Ph.d.-stillinger

PhD position in generative AI and Learning at the Virtual Learning Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Virtual Learning Lab at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for a PhD position in using generative AI for learning.

The starting date is August 1st 2026 or soon thereafter.

Introduction
The PhD programme provides PhD students with strong research training which opens a window of opportunity to a variety of careers within the private and public sectors. The programme includes the drafting of a PhD thesis, active participation in research networks, PhD courses, teaching, and other forms of knowledge dissemination. The PhD programme is a three-year full-time study within the framework of the 5+3 study programme.

Duties and responsibilities
The Virtual Learning Lab (VLL) investigates learning with emerging technologies such as generative AI and extended reality. We focus on how, when, why, and for whom these technologies support and are detrimental to learning, and we develop evidence-based knowledge to improve learning effectiveness, instructional design, and classroom integration. More information can be found here: https://psychology.ku.dk/vll/
The VLL is part of the SCOPE section at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

This PhD position is linked to the Carlsberg Foundation funded project Generative AI in Education: From Offloading to Cognitive Understanding in Schools (FOCUS).

Qualification requirements

Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to master’s level related to the subject area of the project, e.g. Psychology, or Education. If you have completed your education in Denmark, you must have a master’s degree covered by the collective agreement for academics in the state sector.

If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, you must either have a master’s degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years) or as minimum a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree (three years) and be assessed as having professional qualifications at master's level.

If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, we will obtain an assessment of your education from the Danish Research Agency.

The successful candidate should additionally have:
• Research experience in educational psychology, learning sciences, human–computer interaction, AI in education, extended reality, or closely related fields
• Excellent written and spoken English

Information about the PhD study programme is available on the website of Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences PhD at the Faculty of Social Sciences and on the PhD website of the department https://psychology.ku.dk/.

Scholarship in the 5+3 programme
The 5+3 PhD study programme
PhD students are paid a salary in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The PhD student has a work obligation of up to 840 hours over the 3 year period of time without additional pay. The work obligation can include teaching, for instance.

For more information on the specific requirements of the integrated PhD programmes, please visit this website: Integrated PhD.

Please note assessment of applicants’ qualifications and eligibility for employment and enrolment will only take place after the application deadline.

How to apply
Please submit your application online. To apply, please click on the “Apply now” icon at the bottom of this page. Your application must be written in English, and include the following attachments (with descriptive titles) in either PDF or Word format:

Cover letter (max. 1 page detailing your motivation and background for applying with the specific PhD project)
CV
Diploma and transcripts of records (BSc and MSc) Please note: If your degree diploma is not available by the application deadline, please include your latest transcript of grades.
Other information for consideration, e.g., list of publications, documentation of English language qualifications (if any). Please do not include commitments from supervisors, recommendations etc.

Further details on the documents that should accompany your application are available on this website: Admission requirements and application procedures.

Assessment Criteria
The following criteria are used when shortlisting candidates for assessment:

1. Research qualifications.

2. Qualifications and knowledge in relevant disciplines.

Salary and Terms of Employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The salary range starts at approximately DKK 31,600 (EUR 4,200) + an 18.07 % pension contribution.

The Recruitment Process
After the application deadline, the Head of Section will consider advice from the appointment committee and then selects applicants for assessment. All applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted. The Head of Section will then set up an expert assessment committee to assess the shortlisted applications. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee. Each shortlisted applicant will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment before the appointment is announced.

Enrolment
It is a prerequisite for employment that successful applicants enrol at the PhD School of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

International Applicant?
The University of Copenhagen offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during your relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about our services at: For international researchers at the University of Copenhagen.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace
The University of Copenhagen is committed in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity etc. To learn more about our diverse workplace and our participation in the HRS4R HR Excellence in Research, please visit HR Excellence in Research.

Contact Information
We encourage you to first consult our website, where most questions concerning the recruitment process as well as the academic content and structure of the PhD programme are answered:

Structure of the PhD programme

How to obtain a PhD scholarship.

If you do not find the information you are looking for, you are welcome to contact HR South at hr-soendre@adm.ku.dk. Please remember to state the ID number 211-2462/26-2H #2.

The deadline for applications is June 10th at 23:59 CEST.

Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered. However, changes may be made to the submitted application right up until the deadline.

PhD scholarship at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship on the ERC-funded project MERCURY ‘Mercenarism and the Accountability Void: Finding routes to accountability and remedy for the victims of human rights abuses perpetrated by mercenaries’ (https://jura.ku.dk/privategovernance/english/research/mercury/) at the Faculty of Law. You will be enrolled at the PhD School at the Faculty of Law.

The scholarship is for 3 years starting on 1 October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

About the MERCURY project

The MERCURY project is a 5-year €2M project led by Dr. Sorcha MacLeod (sorcha.macleod@jur.ku.dk) and funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant that is researching viable routes to accountability and access to justice and remedy for the victims of mercenarism.

This PhD position forms part of the mapping phase of MERCURY which aims to provide a novel understanding of contemporary mercenarism to underpin groundbreaking legal analysis of the shortcomings and weaknesses of national and international legal frameworks when it comes to accountability and access to justice and remedies for victims of mercenarism. The PhD project will therefore involve interdisciplinary mapping and analysis of the patterns of predatory and exploitative recruitment of mercenary and mercenary-adjacent actors (as well as the recruiters and other enablers involved in the recruitment and financing of mercenarism). It will shed light on both the evolution of mercenarism and the longer-term legal and life-trajectory consequences of such recruitment. As such, the project will require a ‘mixing methods’ approach examining how this phenomenon intersects with questions of mobility, nationality, citizenship, gender, race and other axes of inequality and vulnerability such as socio-economic circumstances.

Introduction
The PhD programme is a study programme which aims at training PhD students, at an international level, to undertake research, development and teaching assignments. These qualifications open a window of opportunity to a variety of careers within the private and public sectors. The programme includes the drafting of a PhD thesis, active participation in research networks and the faculty’s scholarly life, PhD courses, teaching, and other forms of knowledge dissemination. The standard duration of the PhD programme is three years of full-time studies, which equals 180 ECTS.

Qualification requirements

Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to master’s level related to the subject area of the project, e.g. You must also have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2, and the grade 10 or above for the master’s thesis at the master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale. For the Danish grading scale, please see: Grading system — English (ufm.dk).

If you have completed your education in Denmark, you must have a master’s degree covered by the collective agreement for academics in the state sector. If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, you must either have a master’s degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years) or as minimum a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree (three years) and be assessed as having professional qualifications at master's level.

If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, we will obtain an assessment of your education from the Danish Research Agency.

It is possible to submit your application before completing your master’s degree, but the master’s degree must be obtained before the start date.

The qualifications of applicants with non-Danish master’s degrees will be assessed to decide whether they correspond to the Danish level. For further information, please refer to the website of the Ministry of Education and Research: General assessments for specific countries — English (ufm.dk).

You must possess skills in written and spoken academic English at a high level, additional language skills are an asset. If deemed necessary, the faculty may request that you document your English skills.

For further information about the guidelines for PhD studies at UCPH, please refer to: PhD Programmes - Guide to studies and admission – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

For further information about the structure of the PhD programme, please refer to: The PhD Programme - Faculty of Law – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Please also familiarize yourself with the ongoing research at the faculty: Faculty of Law - Research – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Essential requirements for the position:

A background in migration studies, migration law, human trafficking, and/or international human rights law or a related field (ideally in humanities or social science)
Knowledge of mercenaries and private military and security companies
Qualitative and field research experience, specifically interviews

Highly Desirable Qualifications:

Experience in conducting qualitative research among communities in situations of vulnerability.
Additional language skills in e.g. French, Arabic, Russian, or Spanish

The successful applicant will be supported in accessing academic training and workshops, membership of professional bodies, conferences and workshops, network-building, and developing academic skills in research and academic writing. They will be effectively and constructively mentored and supported by the PI in a positive workplace. The successful applicant will be expected to engage actively with the MERCURY project and its team.

