Lund University Sustainability Science PhD
- Organization: Lund University
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: August 28, 2026
- Age: No age limit stated
- Funding: Fully Funded
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
