Ph.d. position in Citizen Science

Job Summary

The title of the PhD project is: Ph.D. position in Citizen Science – Patient and Public Engagement in Clinical Health Research.

Patient and public engagement in health care research is an emerging field that focusses on the development of active partnerships between patients and/or members of the public and health care researchers. The term is used to describe researchers and patients and/or members of the public working together to develop research, which thereby is deemed relevant and useful to patient and public needs. Patient and public involvement has also increasingly become a marker of good quality research and research impact.

However, current experiences with public and patient engagement in clinical research tend to be open-ended and sometimes un-reflexive. Current practices call for in depth research aiming to better understand and theorize the rationales, practicalities, and dilemmas of patient and public engagement in specific settings of clinical health research. Unanswered questions for example include what kind of set-ups and tools can allow different knowledge forms to interplay productively, what new kinds of competencies and facilitating practices are required, what constitutes successes and failures and how these might be evaluated, and how public inclusion and participation reconfigures the professional organizations, practices and positions involved.

Qualifications

You must hold a master’s degree or equivalent within the social sciences, humanities, or the life sciences.

Qualifications within the following areas are also required::

You are required to be enterprising, to possess good communication skills, and to be a visible, involved participant in the department’s daily activities, in addition to being willing to engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration across the department.

The application must be submitted in English and excellent English skills are necessary for engaging in the academic life and for the written work. For the empirical work and dialogue with Danish citizens and researchers in Region Zealand in this specific research project, it is also mandatory that the applicant can speak and understand the written and oral Danish language.

Terms of employment

The employment is on full time and you will refer to Head of Department Anders Siig Andersen.

The position will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) and Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.

The position will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) and Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.