MERCURY is anchored in and benefits from a strong research environment at the Faculty of Law and across UCPH, as well as with other researchers nationally and internationally. The successful candidate will be based at the Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI). CEPRI is a dynamic research centre with multiple ongoing international and national research projects, and a nurturing, lively, and inspiring atmosphere for PhD scholars.

Enrolment

To be awarded a PhD scholarship, you must enrol as a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, cf. the rules of the Danish Ministerial order No 1039 of 27 August 2013.

Application
Please submit your application online. To apply, please click on the “Apply now” icon at the bottom of this page. The application must be written in English, and include the following enclosures in Adobe PDF or Word format:

CV
Cover Letter detailing your motivation and background for applying for the specific PhD project.
Diplomas, transcripts and description of grading scale - bachelor’s degree and master’s degree.
Project description, no more than 12,000 keystrokes not including bibliography.
Other relevant material, e.g. list of publications, documentation of English language qualifications

AI: If generative artificial intelligence is employed during the preparation of the project description, it should be used responsibly and disclosed with full transparency in the designated part of the application.

On the website of the PhD School, you can find information about the enclosures to include with your electronic application: For applicants – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Salary and terms of employment
You will be paid in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Depending on seniority, the monthly salary starts at approximately DKK 31,600 (EUR 4,200) + a 18.07% pension contribution. It is possible to negotiate salary supplements on an annual basis.

You will have a work obligation of up to 840 hours over the 3-year period without additional pay. The work obligation can include for instance teaching.

The recruitment process and assessment criteria

The following criteria are used when shortlisting candidates for assessment:

Research qualifications as reflected in the project description.
Quality and feasibility of the project.
Qualifications and knowledge in relevant human rights and migration disciplines.
Performance (grades obtained) in graduate and post-graduate studies.
Whether the faculty can offer adequate supervision for the research topic in question.

Once the deadline for applications has expired, the Associate Dean of Research, with advice from the Appointment Committee, selects applicants for assessment. All applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted and selected for assessment. After this, the Associate Dean of Research sets up an expert Assessment Committee to assess the shortlisted applicants. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee. Each shortlisted applicant will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment before the appointment is announced.

Further information on the recruitment process at UCPH can be found here: Recruitment process – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

International applicant?
The University of Copenhagen offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during your relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about these services as well as information on entering and working in Denmark here: For international researchers at the University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

An Equal Opportunity Workplace

UCPH wishes to reflect the diversity of society, and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their personal backgrounds. For more information on the diverse working place environment at the university and the university’s participation in the HRS4R programme, please see: HR Excellence in Research – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

Contact information
Information about the recruitment process is available from HR South, email: hr-soendre@adm.ku.dk. Please refer to case number: 211-2463/26-2H #2

Additional information about the PhD programme can be obtained from the PhD Administration, https://jura.ku.dk/phd/how-to-obtain-a-phd-scholarship/.

The deadline for applications is 15 June 2026 at 23:59 CEST.

Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered. However, changes may be made to the submitted application right up until the deadline.

As an applicant to the University of Copenhagen, you should be prepared to undergo a security screening related to international research collaboration as part of the recruitment process. The security screening will be conducted in cases where the University deems it appropriate based on an overall assessment.

PhD fellowship in Breaking Antimicrobial Resistance by Targeting Potentiators

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled molecular biologist for a 3-year PhD fellowship in molecular microbiology commencing on 1 September 2026 or after agreement.

The highly collaborative project “Breaking Antimicrobial Resistance by Targeting Potentiators” is funded by The Independent Research fund Denmark (FTP) and involves leading researchers from University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark (Odense), Statens Serum Institute (Copenhagen), Harvard Medical School and University of Greifswald.

Project description

One of the biggest challenges to modern health care is the increasing number of bacterial infections not responding to antibiotic treatment. This clinical challenge is compounded by the lack of mechanistic understanding of bacterial resistance. The objective of the “Breaking Antimicrobial Resistance by Targeting Potentiators” project is to combat antimicrobial resistance by delineating the molecular mechanisms whereby intrinsic bacterial factors, so-called “potentiators”, allow bacteria to develop high-level resistance to antibiotics. In the present project we will focus on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the resistant pathogens having the greatest clinical impact. Specifically, we will investigate how the Spx controlled bacterial stress response is potentiating both virulence and antimicrobial resistance in MRSA. The laboratory work will include state-of-the-art molecular methods within microbiology and immunology in combination with advanced microscopy. The PhD fellow must expect to spend at least 6 months in one of the collaborating institutions, Harvard Medical School and University of Greifswald. The

The group

The project will be supervised by Associate Professor Dorte Frees who has extensive experience in the molecular biology of antibiotic resistance and the pathogenesis of bacterial pathogens. The major research interest of the FreesLab is to identify novel targets that can be used to dis-arm bacteria by either by restoring antibiotic sensitivity, or by preventing production of central virulence factors. In the group we have a strong focus on doing excellent science in an open, collaborative, and sustainable work environment, and in supporting each members’ individual career goals. More information FreesLab can be found at: https://ivh.ku.dk/english/research/bacteria_and_viruses/freeslab/

The institution

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (IVH: https://ivh.ku.dk/english/) is localized at the Frederiksberg campus of University of Copenhagen. Research at IVH focuses broadly on food safety, antibiotic resistance, animal welfare, immune system, and lifestyle diseases. The cross-disciplinary research is dedicated to find solutions to important societal challenges. The department offers a highly international research environment with a collaborative atmosphere and supported by state-of-the-art Core Facilities and administrative services.

Required qualifications

Master’s degree in life sciences. Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years 120 ECTS/2 FTE MSc + 180 ECTS/3 FTE BSc).
Excellent microbiology/molecular biology laboratory skills
Experience in bioinformatics and sequence analysis
Interest or experience in advanced microscopy
High level of motivation, responsibility, and flexibility
Strong motivation and good collaborative skills.
Excellent communication skills and flair for scientific writing
Fluency in written and spoken English

Start: 1 September 2026

Duration: 3 years as a PhD student

Job description
Your key tasks as a PhD student at SUND are:

Carry through an independent research project under supervision

Complete PhD courses or other equivalent education corresponding to approx. 30 ECTS points
Participate in active research environments including a stay at another research team
Teach and disseminate your knowledge
Write a PhD thesis and publish peer-reviewed scientific papers based on the experimental work performed in the project

Profile
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following competences and experiences:

Essential experiences and skills (key criteria for the assessment of applicants):

You have a master’s degree within the field of molecular biology
You have hands-on experience in relevant molecular techniques such as staphylococcal genetics, and methods relating to studying antibiotic resistance development including advanced microscopy techniques.
You have experience and flair for bioinformatic tools used to study bacterial evolution and gene expression
You have a very high level of motivation and good collaborative skills
Excellent English skills, written and spoken
You like working independently and thrive in a very dynamic research environment
You have flair for scientific writing

You are a fast learner and have achieved good grade points in subjects related to molecular biology

Place of employment

The place of employment is at Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment. Our research facilities include modern laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment.

Terms of employment
The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The expected start date is 1 September 2026 or after agreement.

The employment is conditioned upon the applicant’s successful enrolment as a PhD student at the Graduate School at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.

The PhD study must be completed in accordance with The Ministerial Order on the PhD programme (2013) and the Faculty’s rules on achieving the degree.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. The position is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact the principal supervisor Dorte Frees (df@sund.ku).

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/guidelines/

Application procedure
Your application must be submitted electronically by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. The application must include the following documents in PDF format:

1. Motivated letter of application (max. one page)

2. CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position

3. Certified copy of original Master of Science diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in other language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted. As a prerequisite for a PhD fellowship employment, your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree. We encourage you to read more in the assessment database: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/find-assessments/assessment-database. Please note that we might ask you to obtain an assessment of your education performed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science

4. Publication list (if possible)

Application deadline: 16 June 2026 at 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The assessor makes a non-prioritized assessment of the academic qualifications and experience with respect to the above-mentioned area of research, techniques, skills and other requirements listed in the advertisement.

Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You find information about the recruitment process at: http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

The applicants will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Interviews are expected to be held in week 27.

The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.

PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship. The research will be conducted as part of the research project Writing with the Dead – N.F.S. Grundtvig’s Use of Historical Sources (WWD). The position is a fixed term 36-month position, starting on November 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

About the Core Group Project
WWD investigates how the influential Danish theologian, thinker, and poet N.F.S. Grundtvig worked with textual sources from antiquity to his own day. In addition to the analysis of Grundtvig’s published works, the project group will take advantage of a new research infrastructure called Grundtvig’s Manuscripts Online (GMO). GMO uses the AI-software Transkribus to transcribe of more than 80,000 unprinted pages in the Grundtvig Archive at the Royal Danish Library. The shared theoretical foundations for the interdisciplinary research team are Modern Genre Studies and Conceptual History. More information about the core group project is available here: https://teol.ku.dk/english/research/dept/akh/writing-with-the-dead/.

The Research Environment and Activities
The Faculty of Theology is dedicated to fostering a workplace culture grounded in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strive to offer a supportive environment for researchers at every stage of their careers, emphasizing work-life balance and equitable access to career development opportunities.
WWD offers a diverse and interdisciplinary research environment, affiliated with the section of Church History at the Faculty of Theology at the South Campus of UCPH https://teol.ku.dk/english/research/dept/akh/. Parts of the project will be conducted at other departments at the South Campus and at The Royal Danish Library. The PhD-student is expected to participate in research, teaching, and conference participation related to Grundtvig’s writings and their genesis and impact.

Job Content
We seek applicants who demonstrate strong motivation and enthusiasm for contributing to our research project. Candidates primarily from Theology or Humanities are encouraged to apply. Of special interest are applicants who want to study Grundtvig’s engagement with sources from Late Antiquity and the Early Church or from Romanticism; we also welcome other project proposals about Grundtvig’s use of historical sources. Applications should describe how their project contributes to Grundtvig research and relates directly to the goals of WWD and the synergy with the other subprojects.

We seek candidates who are interested in/or have experience with:

Collaborative research
Archival research
Using the AI-software Transkribus

The following skills are an advantage:

Knowledge of Grundtvig’s writings and sources
Proficiency in reading 19th century vernacular Danish

Inquiries about the position can be made to the Principal Investigator of the project, Associate Professor Anders Holm, phone + 45 51 30 20 35, email: aho@teol.ku.dk.

General Information
PhD studies consist of research programmes at the highest international level that qualify students for independent research, knowledge dissemination, and teaching. The main emphasis is on PhD students organising and conducting their own research project (under supervision). The programme culminates in the submission of a PhD thesis, which the student must defend in public. The programme is prescribed to 180 ECTS credits, corresponding to three years of full-time study.

A PhD degree opens a range of career opportunities in academia and elsewhere. As well as writing a thesis, PhD students work in active research environments in Denmark and abroad. They contribute to the academic environment, take research training courses, and convey the results of their research in teaching, at academic conferences, and to the public.

The Candidate will be enrolled in the PhD School of the Faculty of Theology, see: https://teol.ku.dk/english/phd/about/

For further information about the guidelines for PhD studies at UCPH, please refer to: https://phd.ku.dk/english/.

Qualification requirements
Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to master’s level related to the subject area of the project, e.g. [relevant educations]. If you have completed your education in Denmark, you must have a master’s degree covered by the collective agreement for academics in the state sector. If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, you must either have a master’s degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years) or as minimum a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree (three years) and be assessed as having professional qualifications at master's level.

If you have completed your education abroad, we will obtain an assessment of your education from the Danish Research Agency.

Application
All applications must be submitted online via the link “Apply now” at the bottom of this page. The application must be written in English, Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish, and include the following enclosures in Adobe PDF or Word format:

Cover letter (max. 1 page) detailing your motivation and background for applying for the specific PhD position
CV (max. 2 pages, including contact details and language proficiency)
Project description (12,000 keystrokes including spaces but excluding bibliography) containing a description of: 1) the planned research project; 2) the planned contribution to Grundtvig research and the WWD project; 3) a realistic draft outline of the study programme for the fulfillment of requirements under the Ministerial Order on PhD degrees with regard to participation in courses and periods of study at other institutions.
One writing sample, demonstrating the applicant’s analytical writing skills (for example, one chapter of the MA thesis)
Diploma and transcripts of records of both Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree.
Other information for consideration, e.g. list of publications, documentation of English language qualifications (if relevant)

The website for the PhD School offers information about the enclosures to include with the electronic application: https://teol.ku.dk/english/phd/how-to-obtain-a-phd-scholarship/admission-requirements/.

Applicants with a degree from a university where documents are not issued in English or in a Scandinavian language must provide a translation of their diploma and transcript of records verified by the issuing university. The documents must be translated into English, Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish. An official description of the grading scale in question (for instance diploma supplement) must also be enclosed.

Assessment Criteria
The following criteria are applied when assessing PhD applications:

Research qualifications as reflected in the project description.
Quality and feasibility of the project.
Qualifications and knowledge in relevant disciplines.
Performance (grades obtained) in graduate and post-graduate studies.
Whether the faculty can offer adequate supervision for the research topic in question.

The Recruitment Process
After the deadline for applications, the dean considers advice from the appointment committee and then selects applicants for assessment. All applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted. After this step, the dean sets up an expert assessment committee to assess the shortlisted applications. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee. Each shortlisted applicant will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment of their application before the appointment is announced.

For further information about the recruitment process, please refer to the University of Copenhagen website: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

The Ministerial Order on PhD degrees and other relevant documents can be downloaded from the faculty homepage at teol.ku.dk or by contacting the Faculty of Theology, Karen Blixens Plads 16, 2300 Copenhagen S.

Enrollment
It is a prerequisite for employment that successful applicants enroll at the PhD School of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen.

For further information about the structure of the PhD programme, please refer to: https://teol.ku.dk/english/phd/phd-programme/structure/.

For further information about the guidelines for PhD studies at UCPH, please refer to: https://phd.ku.dk/english/.

Salary and Terms of Employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The monthly salary range starts at DKK 31,200 (EUR 4,100) + a 18,07 % contribution to the pension scheme.

According to the agreement, the PhD Fellow is required to carry out tasks at the relevant department to an extent corresponding to 840 working hours (6 months) without additional pay. The work obligation can include other related duties.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace
University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender or personal background. For more information on the diverse working place environment at the university and the university’s participation in the HRS4R, please see: https://employment.ku.dk/working-at-ucph/eu-charter-for-researchers/.

International Applicants
The University of Copenhagen offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during your relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about these services as well as information on entering and working in Denmark here: https://ism.ku.dk/.

The University of Copenhagen strives to offer a family friendly and flexible working environment with a sustainable balance between work- and private life, including parental leave schemes (up to 47 weeks for both parents) and up to six weeks of paid holidays per year.

Contact Information
For further information about the structure and rules of the PhD programme, please contact the PhD Administration at email: phd@hrsc.ku.dk.

Information about the recruitment process is available from HR Centre South, email: hr-soendre@adm.ku.dk. Please refer to case number: 211-2435/26-2H #2.

The deadline for applications is June 22 at 23:59 [CEST].
Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered. However, changes may be made to the submitted application right up to the deadline.

PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invite applications for a PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience to be filled by 1st of October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Information about the project can be found at https://psychology.ku.dk/coinact/our-research/research/

Job content

The PhD student will be part of a project entitled A Neuronal Mechanism for Auditory Imagination funded by the Lundbeck Foundation and headed by Principal Investigator (PI) David R. Quiroga-Martinez. The project aims to uncover the neural basis of auditory imagination, its variation in the general population, and its dysfunction in schizophrenia. The project combines a variety of methods including scalp EEG recordings, intracranial EEG measurements in humans including single-neuron activity, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and cognitive modeling. For more details, please contact David R. Quiroga-Martinez. (david.quiroga@psy.ku.dk).

