012 Bern, http://www.ispm.unibe.ch
