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Lund University Sustainability Science PhD

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Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies is recruiting a single PhD candidate on a four-year salaried contract. The research sits inside a FORMAS-funded project on how financial actors try to impose an orderly transition away from fossil fuels. This is employment, not a tuition scholarship: you are paid a monthly salary by the university for the full four years.

What you get:

A monthly salary from Lund University for the four years of the doctorate
A full-time employed doctoral position, 100 per cent, regulated by the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance
A place on the 240-credit Sustainability Science PhD programme
Office space at LUCSUS and a spot in an international research community
A time extension to your contract if you take on departmental duties

What you'll do:

Research how financial instruments such as transition bonds and green taxonomies try to impose order on energy transitions
Do qualitative fieldwork with financial actors in Scandinavia, including interviews and observation at industry events
Complete coursework, then write and publicly defend a doctoral thesis
Possibly teach, up to 20 per cent of full-time hours
Be based full-time in Lund, Sweden
Collaborate with researchers across Sweden and Canada on the FORMAS-funded project

Who can apply

No age limit stated
Open internationally, with no nationality restriction stated
You must hold a second-cycle qualification by the start date of January 1, 2027
You need at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 are second-cycle, or equivalent knowledge
A Master's degree in sustainability science, human geography, sociology, science and technology studies, political science, anthropology or a related field
Documented interest in critical social science, and in climate, energy or finance research
Experience conducting qualitative research
Excellent written and spoken English. Swedish or another Scandinavian language is an advantage, not a requirement
No application fees

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Good to know

+This is a paid employment contract with a Swedish university, so there is no tuition to fund and no self-funding gap
+Terms are regulated by the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance
+LUCSUS states explicitly that candidates are not expected to have all the desired qualifications, which lowers the bar to applying
+Reference letters are not required at the first stage, only the names of three referees

Worth checking yourself

!There is exactly one position
!The monthly salary amount is not published anywhere in the posting
!You must already hold a Master's level qualification by January 1, 2027
!You must relocate and be based full-time in Lund
!The application asks for a cover letter of up to 2,000 words, a CV, degree and grade certificates, and a copy of your thesis, which is a heavy document load
!This funds a doctorate, so it is an academic route rather than a leadership or social impact programme

What we could not confirm

?The posting says you get a monthly salary but never says how much. Swedish doctoral salaries follow a published university pay ladder, but since the figure is not on the page I am not going to guess at it. The closing date is August 28, 2026 with no time of day given
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About this opportunity

What you get:

A monthly salary from Lund University for the four years of the doctorate
A full-time employed doctoral position, 100 per cent, regulated by the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance
A place on the 240-credit Sustainability Science PhD programme
Office space at LUCSUS and a spot in an international research community
A time extension to your contract if you take on departmental duties

What you'll do:

Research how financial instruments such as transition bonds and green taxonomies try to impose order on energy transitions
Do qualitative fieldwork with financial actors in Scandinavia, including interviews and observation at industry events
Complete coursework, then write and publicly defend a doctoral thesis
Possibly teach, up to 20 per cent of full-time hours
Be based full-time in Lund, Sweden
Collaborate with researchers across Sweden and Canada on the FORMAS-funded project

Who can apply

No age limit stated
Open internationally, with no nationality restriction stated
You must hold a second-cycle qualification by the start date of January 1, 2027
You need at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 are second-cycle, or equivalent knowledge
A Master's degree in sustainability science, human geography, sociology, science and technology studies, political science, anthropology or a related field
Documented interest in critical social science, and in climate, energy or finance research
Experience conducting qualitative research
Excellent written and spoken English. Swedish or another Scandinavian language is an advantage, not a requirement
No application fees