Candidates with an interest and background in cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, or similar are encouraged to apply. Strong motivation, independence, as well as critical and creative thinking are essential qualities for the position. Experience with the design and implementation of experiments, signal processing, data analysis, programming, and cognitive modeling will be positively valued. The successful candidate will lead the design and execution of experiments aimed at understanding the neuronal dynamics of auditory imagination using EEG and cognitive modeling. As part of the bigger project, the PhD student will have the opportunity to work with intracranial EEG data (including human single-neuron recordings), TMS, and neuropsychiatric patients, in close collaboration with cognitive psychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other cognitive scientists. It is expected that the successful candidate will partake in the activities of the research group on a daily basis. The PhD student will be physically located at the Cognition and Neuropsychology research cluster https://psychology.ku.dk/research/research_clusters/cognition-and-clinical-neuropsychology/, at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

Information
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact PI David R. Quiroga-Martinez (david.quiroga@psy.ku.dk) for more information about the project.

Introduction
PhD studies consist of research programmes that qualify students for independent and wide-ranging research, development and teaching at international level. The main emphasis is on PhD students organising and conducting their own research project (under supervision). The programme culminates in the submission of a PhD thesis, which the student must defend in public. The programme is prescribed to 180 ECTS points, corresponding to three years of full-time study.

A PhD opens up a range of career opportunities in academia and elsewhere. As well as writing a thesis, PhD students work in active research environments in Denmark and abroad. They contribute to the academic environment, take research training courses and convey the results of their research in teaching, at academic conferences and to the general public.

Qualification requirements
Applicants must have a two-year Master’s degree (120 ECTS) or equivalent and, as a minimum, have submitted a Master’s thesis for which they have received pre-approval at the time of application.
The qualifications of applicants with non-Danish Master’s degrees will be assessed to ascertain whether they correspond to the Danish level. For further information, please refer to the website of the Ministry of Education and Research: https://ufm.dk/en/education/admission-and-guidance.
Applicants must possess skills in written and spoken academic English at a high level. If deemed necessary, the department may request that applicants document their English skills.

Application
All applications must be submitted online, in PDF or Microsoft Word format, via the link “Apply for the position” at the bottom of the page.

The application must include:

1. Project description
Applications must include a brief PhD project description covering the problem formulation, overall objectives, methodology, and expected results (max. 1 page/2400 characters, incl. spaces, excl. bibliography). This description should address issues in the cognitive neuroscience of (auditory) imagination and / or inner cognition and should be clearly situated within the larger project mentioned above.

Example of articles from our group can be found here:

Quiroga-Martinez, D.R. et al. (2025) “Brain dynamics of mental manipulation.” bioRxiv, p. 2025.10.20.683458. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.20.683458.
Quiroga-Martinez, D.R. et al. (2024) “Decoding reveals the neural representation of perceived and imagined musical sounds,” PLOS Biology, 22(10), p. e3002858. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002858.
Hoy, C.W. et al. (2023) “Asymmetric coding of reward prediction errors in human insula and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex,” Nature Communications, 14(1), p. 8520. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44248-1.

Guidelines and good advice on project descriptions are available here.

Please do not upload or submit recommendations, publications, theses, etc.

2. Personal statement (max. one page)
In their personal statements, applicants are encouraged to:

Outline how the PhD project relates to other research activities at the department
Describe as clearly as possible their competencies, motivations, and personal qualifications relevant to the PhD programme.

3. CV
Applications must be accompanied by a CV (max.one page) and a list of publications, if relevant.

4. Documentation (diplomas and transcripts)
Applicants must upload the following:

A copy of their Master’s degree diploma or similar (if this is not available by the application deadline, applicants must document pre-approval of their Master’s thesis).
A copy of their Master’s degree transcript
A copy of their Bachelor’s degree diploma
A copy of their Bachelor’s degree transcript.

Applicants with a degree from a university where the working language is not English or one of the Scandinavian languages must be prepared to submit a translation of their Master’s diploma and/or diploma transcripts approved by the Danish embassy or consulate in the country where the original document was issued, in order to proceed with the hiring process if successful. These documents must be translated into English, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish. An official description of the grading scale (and a diploma supplement where relevant) must also be attached.
Chinese applicants must attach a China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Evaluation Committee (CADGEEC) certificate. Read more about CADGEEC here.

Assessment criteria
The following criteria are applied when assessing PhD applications:

The quality and originality of the PhD project
Research qualifications, as reflected in the attached CV and project description
Competencies and knowledge of relevant fields of academic research
Level (grades obtained) of Bachelor and Master’s studies.

Please note that only one scholarship is awarded at this call and competition is intense.

The recruitment process
After the deadline for applications, the Head of Department considers advice from the Appointment Committee and then selects applicants for assessment. All applicants will be notified whether or not they have been shortlisted. After this, the Head of Department sets up an expert Assessment Committee to assess the shortlisted applications. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee. Individual applicants will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment of their application before the appointment is announced.

Enrolment
It is a prerequisite for employment that successful applicants enrol at the PhD School of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.
For further information about the structure of the PhD programme, please refer to: https://psychology.ku.dk/phd_programme/.
For further information about the guidelines for PhD studies at UCPH, please refer to: https://phd.ku.dk/english/

The deadline for applications is 1st of July 2026, at 23:59 CEST

We encourage you to first consult our website, where most questions concerning the recruitment process as well as the academic content and structure of the PhD programme are answered:

Structure of the PhD programme

How to obtain a PhD scholarship.

If you do not find the information you are looking for, you are welcome to contact HR South at hr-soendre@adm.ku.dk. Please remember to state the ID number 2112461/26-2H #2
If you have any questions about the academic content of the PhD programme, please e-mail the PhD coordinator at the Department of Psychology, Xuan Li, xuan.li@psy.ku.dk.

Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
However, changes may be made to the submitted application right up until the deadline.

PhD fellowship in Metabolic Control of Glucose Utilization and Homeostasis

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement, in the Sakamoto Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen.

About CBMR

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) is an academic research Center that pioneers groundbreaking research towards better cardiometabolic health. Through collaborative interdisciplinary research from single-cell genomics to whole-body systems, CBMR aims to transform the basic understanding of cardiometabolic health and accelerate its translation into prevention and treatment strategies. The Center’s uniquely multi- and interdisciplinary approach combines research in genetics, physiology and pharmacology, to better understand the complex interplay of the many factors that drive cardiometabolic disease. You can learn more in the Executive Summary of CBMR's Strategy 2024–2028.

CBMR was established in 2010 at the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences and has been located in the Maersk Tower at Panum since 2017. The around 260 employees create an international, highly collaborative research environment across disciplines.

Our group and research

The overarching aim of the Sakamoto Group is to elucidate molecular mechanisms governing cellular energy sensing, as well as the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis. Our ultimate goal is to identify therapeutic targets and their small-molecules or peptide-based modulators capable of restoring energy balance in cardiometabolic disease. Our research focuses on how post-translational modifications—particularly reversible phosphorylation—and allosteric regulation of signaling proteins and metabolic enzymes contribute to metabolic control. We also investigate how disruptions in these processes drive the development and progression of cardiometabolic diseases. To address these questions, we employ a multidisciplinary approach and collaborate with leading national and international experts. We are equally committed to fostering a supportive and dynamic research environment, with a strong emphasis on the training and professional development of early-career scientists.

