The project will investigate how to design and establish physical spaces, legal, economic, and technological services, capable of promoting the emergence of platform cooperatives in the city of Aalborg. That implies co-designing, together with the cooperative movement and marginalised social groups as unemployed graduates or international workers, strategies that can allow the establishment of platform cooperatives at the local level.

More specifically, the objectives of the project are:(1) Perform Participatory Action Research(PAR) with the goal of establishing the Future Jobs Lab– an umbrella initiative supporting the emergence of different platform cooperatives in Aalborg.(2) Detect and articulate the specificities of reconnecting physical spaces, legal, economic, and technological services, in a way that is capable of supporting marginalised groups, as unemployed graduates or migrants, in building their local platform cooperatives in a variety of service and industrial sectors.(3) Co-design and test strategies for prototyping future work platforms in their institutional, physical, and technological elements.

The expected results include:(1) PAR report on co-designing the Future Jobs Lab.(2) Collection and description of strategies and design capabilities for sustainable work platforms.(3) Prototypes of digital, physical, and institutional elements for sustainable cooperative work platforms.

The project includes two periods of secondment, one at Tænketanken Demokratisk Erhverv(Copenhagen, Denmark) and one at the University of Limerick(Ireland).

The selected candidate will become a part of the research group“Techno-anthropology and Participation”.

Requirements:

• A background in IT/Design, or related fields(e.g. Science and Technology Studies, Techno-Anthropology, Sociology of Technology, Work, or Organization);
• Proficiency in English, knowledge of a Scandinavian language is a plus;
• Insights on digital platforms, local community engagement, or cooperative companies;

Applicants should comply with the”Mobility Rule” of the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions, that is”Recruited researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity(work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date(August 2024). Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.” Moreover, applicants should not be already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment.

To apply, prospective students are requested to attach:

• A motivation letter;
• A full Curriculum Vitae;
• A preliminary research plan(max. 3 pages).

You may obtain further information from Associate Professor Tom Børsen atboersen@plan.aau.dk concerning the scientific aspects of the stipend.

PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Master's degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Technical Doctoral School of IT and Design in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 1039 of August 27, 2013 on the PhD Programme at the Universities and Certain Higher Artistic Educational Institutions. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed at regular points in time.

Shortlisting will be applied. This means that subsequent to the deadline for applications the head of department supported by the chair of the assessment committee will select candidates for assessment. All applicants will be informed whether they will be assessed or not.

For further information about stipends and salary as well as practical issues concerning the application procedure contact Lisbeth Diinhoff, The Doctoral School at The Technical Faculty of IT and Design, email:ld@adm.aau.dk, phone:+45 9940 9589.

For more information of The Technical Doctoral School of IT and Design:www.phd.tech.aau.dk

The application is only to be submitted online by using the"Apply online" button below.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Wages and employment

Ref number

20-23078

Deadline

13.12.2023