Project description

Maintenance of energy and glucose homeostasis is essential for metabolic health. Our group has previously shown that glucose utilization in skeletal muscle and liver is governed by coordinated regulation through reversible phosphorylation and allosteric control, using novel knock-in mouse models expressing metabolic enzymes carrying phospho-deficient or allosteric modulator-binding-deficient mutations. This project will focus on defining how glucose phosphorylation by hexokinase 2, together with its allosteric negative feedback regulation, controls skeletal muscle glucose flux and utilization in vivo, and how this contributes to whole-body glucose homeostasis under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. The successful candidate will perform biochemical analyses combined with structure-guided mutagenesis (cell-free and cell-based assays) to identify allosteric modulator-resistant mutants, as well as in vivo preclinical studies in multiple genetic mouse models, including metabolic phenotyping and assessment of glucose homeostasis.

Principal supervisor is Professor Kei Sakamoto, email: kei.sakamoto@sund.ku.dk

Start: November 15, 2026

Duration: 3 years as PhD fellow.

Job description
Your key tasks as a PhD student at SUND are:

Carrying through an independent research project under supervision.

Completing PhD courses or other equivalent education corresponding to approximately 30 ECTS points.
Participating in active research environments including a stay at another research team.
Obtaining experience with teaching or other types of dissemination related to your PhD project
Teaching and disseminating your knowledge.
Writing a PhD thesis on the grounds of your project

Key criteria for the assessment of applicants
Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to a master’s degree related to the subject area of the project, e.g. biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, molecular biomedicine. Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years).

Other important criteria are:

Hands-on experience in performing cell culture experiments (e.g. transfection/gene editing, drug treatment), biochemical/metabolic analysis (e.g. enzyme assays, metabolomics) and cell signaling (e.g. Western blotting, proteomics)
Hands-on experience in conducting in vivo preclinical studies and metabolic phenotyping (FELASA certified or similar)
Ability to manage and analyze complex data sets
A curious and critical mindset with strong self-motivation to develop new knowledge and treatment for complex cardiometabolic diseases
Ability to work independently and work as a team player
Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral

Place of employment

The place of employment is at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Maersk Tower, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.

Terms of employment
The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

The position as PhD student is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The start date is November 15, 2026, or after agreement.

The PhD study must be completed in accordance with The Ministerial Order on the PhD programme (2013) and the Faculty’s rules on achieving the degree.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact Professor Kei Sakamoto (kei.sakamoto@sund.ku.dk) or Marianne Jensen PhD (marianne.jensen@sund.ku.dk) . For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk .

International applicants may find these links useful www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility) and https://www.workindenmark.dk/ .

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/guidelines/

Application procedure
Your application must be submitted electronically by clicking ‘Apply for position’ below. The application must include the following documents in PDF format:

1. Motivated letter of application (max. one page)

2. CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position

3. Certified copy of original Master’s diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.

4. Publication list (if possible)

Application deadline: August 10, 2026, 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed, each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You can read about the recruitment process at www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process.

The applicant will be assessed according to Ministerial Order No. 242 of March 13, 2012, on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal backgrounds.

Research Assistent and PhD in Precision Medicine from Graph-Based Medical Digital Twins

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement in the Rasmussen Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen.

The PhD fellowship is part of the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program.

About Us
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) is an academic research Center that pioneers groundbreaking research towards better cardiometabolic health. Through collaborative interdisciplinary research from single-cell genomics to whole-body systems, CBMR aims to transform the basic understanding of cardiometabolic health and accelerate its translation into prevention and treatment strategies. The Center’s uniquely multi- and interdisciplinary approach combines research in genetics, physiology and pharmacology, to better understand the complex interplay of the many factors that drive cardiometabolic disease. You can learn more in the Executive Summary of CBMR's Strategy 2024–2028.

Our Research
The Rasmussen Lab develops and applies advanced AI and bioinformatics methods to understand cardiometabolic disease and advance precision health. A central focus is the creation of AI-driven medical digital twins by integrating large-scale genomics, multi-omics, and longitudinal health data. We are an interdisciplinary and collaborative team spanning machine learning, computational biology, and clinical research, working closely with leading international academic partners. The group provides a supportive, inclusive, and international environment, where we value diversity across backgrounds and career stages and foster a culture of teamwork, open science, and mutual support.

Project Description

The PhD project focuses on developing AI-based approaches to better understand and predict cardiometabolic disease using large-scale health and biological data. The work will contribute to building medical digital twins: computational representations of individuals that capture health trajectories over time. By combining diverse data sources and modern machine learning methods, the project aims to improve how we model disease risk, progression, and treatment response. The research sits at the intersection of data science, biology, and medicine, and involves close collaboration with clinical and international partners. The position offers a unique opportunity to work with world-leading datasets and contribute to the development of next-generation precision health approaches.

Principal supervisor: Professor, Simon Rasmussen, srasmuss@sund.ku.dk

Start: November 15, 2026

Duration: 1 year as Research Assistant followed by 3 years as PhD fellow contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year.

Profile

The PhD fellowship is aimed at early-career researchers with a basic science background or clinicians who aspire to a career in academic medicine.

Required qualifications:

Master’s degree in Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science or related sciences. Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years).
The grade point average achieved
Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD project
Previous publications
Relevant work experience
Other professional activities
A curious mindset with a strong interest in application of AI to health data
Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral

Eligibility

The PhD fellowships within the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program are open for applicants that hold a Master’s degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years). The Master’s degree has to be obtained before November 15, 2026. You are not eligible to apply for the program if you have been employed in a Research Assistant position for more than two years at the University of Copenhagen prior to the commencement of the fellowship.

Terms of Employment

The employment consists of 1 year as a Research Assistant followed by 3 years as PhD fellow contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year. Starting date is November 15, 2026, or after agreement.

The employment as PhD fellow is conditioned upon the applicant’s successful enrolment as a PhD student at the Graduate School at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant. The PhD study must be completed in accordance with The Ministerial Order on the PhD programme (2013) and the Faculty’s rules on achieving the degree.

Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

When you will be affiliated with the University of Copenhagen or otherwise have access to their research, you may be required to undergo a background screening. The purpose is to protect the security and research integrity of the University of Copenhagen.

Questions

For further information about the position, please contact Professor, Simon Rasmussen at srasmuss@sund.ku.dk. Questions regarding the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program must be directed to Senior Advisor Sarah Christoffersen at sarah.christoffersen@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact HR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk.

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website.

The University of Copenhagen International Staff Mobility office offers support and assistance to all international researchers on all issues related to moving to and settling in Denmark.

Application Procedure

Your online application must be submitted in English via the ‘Apply for position’ link below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant to the position
Certified copy of original Master’s diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
List of publications
References (name and contact details of at least two references)

Application Deadline: August 10, 2026, 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The Further Process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed, each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You can read about the recruitment process at www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process.

The applicant will be assessed according to Ministerial Order No. 242 of March 13, 2012, on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal backgrounds.

Research Assistant and PhD fellow in the Genetic architecture of skeletal muscle

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement in the Loos Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen.

The PhD fellowship is part of the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program.

About Us

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) is an academic research Center that pioneers groundbreaking research towards better cardiometabolic health. Through collaborative, interdisciplinary research spanning single-cell genomics to whole-body systems, CBMR aims to transform the basic understanding of cardiometabolic health and accelerate its translation into prevention and treatment strategies. CBMR’s uniquely multi- and interdisciplinary approach combines research in genetics, physiology, computational biology, and pharmacology, creating a highly collaborative and international research environment.

CBMR was established in 2010 at the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences and has been located in the Maersk Tower at Panum since 2017. CBMR currently hosts around 260 employees from diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds.

You can learn more in the Executive Summary of CBMR's Strategy 2024–2028.

Our Research

This PhD project will be embedded in the Loos Group, which focuses on uncovering the genetic and biological drivers of obesity, body composition, and cardiometabolic disease using large‑scale human genetics and deeply phenotyped cohorts.

The group values teamwork, interdisciplinary collaboration, openness, and inclusion, and works closely with national and international partners across academia and industry. You will be part of a highly supportive research environment with strong methodological mentorship and access to an extensive international network.

Project Description

Background

Body composition plays a central role in cardiometabolic health, yet individuals with similar overall body size can differ markedly in fat and skeletal muscle characteristics and disease risk. While large‑scale genetic studies have improved our understanding of general adiposity, the biological determinants of skeletal muscle traits at population scale remain incompletely understood.

Recent large population resources, such as the UK Biobank, combine genome‑wide genetic data with MRI imaging, creating new opportunities to study skeletal muscle in relation to metabolic health, aging, and disease risk using anatomically informed measures.

Research Aims

The overall aim of this PhD project is to leverage MRI data from the UK Biobank to study skeletal muscle traits at scale and to identify genetic factors influencing variation in skeletal muscle composition.

The project will:

Generate robust imaging‑derived measures related to skeletal muscle using population‑based MRI data.
Identify genetic variants associated with these skeletal muscle traits.
Explore the relevance of genetic findings for metabolic health and disease risk using genetic and epidemiological approaches.

Your role

We strive to provide PhD trainees with both independence and strong mentorship. Your tasks would include:

Processing and quality‑controlling large‑scale abdominal MRI data
Developing reproducible pipelines for skeletal muscle phenotyping
Performing genome‑wide and gene‑level genetic association analyses
Integrating genetic findings with proteomic and functional genomic data
Interpreting results in close collaboration with clinical and experimental partners
Disseminating findings through publications, conference presentations, and open, well‑documented analysis workflows

Principal supervisor: Professor, Ruth Loos, ruth.loos@sund.ku.dk

Start: November 15, 2026

Duration: 1 year as Research Assistant followed by 3 years as PhD fellow contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year.

Profile

This PhD fellowship is aimed at early‑career researchers with strong quantitative training who aspire to a career in academic research at the interface of imaging, genetics, and metabolic health.

Required qualifications:

Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Medical Imaging, Biostatistics, or related fields (equivalent to a Danish Master’s degree)
Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Experience working with large‑scale biomedical datasets
Programming skills in Python and/or R
Familiarity with Linux and HPC environments
A curious mindset with a strong interest in imaging‑based phenotyping, statistical genetics, and metabolic health
Excellent English communication skills, written and oral

Experience with MRI analysis, deep learning, statistical genetics, or multi‑omics integration is advantageous but not required.

Eligibility

Terms of Employment

Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Questions

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Ruth Loos at ruth.loos@sund.ku.dk. Questions regarding the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program must be directed to Senior Advisor Sarah Christoffersen at sarah.christoffersen@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact HR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk.

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website.

The University of Copenhagen International Staff Mobility office offers support and assistance to all international researchers on all issues related to moving to and settling in Denmark.

Application Procedure

Your online application must be submitted in English via the ‘Apply for position’ link below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant to the position
Certified copy of original Master’s diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
List of publications
References (name and contact details of at least two references)

Application Deadline: August 10, 2026, 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

You can read about the recruitment process at www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process.

The applicant will be assessed according to Ministerial Order No. 242 of March 13, 2012, on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal backgrounds.

Research Assistant and PhD fellow in Energy Metabolism

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement in the Clemmensen Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen.

The PhD fellowship is part of the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program.

Our Research
The Clemmensen Group studies the biological mechanisms that regulate energy homeostasis in health and disease. We use a broad range of preclinical models, including in vitro and in vivo systems, to investigate key components of energy balance control, such as appetite, energy expenditure and energy excretion, and their regulation at the cellular and molecular level.

We are an international and interdisciplinary team that values collaboration, scientific rigor and a strong team spirit. Expectations for individual trainees are high, but so are the freedom, resources and support available to pursue ambitious scientific questions.

Project Description

The project focuses on understanding the causal mechanisms underlying the progression of obesity using rodent models and approaches from neuroscience, endocrinology and metabolic physiology. The work will be diverse and include rodent experiments, ex vivo analyses and bioinformatic approaches to investigate how biological systems regulating energy balance adapt during obesity development.

Principal supervisor: Associate professor, Christoffer Clemmensen, chc@sund.ku.dk

Start: November 15, 2026

Duration: 1 year as Research Assistant followed by 3 years as PhD fellow contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year.

Profile

The PhD fellowship is aimed at early-career researchers with a basic science background or clinicians who aspire to a career in academic medicine.

Required qualifications:

Master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biomedicine, or related sciences Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years).
The grade point average achieved
Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD project
Previous publications
Relevant work experience
Other professional activities
A curious mindset with a strong interest in energy metabolism and rodent metabolic phenotyping
Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral

Eligibility

Terms of Employment

Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Questions

For further information about the position, please contact Christoffer Clemmensen at chc@sund.ku.dk. Questions regarding the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program must be directed to Senior Advisor Sarah Christoffersen at sarah.christoffersen@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact HR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk.

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website.

The University of Copenhagen International Staff Mobility office offers support and assistance to all international researchers on all issues related to moving to and settling in Denmark.

Application Procedure

Your online application must be submitted in English via the ‘Apply for position’ link below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant to the position
Certified copy of original Master’s diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
List of publications
References (name and contact details of at least two references)

Application Deadline: August 10, 2026, 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

You can read about the recruitment process at www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process.

The applicant will be assessed according to Ministerial Order No. 242 of March 13, 2012, on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal backgrounds.

Research Assistant and PhD fellow in Molecular Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement in the Guasch Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen, and the Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health.

The PhD fellowship is part of the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program.

Department of Public Health

The Department of Public Health’s focus is to improve the health of the population and the connection between health and society. The Department provides the scientific foundation for efforts that aim to improve public health, both nationally and globally, and to create greater insight into the links between health, the individual and society as well as the ethical, equalitarian and political implications. This is achieved through research, education and engagement with stakeholders and the public at large with a wide-ranging multidisciplinary research agenda covering most aspects of public health at a high international level. You can read more about the Department of Public Health here.

Our Research

The Guasch group investigates how dietary and lifestyle factors influence cardiometabolic diseases and integrates -omics data into epidemiological analyses to identify diet–disease biomarkers and deepen our understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms. Additionally, we have a strong interest in sustainable diets, those that promote both human and environmental health. As part of this initiative, we are conducting a new randomized clinical trial, the PLANETDIET trial, to investigate the effects of sustainable dietary patterns on traditional and novel cardiometabolic risk factors. You can read more about the Guasch Group here.

Project Description

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary and international research group. The PhD project will focus on understanding how sustainable dietary patterns influence cardiometabolic diseases. The project specifically aims to uncover molecular mechanisms linking plant-based diets to cardiometabolic health by integrating high-dimensional multi-omics data, including metabolomics, proteomics, and genetics, with detailed dietary, clinical, and epidemiological data from large population-based cohorts and a randomized controlled trial (PLANETDIET (read here).

The candidate will work with high-throughput omics data and apply advanced statistical and computational approaches to identify diet-related molecular signatures and investigate their role in the development of cardiometabolic outcomes. The project includes both observational and interventional components, providing a unique opportunity to study causal pathways and validate findings across diverse study designs and international cohorts.

The specific work tasks will include management and harmonization of large-scale datasets, statistical and bioinformatic analyses of multi-omics data, and their integration with dietary and clinical variables. Additional responsibilities include writing and publishing scientific papers, presenting findings at international conferences, and contributing to the center and university activities. The candidate will be encouraged and supported to develop independent research ideas within the scope of the project. Opportunities for collaboration with international partners, including potential research stays abroad, will be encouraged. Teaching and supervision opportunities at the undergraduate or graduate level may also be offered. The PhD candidate will need to complete PhD courses or other equivalent education corresponding to approximately 30 ECTS points.

Principal supervisor: Associate Professor Marta Guasch-Ferré

Start: November 15, 2026

Duration: 1 year as Research Assistant, followed by 3 years as PhD fellow, contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year.

Profile

The PhD fellowship is aimed at early-career researchers with a basic science background or clinicians who aspire to a career in academic medicine.

Required qualifications:

Master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biomedicine, Bioinformatics, or related sciences. Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years).
The grade point average achieved
Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD project
Previous publications
Relevant work experience
Other professional activities
A curious mindset with a strong interest in working and analysing large and complex datasets
An active interest in nutrition, lifestyle, metabolomics, proteomics, cardiometabolic diseases, and/or precision health
Excellent English communication skills, both written and ora

Eligibility

Terms of Employment

Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Questions

For further information about the position, please contact Associate Professor Marta Guasch- Ferré at marta.guasch@sund.ku.dk. Questions regarding the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program must be directed to Senior Advisor Sarah Christoffersen at sarah.christoffersen@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact HR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk.

General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website.

The University of Copenhagen International Staff Mobility office offers support and assistance to all international researchers on all issues related to moving to and settling in Denmark.

Application Procedure

Your online application must be submitted in English via the ‘Apply for position’ link below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant to the position
Certified copy of original Master’s diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
List of publications
References (name and contact details of at least two references)

Application Deadline: August 10, 2026, 23.59pm CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

You can read about the recruitment process at www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process.

The applicant will be assessed according to Ministerial Order No. 242 of March 13, 2012, on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal backgrounds.

Det Juridiske Fakultet på Københavns Universitet udbyder hermed en række fuldt finansierede ph.d.-stillinger med tiltrædelse 1. februar 2027

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Det Juridiske Fakultet er blandt de fire oprindelige fakulteter ved Københavns Universitets grundlæggelse i 1479. Fakultetet excellerer i en stærk forskningsmæssig bredde fra retsdogmatisk forskning til tværfaglig forskning, fra national til international forskning og fra grundforskning til anvendelsesorienteret forskning. Fakultetet huser to grundforskningscentre, og fakultetets forskningsmiljøer har succes med at tiltrække ekstern finansiering til retsvidenskabelig forskning.

Det Juridiske Fakultet rangerer blandt de bedste og de mest attraktive juridiske forskningsmiljøer i Europa, og fakultetet ønsker at være dagsordensættende og bidrage til samfundsmæssige løsninger inden for retsvidenskaben ikke blot i Danmark, men også i Norden, Europa og internationalt.

Ph.d.-programmet
Målet med ph.d.-uddannelsen er tredelt:

(1) at uddanne en ny generation af forskere til at producere uafhængig forskning af høj kvalitet;

(2) at udstyre ph.d.-kandidater med analytiske og problemløsende færdigheder til en videre akademisk karriere eller en karriere andre steder i den offentlige og private sektor.

(3) og at skabe samfundsmæssig impact gennem udvikling af ny viden og forskningsmæssige kompetencer.

Det Juridiske Fakultet tilbyder vejledning fra førende forskere samt mulighed for at undersøge aktuelle retsvidenskabelige spørgsmål i et intellektuelt stimulerende miljø.

Opslaget er åbent for ansøgere bredt inden for retsvidenskab, og Det Juridiske Fakultet er særligt interesseret i forslag til ph.d.-projekter, der falder inden for de forskningsområder, som er omfattet af den juridiske bacheloruddannelses obligatoriske fag, herunder særligt inden for fagene selskabsret, tings- og kreditorret, obligationsret, familie- arveret, retshistorie, strafferet og straffeproces samt valgfaget arbejdsret, se endvidere Bacheloruddannelsen.

Ph.d.-studerende skal:

Udføre uafhængig forskning af høj kvalitet under vejledning af en forsker på fakultetet.
Aktivt engagere sig i forskningsmiljøet på Københavns Universitet ved f.eks. at deltage i hverdagen i forskningsmiljøet, i kurser og møder samt nationale og internationale konferencer, der er relevante for deres forskningsprojekt.
Overholde de formelle krav i Ph.d.-programmet;
Bidrage til undervisning på bachelor- eller kandidatuddannelsen på Det Juridiske Fakultet.

Kvalifikationer

Ansøgere skal have en toårig retsvidenskabelig kandidatgrad (120 ECTS) eller tilsvarende.

Ansøgere med en ikke-dansk kandidatgrad skal have en uddannelse, der som minimum er på niveau med og sammenlignelig med en dansk bachelorgrad og har faglige kvalifikationer på kandidatniveau.

Ansøgere skal have opnået et samlet karaktergennemsnit på mindst 8,2 på kandidatniveau efter den danske karakterskala samt et speciale på 10 eller derover (eller tilsvarende for ansøgere med udenlandsk uddannelsesbaggrund).
Ansøgere kan indsende deres ansøgning, før de har afsluttet deres kandidatgrad. Kandidatgraden skal dog være opnået inden startdatoen.

Ansøgere skal dokumentere en egnethed til forskning via vurdering af deres kandidatafhandling, publikationer eller akademiske anbefalinger for at vise, at de er i stand til at påtage sig den krævende opgave at skrive en ph.d.-afhandling.
Ansøger skal beherske akademisk engelsk på højt niveau i skrift og tale.

Ansøgning
Send ansøgningen elektronisk via linket ”Søg stillingen” nederst på siden.

Vi råder dig til at have følgende dokumenter klar, før du begynder din online ansøgning:

Projektbeskrivelse (maks. 12.000 anslag inkl. mellemrum, ekskl. litteraturliste).
Du bedes følge vejledningen på KU’s hjemmeside: Adgangskriterier og ansøgningsprocedurer.
Curriculum vitae (højst 2 sider).
Dokumentation for uddannelse (eksamensbeviser og karakterudskrifter). Bekræftede kopier af originale eksamensbeviser og udskrifter (både bachelor- og kandidatgrad) på originalsproget og en autoriseret engelsk oversættelse, hvis de er udstedt på et andet sprog end engelsk eller dansk.
Karakterskala. En certificeret forklaring af karakterskalaen på originalsproget og en autoriseret engelsk oversættelse, hvis den foreligger på et andet sprog end engelsk eller dansk.
Ønsket vejleder. Navnet på en videnskabelig medarbejder, som du ønsker at få tilknyttet som ph.d.-vejleder. Du behøver ikke kontakte vejlederen, men blot angive forskeren i din ansøgning.
Motiveret ansøgning. Redegør for valget af Det Juridiske Fakultet på Københavns Universitet som værtsinstitution for det foreslåede projekt og skitser, hvordan projektet passer ind i fakultetets forskningsprioriteter (maks. 1 side).

AI: Hvis generativ AI anvendes under udarbejdelsen af projektbeskrivelsen, skal det bruges ansvarligt og brugen her skal oplyses fuldt ud i den angivne del af ansøgningen.

Ansøgning, herunder artikler og bøger, skal være på dansk, svensk, norsk eller engelsk.

Københavns Universitet ønsker at afspejle det omgivende samfund og opfordrer derfor alle uanset personlig baggrund til at søge stillingen.

Ansøgningsprocedure
Efter ansøgningsfristens udløb udvælger ph.d.-skolelederen, med rådgivning fra ansættelsesudvalget, hvilke ansøgere der går videre til bedømmelse. Ansøgerne udvælges på baggrund af en overordnet vurdering af, hvilke ansøgere der bedst matcher fakultetets rekrutteringsbehov og de kvalifikationskrav, der fremgår af stillingsopslaget. Dette sker på baggrund af en samlet vurdering af ansøgerens uddannelsesmæssige kvalifikationer, kvaliteten af det indsendte forskningsforslag og dets relevans for fakultetets forskningsdagsorden samt andre relevante kvalifikationer (fx relevant erhvervserfaring, eventuelle tidligere videnskabelige publikationer mv.).
Alle ansøgere får umiddelbart herefter besked om, hvorvidt deres ansøgning er gået videre til bedømmelse af et fagkyndigt bedømmelsesudvalg. De udvalgte ansøgere orienteres om udvalgets sammensætning, og de får lejlighed til at kommentere sin bedømmelse.
En række kvalificerede ansøgere vil blive indkaldt til en samtale.

Du skal som ansøger på Københavns Universitet være indstillet på, at du kan blive sikkerhedsscreenet i forhold til internationalt forskningssamarbejde som en del af ansættelsesprocessen. Sikkerhedsscreeningen vil foretages i de tilfælde, hvor KU vurderer det hensigtsmæssigt ud fra en helhedsbetragtning.

Indskrivning
Det er en forudsætning for ansættelsen, at de udvalgte kandidater indskrives ved Det Juridiske Fakultets ph.d.-skole ved Københavns Universitet.

Læs mere om ph.d.-uddannelsen generelt på KU: Generelt om ph.d.-uddannelsen.

Ansættelsesvilkår
Ansættelse og aflønning sker i henhold til aftale mellem Finansministeriet og Akademikernes Centralorganisation (AC). Lønniveauet starter ved 30.071,08 kr. + 18,07 % bidrag til pensionsordningen.
Ansættelse som ph.d.-stipendiat indebærer i følge overenskomsten, at den ph.d.-studerende har en arbejdsforpligtelse på op til 840 timer over den 3-årige periode uden ekstra løn. Arbejdsforpligtelsen kan f.eks. omfatte undervisning.

Generelle oplysninger om ph.d.-uddannelsen og krav kan findes her:
https://jura.ku.dk/phd/how-to-obtain-a-phd-scholarship/admission-requirements/

Kontaktinformation
Vi opfordrer dig venligt til at konsultere vores hjemmeside, hvor de fleste spørgsmål vedrørende rekrutteringsprocessen samt det akademiske indhold og strukturen af Ph.d.-programmet besvares:
https://jura.ku.dk/phd/phd-programme/structure/
Rekrutteringsproces - for videnskabelige medarbejdere – Københavns Universitet

Finder du ikke de oplysninger du leder efter, kan du kontakte Tina Wejlgaard Damkjær: twd@jur.ku.dk.
Yderligere oplysninger om ansøgningsproceduren kan fås ved henvendelse til HR-Søndre, e-mail: hr-soendre@adm.ku.dk, henvis venligst til ID nummer: 211-2459/26-2H.

Ansøgningsfrist
Ansøgningsfristen er den 13. august 2026 kl. 23:59 CEST.

Ansøgninger eller supplerende materiale modtaget efter denne dato vil ikke blive taget i betragtning.
Hvis alle de krævede dokumenter ikke indsendes, vil din ansøgning blive afvist.

Samtaler forventes at finde sted ultimo november 2026.

PhD fellowship in greenhouse gases, forest soils and biogeochemistry

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The section of Forest & Landscapce Ecology at Deparment of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management (IGN) invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in soil N2O fluxes and processes in temperate forest ecosystems. The project is part of the research project ‘Predicting the climate change mitigation potential of new forest landscapes in Denmark’, which is financed by Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Start date is (expected to be) December 1st 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The project

Forests are key ecosystems in Denmark for sequestering atmospheric CO2, conserving water resources, and supporting biodiversity. As Denmark aims to reach climate neutrality by 2045, afforestation is a central component of the Green Tripartite to achieve this goal. A total of 250 000 ha of new forests will be planted over the next two decades, profoundly transforming the Danish landscape.

To reach these ambitious goals we must understand forest ecosystem functioning, particularly balancing carbon and nitrogen cycling, in the transition from agriculture to forest. The combined benefits of afforestation for climate change and N (i.e., reduced GHG emissions as well as decreased N pollution) vary with tree species, climate and soil conditions, and management practices. In Denmark especially, legacy effects of agricultural management (e.g., fertilization, liming, soil disturbance and homogenization) have created a novel state of soil N cycling, in which forests may grow faster and sequester more carbon (C). However, this may increase nitrogen leaching and soil N2O emissions, partially offsetting enhanced C sequestration. Thus, large uncertainties exist regarding changes in the nitrogen balance, particularly losses of gaseous N, along land cover transitions, partly due to limited focus on N fluxes compared to C fluxes in new forests.

About the PhD position

The PhD position aims to fill this knowledge gap by addressing how tree species, soil types and forest management practices impact net fluxes of greenhouse gases from the forest soil, focusing primarily on the strong greenhouse gas N2O, but also including CH4 and CO2. The project involves working with existing unpublished datasets from Danish forests, fieldwork at selected forest sites in Denmark with different tree species (conifers and broadleaves) and land use legacies (agriculture and forest), and doing laboratory mesocosm experiments. You will be measuring greenhouse gas fluxes using advanced methods for gas detection in the field and laboratory, including stable isotope techniques, and deploy mathematical and statistical tools to analyze the data.

Your key responsibilities in the PhD project are

Analyse existing unpublished data sets on N2O and other greenhouse gases for Danish forests
Plan and execute field work in Denmark during your PhD project
Plan and execute laboratory studies of soil greenhouse gas dynamics
Attend PhD courses (in total of 30 ECTS)
Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
Disseminate your research at the institute and conferences
Research visit to Land-CRAFT at Aarhus University
Work for the department (teaching and supervision of students)

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates within the field(s) soil, biogeochemistry or environmental science and it is expected that you are experienced in data analyses and use of R or similar programming language. Fieldwork experience is required and it is an advantage that you have demonstrated prior knowledge of handling advanced equipment for greenhouse gas studies. Applicants must be fluent in both written and spoken English to a level sufficiently high for communication and dissemination at an academic level.

Our group and research- and what do we offer?

As a PhD student, you will be enrolled at SCIENCE PhD school at University of Copenhagen and your main workplace will be at IGN in Copenhagen where you will be part of the Biogeochemistry research group. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment. Our research group is focused on soil and ecosystem biogeochemistry in forests and nature, including grasslands and wetlands. We use field and laboratory experiments with an emphasis and measure pools and fluxes of water, carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients. We have an advanced laboratory for chemical analyses soil, water and biomass and an up-to-date portfolio of analyzers and chamber systems for greenhouse gas studies.

Dr. Jesper Riis Christiansen (IGN, jrc@ign.ku.dk) will be your main supervisor. Jesper is working with N2O and CH4 fluxes in forest and wetland soils and investigates how nature restoration (afforestation and rewetting) affect the soil processes that produce these greenhouse gases. Academic co-supervision will be provided by Prof. Per Gundersen (IGN) and Prof. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl (Aarhus University) at Land-CRAFT in Aarhus where you are expected to spend part of your time for laboratory experiments.

The PhD programme

You can undertake the PhD programme as a three year full-time study within the framework of the regular PhD programme (5+3 scheme), if you already have an education equivalent to a relevant Danish master’s degree.

Getting into a position on the regular PhD programme

Qualifications needed for the regular programme
To be eligible for the regular PhD programme, you must have completed a degree programme, equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (180 ECTS/3 FTE BSc + 120 ECTS/2 FTE MSc) related to the subject area of the project, e.g. [relevant educations]. For information of eligibility of completed programmes, see General assessments for specific countries and Assessment database.

Terms of employment in the regular programme
Employment as PhD fellow is full time and for maximum 3 years.

Employment is conditional upon your successful enrolment as a PhD student at the PhD School at the SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.

Application and Assessment Procedure

Your application including all attachments must be in English and submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include:

Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
Brief description of possible research ideas and relevant methods (max. one page, cited literature excluded) related to this specific project
Curriculum vitae including information about your education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position
Original diplomas for Bachelor or Master and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in another language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
Publication list (if possible)
Reference letters (if available)

Application deadline:

The deadline for applications is 16 August 2026, 23:59 GMT +2.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process
After deadline, a number of applicants will be selected for academic assessment by an unbiased expert assessor. You are notified whether you will be passed for assessment.

The assessor will assess the qualifications and experience of the shortlisted applicants with respect to the above-mentioned research area, techniques, skills and other requirements. The assessor will conclude whether each applicant is qualified and, if so, for which of the two models. The assessed applicants will have the opportunity to comment on their assessment. You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews with selected candidates are expected to be held in week 38.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact the principal supervisor.

General information about PhD study at the Faculty of SCIENCE is available at the PhD School’s website: https://www.science.ku.dk/phd/.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the surrounding community and invites all regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

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